Observations on Reversionary Payments

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Observations on Reversionary Payments is an influential 18th-century work by Richard Price that helped lay the foundations of actuarial science and life insurance mathematics.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
treatise ⓘ
appliesMethod present value calculations ⓘ
probabilistic valuation of future payments ⓘ
use of life tables ⓘ
associatedWith Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships ⓘ
author Richard Price ⓘ
contributedTo development of life tables ⓘ
foundations of actuarial science ⓘ
valuation of annuities ⓘ
valuation of contingent payments ⓘ
valuation of reversionary interests ⓘ
valuation of survivorships ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Great Britain ⓘ
field actuarial science ⓘ
demography ⓘ
financial mathematics ⓘ
life insurance mathematics ⓘ
probability theory ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1771 ⓘ
genre actuarial science literature ⓘ
mathematics of finance literature ⓘ
hasEdition fifth edition ⓘ
fourth edition ⓘ
second edition ⓘ
sixth edition ⓘ
third edition ⓘ
historicalSignificance early systematic treatment of life-contingent financial contracts ⓘ
helped professionalize actuarial practice ⓘ
influential in the development of life insurance in Britain ⓘ
influencedField annuity pricing ⓘ
life insurance ⓘ
pension fund valuation ⓘ
social insurance schemes ⓘ
language English ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
relatedPerson Thomas Bayes ⓘ
William Morgan (actuary) ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Essay on the Population of England ⓘ
timePeriod Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
topic compound interest ⓘ
contingent reversions ⓘ
discounting future payments ⓘ
life annuities ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
probabilities of life and death ⓘ
reversionary payments ⓘ
survivorship benefits ⓘ
valuation of life-contingent contracts ⓘ

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