ASTIN Bulletin
Volume 27, issue 2
November 1997



Editorial
161 - 163 - 
The Conception(s) and the Birth of ASTIN
BENKTANDER, G.

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165 - 171 - 
The Actuary
The Role and Limitations of the Profession since the Mid-19th century
BÜHLMANN, H.

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Articles
173 - 205 - 
A Frequency Distribution Method for Valuing Average Options
NEAVE, E.

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207 - 227 - 
Relative Reinsurance Retention Levels
DICKSON, D.C.M., WATERS, H.R.

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229 - 242 - 
A New Distribution of Poisson-Type for the Number of Claims
DENUIT, M.

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243 - 262 - 
On Error Bounds for Approximations to Aggregate Claims Distributions
SUNDT, B., DHAENE, J.

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263 - 271 - 
Calculating Ruin Probabilities via Product Integration
RAMSAY, C., USABEL, M.

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273 - 285 - 
Credibility Using Semiparametric Models
YOUNG, V.R.

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287 - 295 - 
Exact Credibility for weighted Observations
KAAS, R., DANNENBURG, D., GOOVAERTS, M.

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Workshop
297 - 318 - 
Simulation of Ruin Probabilities for Subexponential Claims
ASMUSSEN, S., BISWANGER, K.

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319 - 327 - 
Setting a Bonus-Malus Scale in the Presence of Rating Factors
TAYLOR, G.

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329 - 337 - 
APS Reinsurance
KOLLER, B., DETTWYLER, N.

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339 - 371 - 
An Integrated Dynamic Financial Analysis and Decision Support System for Poperty Catastrophe Reinsurer
LOWE, St.P., STANARD, J.N.

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Miscellaneous
373 - 375 - 
Book Reviews

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377 - 378 - 
ICIAM 99, Edinburgh

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379 - 379 - 
30th International ASTIN Colloquium, Tokyo, 1999

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381 - 385 - 
Report on the International ASTIN/AFIR Colloquia, Tokyo, 1997

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