Hostname: page-component-7bb8b95d7b-nptnm Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-09-16T19:36:11.990Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Projecting the spread of AIDS into the general population—application to life assurance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

J. Lörper
J. Lörper
Affiliation:
The Cologne Re, Germany
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

The following paper sets out the actuarial basis for the Cologne Re model projecting the spread of AIDS. We project new infections, new AIDS cases, and deaths for the sexually active population and demonstrate the effect on the German life assurance industry.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Institute of Actuaries , Volume 116 , Issue 3 , December 1989 , pp. 625 - 638
Copyright
Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1989

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

(1) Lörper, J. (1988). Actuarial Studies of the AIDS problem. Publications of the Cologne Re, 14.Google Scholar
(2) Knox, E.G. (1986). A Transmission Model for AIDS. European Journal of Epidemiology, 2, No. 3.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
(3) Weyer, J., Schmidt, B. C. & Körner, B. (1988). A Multi-Group Model for the Epidemic Dynamics of AIDS. Die Zeitschrift für AIDS-Forschung, 3. Jahrgang, Heft 3, 4.Google Scholar