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Insurance accounting: a new era? ‐ Abstract of the London discussion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2013

Kamran Foroughi
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ForoughiK., BarnardC. R., BennettR.W., ClayD. K., ConwayE.L., CorfieldS.R., CoughlanA.J., HarrisonJ.S., HibbettG.J., KendixI.V., Lanari-BoisclairM., O’ BrienC.D. and StrakerJ.S.K.Insurance accounting: a new era? ‐ Abstract of the London discussionBritish Actuarial Journal, doi:10.1017/S1357321712000189

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Sessional meetings: papers and abstracts of discussions
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British Actuarial Journal , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , September 2012 , pp. 616 - 644
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Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 2013

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