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On the Rates of Premium to be charged for Assurances on the Lives of Military Officers serving in Bengal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2015

Charles Jellicoe
Charles Jellicoe
Affiliation:
Institute of Actuaries, and Eagle Insurance Company
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That the mean duration of life amongst the indigenous inhabitants of one part of the globe differs more or less from that which obtains amongst those of other parts, there is every reason to believe. It is probable that a difference exists even when comparing the most civilized nations of Europe one with another; and still more may we look for discrepancies when we carry our investigations amongst the natives of more remote and less civilized lands.

The climate, extent of cultivation, modes of life, state of public morals, each and all of them have a tendency to affect the longevity of the human race, and will not fail to make their influence felt in proportion as their good or evil energies are called into existence.

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Research Article
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Transactions of the Institute of Actuaries , Volume 1 , 1849 , pp. 1 - 16
Copyright
Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1849

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page 3 note * It is much to be regretted that this Report, as well as that by Mr. Griffith Davies on the same subject, is not more widely circulated. The investigations in both are highly instructive and interesting, not only as regards their object, but the manner in which they are conducted.

page 7 note * If the facts, as given by Messrs. Dodwell and Miles, could be checked with those in Mr. Neison's possession, the chain of evidence would be unbroken; and it would be, of course, competent for any one to satisfy himself of the correctness of the deductions from them.