Best Paper – Convention

The RGA Prize: Best Paper at the Convention

The cash award is accompanied by a floating trophy of amethyst crystal mounted on a wooden plinth. It recognises the paper deemed by the Research Committee to be the best presented to the annual Convention.

Recipients:

Shaun Matisonn, Hylton Kallner, Tal Gilbert and MarkLitow: Further Actuarial Analysis of the Healthcare Reform Process in South Africa (1999).
Anthony Asher: Fiduciary Duties and Good Faith in the Disposal of Retirement Fund Surpluses (2000).
Mickey Lowther & Jonathan Mort: Managing Actuaries’ Professional Risk (2001).
Leigh Johnson & Rob Dorrington: The Demographic and Epidemiological Impact of HIV/Aids Treatment and Prevention Programmes: An Evaluation based on the ASSA 2000 Model (2002).
Mickey Lowther: Pricing Transfer Values: Will minimum benefits stop actuaries from extinguishing value? (2003).