Instructions & Guidelines to Authors
Individuals or teams planning to submit papers to the SAAJ for publication are advised to read through the following documents to ensure that their drafts are consistent with SAAJ standards. For those papers accepted for publication, this would help to ensure a smoother transition to completion of the process.
Editors Details
Eden Gross serves as editor of the SA Actuarial Journal.
For queries, please email us on the address provided below,
Latest Journal Publications:
The latest publication of the SA Actuarial Journal is listed below. Articles for the current year will be published as they are approved.
SAAJ 2025
SAAJ 2025: Combined Full Book
2025
SAAJ 2025: Cumulative index
2025
An Actuarial Climate Index for South Africa
2025
C Marais, K Moutanabbir
An analysis of the performance of Stellenbosch University actuarial science students
2025
PG Slattery
A Multivariate Stochastic Approach To Determine Long-Term Success Of SA Living Annuity Portfolios
2025
AJ van Niekerk, V Moutzouris, E Maré
Mathematical Foundations for a Resilient Profession and Economy
2025
C Economou
A Cost of Capital Approach to Determining the LGD Discount Rate
2025
Larney, A Botha, GL Grobler and H Raubenheimer
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All ASSA Published Journals from 2001 are available via the link below. ASSA only supplies the Journals in online format.
Additional Reading – Convention Papers
In support to the SA Actuarial Journal we also provide some insightful reading from our last Actuarial Convention below.
Cumulative index – Convention Papers (SAAJ 2025)
2025
IFRS 17: A New Lens, but Can We Compare?
2025
BN Thorpe
The Actuarial Valuation of Living Annuities Related to Maintenance and Accrual in Divorce and Deceased Estate Contexts
2025
E Theron
The Convergence of Machine Learning Operations and Actuarial Control
2025
N Pretorius, S Marais
In-Context Learning Enhanced Credibility Transformer
2025
K Padayachy, R Richman, S Scognamiglio, MV Wüthrich
How Healthcare Funders Can Navigate Rapid Changes in Healthcare Knowledge From an Actuarial Perspective
2025
R Nauhaus
Semantic Analysis in Actuarial Risk Assessment: A Framework for Portfolio Construction and Concentration Risk Measurement
2025
M Malwandla, W Wright, V Anthonyrajah
Learning to Allocate: Self-Supervised Transformers for Constrained Optimisation
2025
M Malwandla, W Wright, V Anthonyrajah
Effects of Extreme Climate Events on the Morbidity of a Sample of Medical Scheme Lives in South Africa
2025
C Smith, C Kotzen, C Suttner, P Ndebele, M Cohen
Quantifying South African Sovereign Credit Risk: An Arbitrage-Free Method to Estimate Domestic Credit Spreads for South African Government Bonds
2025
J Bisschoff, T Moodley
Exploring Hybrid Annuities, Behaviour Tax and Whether the Choice of Annuity Affects This Tax
2025
M Barnard
Unpacking Neutrality and Moral Responsibility in Actuarial Practice in the Shadow of Section 59 Racial and Ethnicity Discrimination Allegations
2025
A Akpan, N Mugova, E Ugar
Insuring The Uninsurable – The Case For Pooling Arrangements In South Africa
2025
M Botha, M Ahmed
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