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Informationen zum Autor David C. M. Dickson is Professor of Actuarial Studies in the Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne. He has twice been awarded the H. M. Jackson Prize of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, most recently for his book Insurance Risk and Ruin (Cambridge University Press, 2005). Mary R. Hardy holds the CIBC Chair in Financial Risk Management at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. She is a Fellow of the UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and of the Society of Actuaries, and has won awards and commendations for her research. In 2013 Hardy was awarded the Finlaison Medal of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries for services to the actuarial profession, in research, teaching and governance. Howard R. Waters is Professor in the Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, by whom he was awarded the Finlaison Medal for services to the actuarial profession in 2006. Klappentext Three leaders in actuarial science give a modern perspective on life contingencies. Balancing rigour and intuition, and emphasizing applications, this modern text is ideal for university courses and actuarial exam preparation. This second edition includes brand new chapters and exercises, and will prepare students for the new-style MLC exam. Zusammenfassung Three leaders in actuarial science give a modern perspective on life contingencies. Balancing rigour and intuition, and emphasizing applications, this modern text is ideal for university courses and actuarial exam preparation. This second edition includes brand new chapters and exercises, and will prepare students for the new-style MLC exam. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Second Edition; 1. Introduction to life insurance; 2. Survival models; 3. Life tables and selection; 4. Insurance benefits; 5. Annuities; 6. Premium calculation; 7. Policy values; 8. Multiple state models; 9. Joint life and last survivor benefits; 10. Pension mathematics; 11. Yield curves and non-diversifiable risk; 12. Emerging costs for traditional life insurance; 13. Participating and universal life insurance; 14. Emerging costs for equity-linked insurance; 15. Option pricing; 16. Embedded options; A. Probability theory; B. Numerical techniques; C. Simulation; D. Tables; References; Index. ...
