Undergraduate - UnitETC3530 - Contingencies in insurance and pensions

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Colin O'Hare

Synopsis

The modelling and valuation of cash flows dependent on death, survival, or other uncertain risks.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

actuarial mathematics and techniques developed in ETC2430 in relation to simple assurance and annuity contracts are developed further allowing for multiple decrement situations, and those involving competing risks. Practical issues arising in the actuarial management of life insurance and superannuation are addressed
the calculation, using ultimate or select mortality, of net premiums and net premium reserves for increasing and decreasing benefits and annuities
techniques are developed for the valuation of annuity and assurance products involving two lives, and the use of actuarial functions in that situation
methods are developed which can be used to model cash flows contingent upon competing risks
the technique of discounted emerging costs as used in profit tests, pricing assessments and reserving calculations for various insurance and pension products
practical issues are addressed such as guarantees and options, risk classification and the effects of the pricing and reserving basis on the emergence of profit.