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ETC3420

Faculty of Business and Economics

18 September 2017 20 April 2024

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Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Business and Economics

Organisational Unit

Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics

Coordinator(s)

Dr Dan Zhu

Offered

Clayton

  • Second semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

To provide a grounding in the mathematics and statistics of short term insurance risk.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

  1. calculate probabilities and moments of loss distributions both with and without limits and risk-sharing arrangements
  2. construct risk models involving frequency and severity distributions and calculate the moment generating function and the moments for the risk models both with and without simple reinsurance arrangements
  3. explain the concept of ruin for a risk model
  4. describe the fundamental concepts of risk rating and apply them to simple experience rating systems
  5. describe and apply techniques for analysing a delay (or run-off) triangle and projecting the ultimate position.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination: 70%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Dan Zhu

Prerequisites

Students must have passed one of the following units: ETC2420 or ETC2520