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 300-302 Actuarial Statistics

Coordinator

Ms D Walker

Prerequisites

620-202 Statistics and 300-311 Life Insurance Mathematics (co-requisite).

Semester

2

Contact

Three one-hour lectures and a one-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

The analysis of mortality and other decremental statistics including exact, continuous and census exposed-to-risk formulae; risk classification; the derivation of select rates; the derivation of multiple decrement tables; techniques of graduation; construction of recent standard life tables; factors affecting mortality; single figure indices.

Assessment

A 3-hour end-of-semester examination (85%); and one major assignment (15%).

Prescribed Texts
  • Benjamin and Pollard, Exposed-to-Risk and Graduation.
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