The intricacies of actuarial science / the editors of Salem Press.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Editors of Salem Press, author.

Series:

Business Reference Guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Actuarial science.

Life insurance--Mathematics.

Life insurance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 65 pages).

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This series is designed to provide a solid foundation for the research of various business topics. This volume offers an introduction to the financial management of the insurance industry and the specific processes behind actuarial science. It looks at financial and risk management strategies of insurance companies before examining the statistical tools used by actuaries to model risk and calculate premiums.

Contents:

""Business Reference Guide: The Intricacies of Actuarial Science""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""The Theory of Life Insurance""; ""Actuarial Risks: Operations & Markets""; ""Financial Strategies & Analysis: Insurance""; ""Risk Theory & Credibility""; ""Statistical Methods for Actuaries""; ""Actuarial Models""; ""Actuarial Statistics""; ""Loss Distributions""; ""Survival Models""; ""Stochastic Processes""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 23, 2014).

ISBN:

9781429835954

1429835958

OCLC:

888069246