STAT3035 Risk Theory
Later Year Course
| Offered By | School of Finance and Applied Statistics |
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| Academic Career | Undergraduate |
| Course Subject | Statistics |
| Offered in | Summer Session, 2009, First Semester, 2009, and First Semester, 2010 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description |
Objective: This course introduces the theory of compound Poisson processes, with a particular emphasis on their application to insurance portfolios (though their applicability in other areas is also noted) Topics include: Modelling loss distributions; Skewed parametric distribution families; Method of moments, method of percentiles and maximum likelihood estimation; Pearson goodness-of-fit testing for distribution assessment; Truncated and censored data, including applications to reinsurance and policy excess schemes; Random sums, convolutions and compound distributions, particularly for modeling aggregate claim distributions; Normal and gamma approximations to compound distributions; Compound Poisson process theory, including applications to insurance portfolio surplus processes; Ultimate and finite-time ruin probabilities; Adjustment coefficients and optimal reinsurance contracts. |
| Learning Outcomes | On completion of this course students should understand and be able to apply the processes and applications outlined in the course description. |
| Indicative Assessment |
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| Workload |
Three contact hours per week plus private study time. |
| Areas of Interest | Actuarial Studies and Statistics |
| Requisite Statement |
STAT3004 Stochastic Modelling |
| Incompatibility | Incompatible with STAT3031 Risk Theory |
| Prescribed Texts | See Course Website: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=STAT3035 |
| Preliminary Reading |
See Course Website: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=STAT3035
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| Indicative Reading List | See Course Website: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=STAT3035 |
| Other Information |
For further information please refer to http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=STAT3035 |
| Science Group | C |
| Academic Contact | See: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=STAT3035 |
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