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STAT3037 Life Contingencies

Later Year Course

Offered By School of Finance and Applied Statistics
Academic Career Undergraduate
Course Subject Statistics
Offered in Summer Session, 2009, First Semester, 2009, and First Semester, 2010
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

This course develops the basic actuarial techniques that are used in later work. Topics covered include: principal forms of heterogeneity within a population and the ways in which selection can occur; definition of simple assurance and annuity contracts; development of formulae for the means and variances of the present values of the payments under these contracts, assuming deterministic interest; practical methods of evaluating expected values and variances of simple insurance and annuity contracts; description and calculation, using ultimate or select mortality, of net premiums and net premium provisions for simple insurance contracts; and the calculation of gross premiums and provisions of assurance and annuity 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
  • Mid semester exam 30%
  • Final exam 70%
Workload

Three contact hours per week.

Areas of Interest Actuarial Studies and Statistics
Requisite Statement

STAT2001 Introductory Mathematical Statistics and STAT2032 Financial Mathematics

Prescribed Texts See Course Website:  http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=STAT3037
Preliminary Reading

See Course Website:  http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=STAT3037

 

Indicative Reading List See Course Website:  http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=STAT3037
Other Information

For further information please refer to http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=STAT3037

Academic Contact See: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=STAT3037

The information published on the Study at ANU 2009 website applies to the 2009 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2008 website.

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