Fundamental Concepts Of Actuarial Science
FUNDAMENTALCONCEPTS OFACTUARIAL SCIENCECHARLES L. TROWBRIDGE,F.S.A., M.A.A.A., E.A.Revised EditionACTUARIAL EDUCATIONAND RESEARCH FUND
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CONTENTSPreface for the Actuarial Education& Research Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Author’s Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IIIIIIIntroduction .Purpose .Audience .Geographical Range .Brief History of the Actuarial ProfessionEvolution .Following Chapters. . . ix.Economics of Risk .Introduction .Avoidance or Mitigation of Economic Risk .Financial Security Systems .Classification of Financial Security Systems .Financial Security Systems asTransfer Mechanisms .The Philosophic Base-Utilitarianism.Utility Theory and Risk AversionThe Actuarial Role .Summary .References .Random Variables. .Introduction .vii.77899101111121213. . . 15. . . 15
ivFundamentalConceptsof ActuarialScience“Time until Termination” Random Variables. .“Number of Claims” Random Variables .“Claim Amount” Random Variables .“Total Claims” Random Variables .The Rate of Interest as a Random Variable .The Importance of Expected Values .Actuarial Interest in Human Mortality .The Concept of Credibility . . .Summary. .References .IVVVIThe Time Value of Money . . . . .Introduction. . . .Time Preference . . . . . . . . . . . . .Productivity of Capital . . . . . . .The Uncertain Future . . . . . . .The Level of Interest Rates . . . . .The Actuary’s Relationship to theTime Value of Money . . . . . . .Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .References.17181919202121222324. . 27.2728293031. . 31. . 33. 34Individual Model. .Introduction .A Generalized Individual Model .The Concept of Reserves .More Sophisticated Applications of theGeneralized Individual Model .Summary .References . . 35. 35. . 36. . 40Collective Models .Introduction. .Employee Benefit Plans .Group Model
ganization (the International Actuarial Association) that publishes papers presented at quadrennial international congresses. The in- tended subject of this monograph is the fundamental concepts of actuarial science as an international discipline- not actuarial science as it is practiced in North America.
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