
Life Insurance Mathematics
Hans U. Gerber(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 9. October 1995
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Hardback
XV, 220 pages
978-3-540-58858-0 (ISBN)
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Halley's Comet has been prominently displayed in many newspapers during the last few months. For the first time in 76 years it appeared this winter, the nocturnal sky. This is an appropriate occasion to clearly visible against point out the fact that Sir Edmund Halley also constructed the world's first life table in 1693, thus creating the scientific foundation of life insurance. Halley's life table and its successors were viewed as deterministic laws, i. e. the number of deaths in any given group and year was considered to be a well defined number that could be calculated by means of a life table. However, in reality this number is random. Thus any mathematical treatment of life insurance will have to rely more and more on probability theory. By sponsoring this monograph the Swiss Association of Actuaries wishes to support the "modern" probabilistic view of life contingencies. We are fortu nate that Professor Gerber, an internationally renowned expert, has assumed the task of writing the monograph. We thank the Springer-Verlag and hope that this monograph will be the first in a successful series of actuarial texts. Zurich, March 1986 Hans Biihlmann President Swiss Association of Actuaries Preface Two major developments have influenced the environment of actuarial math ematics. One is the arrival of powerful and affordable computers; the once important problem of numerical calculation has become almost trivial in many instances.
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Edition
2nd, expanded ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
525 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-58858-0 (9783540588580)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-03153-7
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1 The Mathematics of Compound Interest.- 2 The Future Lifetime of a Life Aged x.- 3 Life Insurance.- 4 Life Annuities.- 5 Net Premiums.- 6 Net Premium Reserves.- 7 Multiple Decrements.- 8 Multiple Life Insurance.- 9 The Total Claim Amount in a Portfolio.- 10 Expense Loadings.- 11 Estimating Probabilities of Death.- Appendix A. Commutation Functions.- A.1 Introduction.- A.2 The Deterministic Model.- A.3 Life Annuities.- A.4 Life Insurance.- A.5 Net Annual Premiums and Premium Reserves.- Appendix B. Simple Interest.- Appendix C. Exercises.- C.0 Introduction.- C.1 Mathematics of Compound Interest: Exercises.- C.1.1 Theory Exercises.- C.1.2 Spreadsheet Exercises.- C.2.1 Theory Exercises.- C.2.2 Spreadsheet Exercises.- C.3 Life Insurance.- C.3.1 Theory Exercises.- C.3.2 Spreadsheet Exercises.- C.4 Life Annuities.- C.4.1 Theory Exercises.- C.4.2 Spreadsheet Exercises.- C.5 Net Premiums.- C.5.1 Notes.- C.5.2 Theory Exercises.- C.5.3 Spreadsheet Exercises.- C.6 Net Premium Reserves.- C.6.1 Theory Exercises.- C.6.2 Spreadsheet Exercises.- C.7 Multiple Decrements: Exercises.- C.7.1 Theory Exercises.- C.8 Multiple Life Insurance: Exercises.- C.8.1 Theory Exercises.- C.8.2 Spreadsheet Exercises.- C.9 The Total Claim Amount in a Portfolio.- C.9.1 Theory Exercises.- C.10 Expense Loadings.- C.10.1 Theory Exercises.- C.10.2 Spreadsheet Exercises.- C.11 Estimating Probabilities of Death.- C.11.1 Theory Exercises.- Appendix D. Solutions.- D.0 Introduction.- D.1 Mathematics of Compound Interest.- D.1.1 Solutions to Theory Exercises.- D.1.2 Solutions to Spreadsheet Exercises.- D.2.1 Solutions to Theory Exercise.- D.2.2 Solutions to Spreadsheet Exercises.- D.3 Life Insurance.- D.3.1 Solutions to Theory Exercises.- D.3.2 Solution to Spreadsheet Exercises.- D.4 Life Annuities.- D.4.1 Solutions to Theory Exercises.- D.4.2 Solutions to Spreadsheet Exercises.- D.5 Net Premiums. Solutions.- D.5.1 Theory Exercises.- D.5.2 Solutions to Spreadsheet Exercises.- D.6 Net Premium Reserves: Solutions.- D.6.1 Theory Exercises.- D.6.2 Solutions to Spreadsheet Exercises.- D.7 Multiple Decrements: Solutions.- D.7.1 Theory Exercises.- D.8 Multiple Life Insurance: Solutions.- D.8.1 Theory Exercises.- D.8.2 Solutions to Spreadsheet Exercises.- D.9 The Total Claim Amount in a Portfolio.- D.9.1 Theory Exercises.- D.10 Expense Loadings.- D.10.1 Theory Exercises.- D.10.2 Spreadsheet Exercises.- D.11 Estimating Probabilities of Death.- D.11.1 Theory Exercises.- Appendix E. Tables.- E.0 Illustrative Life Tables.- E.1 Commutation Columns.- E.2 Multiple Decrement Tables.- References.