Insurance and actuarial studies

A compendium of credit risk modelling approaches, including several new techniques that extend the horizons of future research and practice.

Describes developments in life insurance mathematics, addressing specific aspects of market-based valuation.

This 2006 book shows financial planners how to plan pension annuities and life insurance.

Considers problems associated with genetic information in an age of declining welfare provision, and offers direction for future policy.

You no longer need a traditional employer plan to get good, affordable health insurance.

In-depth coverage of variable income annuities With trillions of dollars in retirement savings assets, the tens of millions of Americans on the precipice of retirement need to convert these savings into retirement income.

Praise for Endowment Building "e;This comprehensive work shows how endowments can provide multiple opportunities for donor involvement when the solicitation program is well designed and integrated with other fund development and program goals.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to actuarial mathematics, covering both deterministic and stochastic models of life contingencies, as well as more advanced topics such as risk theory, credibility theory and multi-state models.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to actuarial mathematics, covering both deterministic and stochastic models of life contingencies, as well as more advanced topics such as risk theory, credibility theory and multi-state models.

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, capital management has become a critical factor in value creation for banks and other financial institutions.

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, capital management has become a critical factor in value creation for banks and other financial institutions.

A straightforward guide to the evolution, benefits, and implementation of Solvency II Providing a guide to the evolution, practice, benefits, and implementation of Solvency II, Executive s Guide to Solvency II deftly covers this major European regulation which ensures that insurers can meet their risk based liabilities over a one year period to a 99.

A straightforward guide to the evolution, benefits, and implementation of Solvency II Providing a guide to the evolution, practice, benefits, and implementation of Solvency II, Executive s Guide to Solvency II deftly covers this major European regulation which ensures that insurers can meet their risk based liabilities over a one year period to a 99.

Private placement life insurance (PPLI) was once the exclusive domain of wealthy investors willing to tackle the logistical challenges of the offshore insurance market.

Private placement life insurance (PPLI) was once the exclusive domain of wealthy investors willing to tackle the logistical challenges of the offshore insurance market.

A practical approach to ART-an alternative method by which companies take on various types of risk This comprehensive book shows readers what ART is, how it can be used to mitigate risk, and how certain instruments/structures associated with ART should be implemented.

Since the publication of the successful first edition of Earthquake Protection there have been 110 lethal earthquakes, killing 130 000 people; there have also been significant developments in the field of earthquake risk management, particularly in the modelling and analysis of risk for insurance and financial services.

Claims reserving is central to the insurance industry.

A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller "e;Ambitious and readable .

There are a wide range of variables for actuaries to consider when calculating a motorist's insurance premium, such as age, gender and type of vehicle.

Devoted to the problem of fitting parametric probability distributions to data, this treatment uniquely unifies loss modeling in one book.

The Wiley Paperback Series makes valuable content more accessible to a new generation of statisticians, mathematicians and scientists.

The increasing complexity of insurance and reinsurance products has seen a growing interest amongst actuaries in the modelling of dependent risks.

This book assesses the role of the doctrine of insurable interest within modern insurance law by examining its rationales and suggesting how shortcomings could be fixed.

This book assesses the role of the doctrine of insurable interest within modern insurance law by examining its rationales and suggesting how shortcomings could be fixed.

Constructing Insurable Risk Portfolios offers a data-driven approach to devising risk retention programs that safeguard firms from a multitude of risks.

This book explores the role of the insurance industry in contributing to, and responding to, the harms that climate change has brought and will bring either directly or indirectly.

This book explores the role of the insurance industry in contributing to, and responding to, the harms that climate change has brought and will bring either directly or indirectly.

Over the past decade the financial and business environments have undergone significant changes.

Time Series Analysis With Applications in R, Second Edition, presents an accessible approach to understanding time series models and their applications.

Insurance and financial markets have been radically and deeply changed in the last 20 years.

This book develops the use of statistical data analysis in finance, and it uses the statistical software environment of S-PLUS as a vehicle for presenting practical implementations from financial engineering.

The HAZOP Leader's Handbook is designed specifically to help HAZOP leaders plan and execute successful HAZOP studies, based on the author's many years of experience of participating in, observing and facilitating HAZOP studies, as well as observing, training, mentoring and assessing HAZOP leaders.

Reliability, Maintainability and Risk: Practical Methods for Engineers, Tenth Edition has taught reliability and safety engineers techniques to minimize process design, operation defects and failures for over 40 years.

A comprehensive guide designed to help consumers understand the American health insurance system so that they can obtain the benefits to which they are entitled.

When the challenge is to get to the heart of a problem, you need a simple and efficient cause investigation methodology.

As a security professional, have you found that you and others in your company do not always define "e;security"e; the same way?

As a security professional, have you found that you and others in your company do not always define "e;security"e; the same way?

The essential guide to quantifying risk vs.

Longlisted for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2017Finance is shrouded in mystery for outsiders, while many insiders are uneasy with the disrepute of their profession.

In today's business climate, accountability, transparency, and a high regard for laws, regulations, and ethical conduct is as much a part of how an organization manages its affairs as its primary mission and operations.