| Module code | AKM 705 |
| Qualification | Postgraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences |
| Module content | The stochastic approach to annuities and assurances involving one of two lives. Definitions, estimation and use of select mortality functions. Multiple decrements and pension funds. Variable benefit, disability, long-term care contracts. Life insurance contracts: expenses and bonuses. Net and gross premiums and reserves for fixed and variable benefit contracts. Discounted emerging cost techniques. Profit testing. Asset shares for life insurance contracts. Alterations to contracts. Costs of guarantees under life insurance contracts. Factors affecting mortality, selection, standardisation. The process of population projection and its main determinants. Valuation of benefits under a disability insurance contract. |
| Module credits | 18.00 |
| Programmes | |
| Prerequisites | No prerequisites. |
| Language of tuition | English |
| Academic organisation | Actuarial Science |
| Period of presentation | Semester 1 |
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