A risky business : an actuary's guide to quantifying and managing risk in society /: an actuary's guide to quantifying and managing risk in society. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Catrin Townsend.
• Authors: Townsend, Catrin
• Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. A Short History of Actuarial Work.- Chapter 3. Products and Perils.- Chapter 4. Data.- Chapter 5. Annuities.- Chapter 6. Life Dependent Products: Your Money or Your Life.- Chapter 7. Pensions: Who pays?.- Chapter 8. Pricing: The Science of Estimating the Risk Cost.- Chapter 9. Pricing: The Art of Estimating Everything Else.- Chapter 10. Reserving: First Principles.- Chapter 11. Reserving: Methods.- Chapter 12. In Case of Emergency: Capital requirements.- Chapter 13. Reinsurance.- Chapter 14. Catastrophes and Climate Change.- Chapter 15. Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss.- Chapter 16. Latent Claims: A Problem for Another day.- Chapter 17. Modelling Coronavirus-19.- Chapter 18. Careers in Actuarial Science.- Chapter 19. Looking Forward: the future of actuarial work.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 368.01; Actuarial science; Risk management
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031116735
• Related ISBNs: 9783031116728
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