UNSW Handbook Course - Life Insurance and Superannuation

Life Insurance and Superannuation - ACTL5105


	Faculty: Australian School of Business
	School: School of Risk & Actuarial St
	Course Outline: ACTL5105 Course Outline
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: ACTL5101, ACTL5102 and enrolment in program 8411
	CSS Contribution Charge:Band 3 (more info)
	Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This course covers the actuarial mathematics and models for use in the analysis and actuarial management of life insurance and superannuation contract. Topics covered include: the main forms of life insurance and annuity contracts, disability and long term care contracts and superannuation fund benefits; actuarial notation and the life table; moments of the value of the benefit payments; Thiele's differential equation for policy values; stochastic modelling of claims and benefit payments; gross premiums, net premiums, policy values and reserves; allowing for expenses and inflation; use of discounted emerging costs and profit tests; asset shares in life insurance; termination and alteration values; cost of guarantees; joint life functions; actuarial valuation of disability insurance contracts.

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