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Author:   Catrin Townsend
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.811kg
ISBN:  

9783031116728

ISBN 10:   3031116720
Pages:   409
Publication Date:   25 September 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of 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

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Catrin Townsend is a qualified actuary (a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries) and data enthusiast. In this book, she draws on her experience of pricing and reserving roles in general insurance, in both Lloyd’s syndicates and global insurers. Since earning a first-class degree in Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics & Economics from the University of Warwick, Catrin has worked with a range of insurance products and is currently leads a pricing team at a global insurer. She also leads and runs training courses on the theory and application of statistical modelling, and is a career ambassador for the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. Catrin lives in Surrey with her husband (who is also an actuary) and two children.

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