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Life insurance mathematics

ETC3530

Synopsis

This unit covers: valuation of cash flows contingent on death or survival using mortality tables, insurance policies with constant or variable benefit, and with-profits contracts. Also covered are pricing assessments and reserving calculations for various insurance and pension products, involving one or two lives, and subject to multiple competing risks (e.g. withdrawal, sickness). Practical issues such as guarantees and options, as well as the effects of the pricing and reserving basis on the emergence of profit, will also be addressed.

Sourced from the Monash Handbook 2026.

Quick facts

Credit points
6
Level
3
Audience
Undergraduate
Type
Coursework
School
Faculty of Business and Economics
Faculty
Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
Handbook year
2026

Prerequisites (1)

What it unlocks (2)

Offerings (1)

  • Second semesterClayton · ON-CAMPUS

Listed in 4 areas of study

  • Actuarial studiesCore units
  • Actuarial studiesCore units
  • Actuarial studiesCapstone unit
  • Financial and insurance mathematicsFinancial and insurance mathematics elective unit