The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to actuarial science:
Actuarial science – discipline that applies mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk in the insurance and finance industries.
What type of thing is actuarial science?
editActuarial science can be described as all of the following:
- An academic discipline –
- A branch of science –
- An applied science –
- A subdiscipline of statistics –
- An applied science –
Essence of actuarial science
editFields in which actuarial science is applied
editHistory of actuarial science
editGeneral actuarial science concepts
editInsurance
editLife Insurance
edit- Life insurance
- Life insurer
- Insurable interest
- Insurable risk
- Annuity
- Life annuity
- Perpetuity
- New Business Strain
- Zillmerisation
- Financial reinsurance
- Net premium valuation
- Gross premium valuation
- Embedded value
- European Embedded Value
- Stochastic modelling
- Asset liability modelling
Non-life Insurance
edit- Property insurance
- Casualty insurance
- Vehicle insurance
- Ruin theory
- Stochastic modelling
- Risk and capital management in non-life insurance
Reinsurance
editInvestments & Asset Management
edit- Dividend yield
- PE ratio
- Bond valuation
- Yield to maturity
- Cost of capital
- Net asset value
- Derivatives
Mathematics of Finance
edit- Interest
- Time value of money
- Discounting
- Present value
- Future value
- Net present value
- Internal rate of return
- Yield curve
- Yield to maturity
- Effective annual rate (EAR)
- Annual percentage rate (APR)
Mortality
editPensions
editOther
editPersons influential in the field of actuarial science
editSee also
editReferences
editExternal links
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