TY - BOOK AU - Atkinson,M.E. AU - Dickson,D.C.M. TI - An introduction to actuarial studies SN - 9780857935410 U1 - 368.01 ATK PY - 2011/// CY - Cheltenham, U.K. PB - Edward Elgar KW - Insurance KW - Australia N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Valuation of financial transactions: -- Simple interest -- Compound interest -- Common compound interest transactions -- Demography: -- Characteristics of a population -- Individual characteristics: mortality -- Individual charateristics: fertility -- Population projections -- Actuarial practice: -- Principles of insurance -- Life insurance -- Private health insurance -- Superannuation -- General insurance -- National insurance -- Valuation of contigent payments: -- Discrete random variables -- Valuation of a Single contingent payment -- Valuation of a Series of contingent payments -- Premium calculation -- Relations between Actuarial fluctuations -- Parametervariability N2 - 1. Introduction -- 2. Valuation of financial transactions -- 3. Demography -- 4. Actuarial practice -- 5. Valuation of contingent payment ER -