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General Insurance Modelling (ACTL90020)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
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Overview
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Topics include loss distribution with and without risk sharing; collective risk model, calculation of moments and moment generating function of aggregate claims, recursion formulae, effect of reinsurance; individual risk model, recursion formulae and approximations; copulas; extreme value theorems; time series.
Intended learning outcomes
- Apply relevant pre-requisite knowledge of mathematics, probability theory and statistics in the solution of a range of practical problems.
- Derive and calculate probabilities for, and moments of, loss distributions both with and without simple reinsurance arrangements.
- Estimate the parameters of a loss distribution when data is complete or incomplete.
- Fit a statistical distribution to a dataset and perform goodness-of-fit tests.
- Construct risk models appropriate for short term insurance contracts and derive both moments and moment generating functions for aggregate claim amounts under these models with and without simple forms of proportional and excess of loss reinsurance.
- Derive recursion formulae and apply approximation methods to calculate aggregate claims distributions.
- Describe and apply copulas to model dependent risks.
- Introduce extreme value theory and its applications in modelling the distribution of severity of loss.
- Explain and concepts and general properties of several time series models.
Generic skills
- High level of development
- Written skills
- Problem solving
- Statistical reasoning
- Application of theory to practice
- Interpretation and analysis
- Use of computer software
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Students must have studied equivalent subjects in probability and statistics.
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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MAST20004 | Probability |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
MAST20005 | Statistics |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Individual Assignment 1
| Week 6 | 15% |
Individual Assignment 2
| Week 11 | 15% |
End-of-semester examination
| During the examination period | 70% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Benjamin Avanzi Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Prescribed textbooks are:
• Wuthrich, Mario V., Non-Life Insurance: Mathematics & Statistics (January 7, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2319328
• Shumway, Robert H., Stoffer, David S. (2017) Time Series Analysis and Its Applications With R Examples, Springer, ISBN 978-3-319-52452-8 - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022