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ACTSC 633Actuarial Risk Management

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Mathematics
Subject
Actuarial Science

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course considers actuarial risk management in the context of practical applications in life and non-life insurance, and in pensions. Topics covered include the role of the actuary; methods for pricing and reserving in life and non-life insurance; regulatory capital; risk transfer through reinsurance or securitization; product development; model risk and governance; pension risk management; embedded options in life insurance.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

2 posts and comments in 1 thread mention ACTSC 633, October 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2017

PSA: UWCourseLinker back up, disabled by default, call with [[course code]] 39 points, 31 comments

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u/UWCourseLinker: “… ACTSC 631 - Financial Mathematics III ACTSC 632 - Life Insurance Mathematics III ACTSC 633 - Actuarial Risk Management ACTSC 634 - Quantitative Risk Management ACTSC 635 - Profession Communications in Actuarial Science ACTSC 831 - Loss Models 1 ACTSC 832 - Loss Models 2 ACTSC …”

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In 33 terms, Fall 2009 to Winter 2024