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ACTSC 855Life Contingencies 3

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: scheduled, 1 lecture section. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Profit testing for traditional and non-traditional life insurance. Pricing and valuation of embedded options in life insurance products. Defined benefit and defined contribution pension plan design. Theory and practice of unit credit methods for pension plan funding and valuation for final average salary, career average earnings, and career average revalued earnings pension plans; post-retirement health benefits.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00159530 / 5Online or by arrangement
TUT 10178070 / 5M 11:30–12:50

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

2 posts and comments in 1 thread mention ACTSC 855, 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

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u/UWCourseLinker: “… ACTSC 846 - Mathematics of Financial Markets ACTSC 853 - Basic Pension Mathematics ACTSC 855 - Advanced Life Insurance Practice ACTSC 859 - Group Life and Health Insurance ACTSC 862 - Introduction to Property and Casualty Pricing ACTSC 863 - Introduction fo Property and …”

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