LEADER 04712nam 22006015 450 001 9910595029203321 005 20251009102848.0 010 $a9783031116735 010 $a3031116739 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-11673-5 035 $a(CKB)5840000000091618 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7102025 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7102025 035 $a(PPN)264961145 035 $a(OCoLC)1346429943 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-11673-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)995840000000091618 100 $a20220924d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA Risky Business $eAn Actuary?s Guide to Quantifying and Managing Risk in Society /$fby Catrin Townsend 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (415 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a9783031116728 311 08$a3031116720 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. A Short History of Actuarial Work -- Chapter 3. Products and Perils -- Chapter 4. Data -- Chapter 5. Annuities -- Chapter 6. Life Dependent Products: Your Money or Your Life -- Chapter 7. Pensions: Who pays? -- Chapter 8. Pricing: The Science of Estimating the Risk Cost -- Chapter 9. Pricing: The Art of Estimating Everything Else -- Chapter 10. Reserving: First Principles -- Chapter 11. Reserving: Methods -- Chapter 12. In Case of Emergency: Capital requirements -- Chapter 13. Reinsurance -- Chapter 14. Catastrophes and Climate Change -- Chapter 15. Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss -- Chapter 16. Latent Claims: A Problem for Another day -- Chapter 17. Modelling Coronavirus-19 -- Chapter 18. Careers in Actuarial Science -- Chapter 19. Looking Forward: the future of actuarial work. 330 $aIntangible, invisible and worth trillions, risk is everywhere. Its quantification and management are key to the success and failure of individuals, businesses and governments. Whether you?re an interested observer or pursuing a career in risk, this book delves into the complex and multi-faceted work that actuaries undertake to quantify, manage and commodify risk?supporting our society and servicing a range of multi-billion-dollar industries. Starting at the most basic level, this book introduces key concepts in actuarial science, insurance and pensions. Through case studies, explanations and mathematical examples, it fosters an understanding of current industry practice. This book celebrates the long history of actuarial science and poses the problems facing actuaries in the future, exploring complex global risks including climate change, aging populations, healthcare models and pandemic epidemiology from an actuarial perspective. It gives practical advice fornew and potential actuaries on how to identify an area of work to go into, how best to navigate (and pass!) actuarial exams and how to develop your skills post-qualification. A Risky Business illuminates how actuaries are central to society as we know it, revealing what they do and how they do it. It is the essential primer on actuarial science. Catrin Townsend is a qualified actuary (a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries) and data enthusiast. In this book, she draws on her experience of pricing and reserving roles in general insurance, in both Lloyd?s syndicates and global insurers. Since earning a first-class degree in Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics & Economics from the University of Warwick, Catrin has worked with a range of insurance products and is currently leads a pricing team at a global insurer. She also leads and runs training courses on the theory and application of statistical modelling, and is a career ambassador for the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. Catrin lives in Surrey with her husband (who is also an actuary) and two children. 606 $aFinancial risk management 606 $aActuarial science 606 $aStatistics 606 $aRisk Management 606 $aActuarial Mathematics 606 $aStatistics in Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance 615 0$aFinancial risk management. 615 0$aActuarial science. 615 0$aStatistics. 615 14$aRisk Management. 615 24$aActuarial Mathematics. 615 24$aStatistics in Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance. 676 $a031 700 $aTownsend$b Catrin$01258267 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910595029203321 996 $aA Risky Business$92915938 997 $aUNINA