Outline of actuarial science

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to actuarial science:

Actuarial science – discipline that applies mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk in the insurance and finance industries.

What <em>type</em> of thing is actuarial science?

Actuarial science can be described as all of the following:

• An academic discipline &ndash;
• A branch of science &ndash;
• An applied science &ndash;
• A subdiscipline of statistics &ndash;

Essence of actuarial science

Actuarial science

• Actuary
• Actuarial notation

Fields in which actuarial science is applied

• Mathematical finance
• Insurance, especially:
• Life insurance
• Health insurance
• Human resource consulting

History of actuarial science

History of actuarial science

General actuarial science concepts

Insurance

• Health insurance

Life Insurance

• Life insurance
• Life insurer
• Insurable interest
• Insurable risk
• Annuity
• Life annuity
• Perpetuity
• New Business Strain
• Zillmerisation
• Financial reinsurance
• Net premium valuation
• Gross premium valuation
• Embedded value
• European Embedded Value
• Stochastic modelling
• Asset liability modelling

Non-life Insurance

• Property insurance
• Casualty insurance
• Vehicle insurance
• Ruin theory
• Stochastic modelling
• Risk and capital management in non-life insurance

Reinsurance

Reinsurance

• Financial reinsurance
• Reinsurance Actuarial Premium
• Reinsurer

Investments & Asset Management

• Dividend yield
• PE ratio
• Bond valuation
• Yield to maturity
• Cost of capital
• Net asset value
• Derivatives
• Portfolio risk management

Mathematics of Finance

Financial mathematics

• Interest
• Time value of money
• Discounting
• Present value
• Future value
• Net present value
• Internal rate of return
• Yield curve
• Yield to maturity
• Effective annual rate (EAR)
• Annual percentage rate (APR)

Mortality

• Force of mortality
• Life table

Pensions

Pensions

• Stochastic modelling

Other

• Enterprise risk management
• Fictional actuaries
• Actuarial credentialing and exams

Persons influential in the field of actuarial science

• List of actuaries

See also

• Index of accounting articles
• Outline of economics
• Outline of corporate finance
• Outline of finance

References

External links

• Additional Actuarial Topics
• Actuarial Science Study Forum
• Actuarial Wiki
• Google Map of Actuarial Science Universities in the US

Professional Organizations/Associations for Actuaries

• CCA - Conference of Consulting Actuaries
• CAS - Casualty Actuarial Society
• SOA - Society Of Actuaries