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David C. M. Dickson, Mary R. Hardy and Howard R. Waters
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Solutions Manual for Actuarial Mathematics for Life Contingent Risks
This must-have manual provides detailed solutions to all of the 200+ exercises in
Dickson, Hardy and Waters’ Actuarial Mathematics for Life Contingent Risks, Second
Edition. This ground-breaking text on the modern mathematics of life insurance is
required reading for the Society of Actuaries’ Exam MLC and also provides a solid
preparation for the life contingencies material of the UK actuarial profession’s
Exam CT5.
Beyond the professional examinations, the textbook and solutions manual offer
readers the opportunity to develop insight and understanding, and also offer practical
advice for solving problems using straightforward, intuitive numerical methods.
Companion spreadsheets illustrating these techniques are available for free download.
David C. M. Dickson is Professor of Actuarial Studies in the Department of
Economics at the University of Melbourne. He is a Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries
and of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. He has twice been awarded the H. M.
Jackson Prize of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, most recently for his book
Insurance Risk and Ruin (Cambridge University Press, 2005).
Mary R. Hardy holds the CIBC Chair in Financial Risk Management at the
University of Waterloo, Ontario. She is a Fellow of the UK Institute and Faculty of
Actuaries and of the Society of Actuaries. She is a past Vice President of the Society
of Actuaries. In 2013 she was awarded the Finlaison Medal of the Institute and
Faculty of Actuaries for services to the actuarial profession, in research, teaching and
governance.
Howard R. Waters is Professor in the Department of Actuarial Mathematics and
Statistics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the Institute and
Faculty of Actuaries, by whom he was awarded the Finlaison Medal for services to the
actuarial profession in 2006.
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I N T E R NAT I O NA L S E R I E S O N AC T UA R I A L S C I E N C E
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Christopher Daykin (Independent Consultant and Actuary)
Angus Macdonald (Heriot-Watt University)
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of courses on actuarial science in universities, and that show how actuarial science can be used in
all areas where there is long-term financial risk.
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Solutions Manual for Actuarial Mathematics for Life Contingent Risks (2nd Edition)
David C.M. Dickson, Mary R. Hardy & Howard R. Waters
Actuarial Mathematics for Life Contingent Risks (2nd Edition)
David C.M. Dickson, Mary R. Hardy & Howard R. Waters
Risk Modelling in General Insurance
Roger J. Gray and Susan M. Pitts
Financial Enterprise Risk Management
Paul Sweeting
Regression Modeling with Actuarial and Financial Applications
Edward W. Frees
Nonlife Actuarial Models
Yiu-Kuen Tse
Generalized Linear Models for Insurance Data
Piet De Jong & Gillian Z. Heller
Market-Valuation Methods in Life and Pension Insurance
Thomas Møller & Mogens Steffensen
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SOLUTIONS MANUAL FOR
ACTUARIAL MATHEMATICS FOR
LIFE CONTINGENT RISKS
second edition
DAVID C. M. DICKSON
University of Melbourne
MARY R. HARDY
University of Waterloo, Ontario
HOWARD R. WATERS
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
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Contents
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Preface
Solutions for Chapter 1
Solutions for Chapter 2
Solutions for Chapter 3
Solutions for Chapter 4
Solutions for Chapter 5
Solutions for Chapter 6
Solutions for Chapter 7
Solutions for Chapter 8
Solutions for Chapter 9
Solutions for Chapter 10
Solutions for Chapter 11
Solutions for Chapter 12
Solutions for Chapter 13
Solutions for Chapter 14
Solutions for Chapter 15
Solutions for Chapter 16
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Preface
This manual presents solutions to all exercises from
Actuarial Mathematics for Life Contingent Risks, 2nd edition (AMLCR),
by David C. M. Dickson, Mary R. Hardy, Howard R. Waters,
Cambridge University Press, 2013
ISBN 9781107044074
It should be read in conjunction with the spreadsheets posted at the website
www.cambridge.org\9781107620261 which contain details of the calculations required. However, readers are encouraged to construct their own spreadsheets before
looking at the authors’ approach. In the manual, exercises for which spreadsheets are
posted are indicated with an E .
In some cases the answers in the manual will differ from answers calculated using
tables such as those provided in Appendix D of AMLCR. The differences arise from
rounding errors. The numbers given in this manual are calculated directly, without
using rounded table values, unless otherwise indicated.
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