Resources

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The current website contains (or links) to all the resources you need for the course (compare the following list with left hand side menu):

Subject guide (you are reading it!)
Prerequisite knowledge: assumed knowledge in Excel
Reserving (CM2 5.2): the contents covering Section 5.2 of the CM2 syllabus.
Utility theory (CM2 1.2): the contents covering Section 1.2 of the CM2 syllabus.
Excel (CM2 Exam B): the contents covering the Excel component of the CM2 syllabus.
Stochastic interest (CM2 3): the contents covering Section 3 of the CM2 syllabus.
Ruin Theory (CM2 5.1 5.3): the contents covering Section 5.1 and 5.3 of the CM2 syllabus.
Ed discussion forum: link to the main interaction fora
Tutorial exercises: to be discussed in tutorials. Solutions will be posted at the end of the relevant week.

Details about assessment will be available under Assessment

Prescribed references are:

[Taylor] For Modules 1-4 (Chapters 1 to 5) Taylor, G. (2000) Loss Reserving: An Actuarial Perspective Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance and Economic Security (HSRI volume 21) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4615-4583-5
[Joshi] For Module 5 (Chapters 7 and 8) Joshi, M., Paterson, J. M. (2013), Introduction to Mathematical Portfolio Theory, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781107042315
[EE19] For Excel Slager, D., Slager, A. (2020) Essential Excel 2019 Apress, 2nd Edition, ISBN 978-1-4842-6208-5, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6209-2
[AE23] For Excel Katz, A. I. (2023) Up Up and Array! Dynamic Array Formulas for Excel 365 and Beyond, Apress, ISBN 978-1-4842-8965-5, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8966-2
[Dickson] For Modules 10-12 Dickson, D. C. M. (2016) Insurance Risk and Ruin, 2nd Edition, Cambridge University Press, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316650776

Most of those references can be downloaded from the Readings Online section of the Canvas community website.