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Written by three renowned authorities in the actuarial field, Loss Models, Third Edition upholds the reputation for excellence that has made this book required reading for the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) qualification examinations. This update serves as a complete presentation of statistical methods for measuring risk and building models to measure loss in real-world events. It provides over 400 exercises that have appeared on previous SOA and CAS examinations, as well as Intriguing examples from the fields of insurance and business.

Features of the Third Edition include: 

• Extended discussion of risk management and risk measures, including Tail-Value-at-Risk
• Maintains an approach to modeling and forecasting that utilizes tools related to risk theory, loss distributions, and survival models
• Expanded coverage of copula models and their estimation
• New sections on extreme value distributions and their estimations
• All data sets are available on the book’s FTP site

 Loss Models, Third Edition is an essential resource for students and aspiring actuaries who are preparing to take the SOA and CAS preliminary examination. It is a must-have reference for professional actuaries, graduate students in the actuarial field, and anyone who works with loss and risk models in their everyday work.

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This unique book is a guide for students and graduates of mathematics, statistics, economics, finance, and other number-based disciplines contemplating a career in actuarial science. Given the comprehensive range of the cases that are analyzed in the book, the Actuaries' Survival Guide can serve as a companion to existing study material for all courses designed to prepare students for actuarial examinations.

* Based on the curricula and examinations of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS)
* Presents an overview of career options and details on employment in different industries
* Provides a link between theory and practice; helps readers gain the qualitative and quantitative skills and knowledge required to succeed in actuarial exams
* Includes insights from over 50 actuaries and actuarial students
* Written by Fred Szabo, who has directed the actuarial co-op program at Concordia University or over ten years.
Price: $37.17 [Notify me when price goes down.]

Test your knowledge of the probability concepts in the first exam through the Society of Actuaries This book contains over 250 practice problems for Exam P / 1. The concepts covered include continuous probability distributions, multivariate distributions, moment-generating functions, and set notation..
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This review book from Digital Actuarial Resources (DAR) covers the fundamental math featured on the actuarial exams, including calculus, trigonometry, and advanced algebra. Some of the subtopics include double integrals, partial differentiation, Riemann sums, limits, and sequences. The text teaches you numerous theorems, shortcuts, and problem-solving methods. It also has hundreds of examples to illustrate the concepts. The book is 246 pages and in softcover format..
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Written by three renowned authorities in the actuarial field, Loss Models, Third Edition upholds the reputation for excellence that has made this book required reading for the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) qualification examinations. This update serves as a complete presentation of statistical methods for measuring risk and building models to measure loss in real-world events. It provides over 400 exercises that have appeared on previous SOA and CAS examinations, as well as Intriguing examples from the fields of insurance and business.

Features of the Third Edition include: 

• Extended discussion of risk management and risk measures, including Tail-Value-at-Risk
• Maintains an approach to modeling and forecasting that utilizes tools related to risk theory, loss distributions, and survival models
• Expanded coverage of copula models and their estimation
• New sections on extreme value distributions and their estimations
• All data sets are available on the book’s FTP site

 Loss Models, Third Edition is an essential resource for students and aspiring actuaries who are preparing to take the SOA and CAS preliminary examination. It is a must-have reference for professional actuaries, graduate students in the actuarial field, and anyone who works with loss and risk models in their everyday work.

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Price: $23.18 [Notify me when price goes down.]

Test your knowledge of the concepts featured in the second exam from the Society of Actuaries This book contains over 200 challenging practice test problems for SOA Exam FM or CAS Exam 2. The problems are very comprehensive, covering topics from loan amortizations to bonds to annuities. A detailed solutions manual also exists within the book. The full book is 113 pages with spiral binding..
Price: $39.00 [Notify me when price goes down.]

Digital Actuarial Resources published a short study guide for the Probability Exam (or Exam P/1) offered through the Society of Actuaries. This study guide contains all the equations and formulas you need to know for Exam P. The guide is 20 pages with 230+ formulas. The topics covered include: Statistics of the Actuarial Practice, Sets, Discrete Probability Distributions, Common Counting Distributions, Continuous Probability Distributions, Common Continuous Distributions, Moment-Generating Functions, Multivariate Distributions, Building Probability Distributions, Ordered Random Variables, and Normal Distribution Approximations. Digital Actuarial Resources is selling these guides on Amazon or directly from its homepage at: www.digitalactuarialresources. The guides come in a printed, unbound format and will be shipped via the United States Postal Service. Digital Actuarial Resources will be adding an electronic format of each guide to Amazon in which you can buy an eBook version of the guide..
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