STAT 481: Special Topic 1

2009 Trimester 1

STAT 481 CRN 13703, 15 Points (2009 1/3)
Coordinator: Prof Estate Khmaladze
Lectures: Tue 1-3 timetable
Recommended Reading: To be announced
Description: Models of an individual life time as a random variable: rates of mortality, remaining life times, life tables, specific parametric models for these; statistical analysis of cohorts and mixed populations; pricing of insurance contracts, endowments and annuities; basic models of population dynamics: births, deaths and migrations; analysis of portfolios: models for claims’ process and ruin probability. Students will be required to apply the concepts presented during the course to real demographic data and life-insurance data.
 

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