Risk Analysis in Finance and Insurance (Chapman & Hall/CRC Financial Mathematics Series)

Melnikov, Alexander

ISBN 10: 1584884290 / ISBN 13: 9781584884293

Published by Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Risk Analysis in Finance and Insurance (Chapman & Hall/CRC Financial Mathematics Series)
• Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1584884290
• ISBN 13: 9781584884293
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 520 grams

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Synopsis

Historically, financial and insurance risks were separate subjects most often analyzed using qualitative methods. The development of quantitative methods based on stochastic analysis is an important achievement of modern financial mathematics, one that can naturally be extended and applied in actuarial mathematics.

Risk Analysis in Finance and Insurance offers the first comprehensive and accessible introduction to the ideas, methods, and probabilistic models that have transformed risk management into a quantitative science and led to unified methods for analyzing insurance and finance risks. The author's approach is based on a methodology for estimating the present value of future payments given current financial, insurance, and other information, which leads to proper, practical definitions of the price of a financial contract, the premium for an insurance policy, and the reserve of an insurance company.

Self-contained and full of exercises and worked examples, Risk Analysis in Finance and Insurance serves equally well as a text for courses in financial and actuarial mathematics and as a valuable reference for financial analysts and actuaries. Ancillary electronic materials will be available for download from the publisher's Web site.

About the Author

Alexander Melnikov is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistical Sciences at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.