ABOUT THE BOOK

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    Accession Number

 B6086

    Title

 Market Consistent Actuarial Valuation

    Author

 Wuthrich, Mario V/ Buhlmann, Hans/ Furrer, Hansjorg

    Publisher

 Springer

    ISBN

 978-3-642-14851-4

     Summary

The contents of the book includes below: Chapter 1 we motivate the use of market-consistent values. Solvency requirements by regulations are one major reason for it. Chapter 2 introduces stochastic discounting, which in a market-consistent actuarial valuation framework replaces discounting with the classical technical interest rate. Chapter 3 the concept of the “Valuation Portfolio” (VaPo) is introduced and explained in the life insurance context. Chapter 4 covers financial risk is treated. Chapter 5 the notion of the Valuation Portfolio (VaPo) and the protected (against technical risk) Valuation Portfolio (VaPo) is extended to the non-life insurance sector. Chapter 6 contains selected topics. We mention only the treatment of the “Legal Quote” in life insurance.