TY - BOOK AU - Promislow,S.David TI - Fundamentals of actuarial mathematics SN - 9780470684115 (hbk.) AV - HG8781 .P76 2011 U1 - 368.01 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. PB - Wiley KW - Insurance KW - Mathematics KW - Business mathematics N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [443]-444) and index; Introduction and motivation -- The basic deterministic model -- The life table -- Life annuities -- Life insurance -- Insurance and annuity reserves -- Fractional durations -- Continuous payments -- Select mortality -- Multiple-life contracts -- Multiple-decrement theory -- Expenses -- Survival distributions and failure times -- The stochastic approach to insurance and annuities -- Simplifications under level benefit contracts -- The minimum failure time -- The collective risk model -- Risk assessment ER -