Outline of actuarial science

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to actuarial science:

Actuarial science – discipline that applies mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk in the insurance and finance industries.

What type of thing is actuarial science?

Actuarial science can be described as all of the following:

An academic discipline –
A branch of science –
- An applied science –
  - A subdiscipline of statistics –

Essence of actuarial science

Actuarial science

Fields in which actuarial science is applied

Mathematical finance
Insurance, especially:
- Life insurance
- Health insurance
Human resource consulting

History of actuarial science

General actuarial science concepts

Insurance

Health insurance

Life Insurance

Life insurance
Life insurer
Insurable interest
Insurable risk
Annuity
Life annuity
Perpetuity
New Business Strain
Zillmerisation
Financial reinsurance
Net premium valuation
Gross premium valuation
Embedded value
European Embedded Value
Stochastic modelling
Asset liability modelling

Non-life Insurance

Property insurance
Casualty insurance
Vehicle insurance
Ruin theory
Stochastic modelling
Risk and capital management in non-life insurance

Reinsurance

Financial reinsurance
Reinsurance Actuarial Premium
Reinsurer

Investments & Asset Management

Dividend yield
PE ratio
Bond valuation
Yield to maturity
Cost of capital
Net asset value
Derivatives
Portfolio risk management

Mathematics of Finance

Financial mathematics

Interest
Time value of money
Discounting
Present value
Future value
Net present value
Internal rate of return
Yield curve
Yield to maturity
Effective annual rate (EAR)
Annual percentage rate (APR)

Mortality

Force of mortality
Life table

Pensions

Stochastic modelling

Other

Enterprise risk management
Fictional actuaries
Financial risk management § Insurance

Persons influential in the field of actuarial science

List of actuaries