Actuarium

Formula sheets

Every formula on the syllabus, rendered natively, with the traps examiners set for each. Print one per exam and keep it by your desk.

ASTAM β€” Advanced Short-Term Actuarial Mathematics

SOA

Stop-loss premium β€…β€ŠE[(Sβˆ’d)+]=βˆ‘s>d(sβˆ’d)P(S=s)\;E[(S-d)_+]=\sum_{s>d}(s-d)P(S=s); recursion β€…β€ŠE[(Sβˆ’dβˆ’1)+]=E[(Sβˆ’d)+]βˆ’(1βˆ’FS(d))\;E[(S-d-1)_+]=E[(S-d)_+]-(1-F_S(d))

Excess-of-loss reinsurance on X∼Exp(ΞΈ)X\sim\text{Exp}(\theta) with retention rr: β€…β€ŠE[reinsurer]=ΞΈeβˆ’r/ΞΈ\;E[\text{reinsurer}]=\theta e^{-r/\theta}

BΓΌhlmann–Straub β€…β€ŠZi=mimi+k\;Z_i=\dfrac{m_i}{m_i+k}, ΞΌ^\hat\mu = credibility-weighted mean

Generalized Pareto tail β€…β€ŠFΛ‰u(y)=(1+ΞΎy/Ξ²)βˆ’1/ΞΎ\;\bar F_u(y)=\left(1+\xi y/\beta\right)^{-1/\xi}; Hill estimator β€…β€ŠΞΎ^=1kβˆ‘i=1kln⁑X(nβˆ’i+1)X(nβˆ’k)\;\hat\xi=\dfrac1k\sum_{i=1}^k\ln\dfrac{X_{(n-i+1)}}{X_{(n-k)}}

TVaR β€…β€ŠTVaRΞ±=VaRΞ±+E[(Xβˆ’VaRΞ±)+]1βˆ’Ξ±\;TVaR_\alpha=VaR_\alpha+\dfrac{E[(X-VaR_\alpha)_+]}{1-\alpha}

Mack process/parameter variance β€” see CAS Exam 7 guide.

Traps to remember

  • Forgetting that a per-payment deductible changes both frequency and severity distributions.

  • Mixing up threshold exceedance (GPD) with block maxima (GEV).

  • Applying E[X∧r]E[X\wedge r] to reinsurer's payment instead of E[X]βˆ’E[X∧r]E[X]-E[X\wedge r].

  • Using unweighted average instead of exposure-weighted mean in BΓΌhlmann–Straub.

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