MATHEMATICS FOR INSURANCE
Course objectives
1.Knowledge and understanding. After successfully passing the exam, the student will have acquired an adequate sense of prediction, getting used to applying the rigor and the systematicity of the quantitative approach, namely the calculation of probabilities, to the assessment of the various risks related to problems under conditions of uncertainty of the insurance world. 2.Ability to apply knowledge and understanding. After having successfully passed the exam, the student will be able to appreciate the meaning and the differences of the different insurance contracts stipulated to cover life, death, damages and the most proper aspects of social insurance, having acquired a good preparation on the fundamental structures of the actuarial calculation. 3.The development of critical skills and judgment can be encouraged by the presentation of teaching material in a simple and flat language that does not renounce to correctness and mathematical rigor, allowing all students to intervene in the classroom expressing their ideas and their own doubts. 4.The ability to communicate what has been learned must be developed by focusing on the operational properties of the various insurance packages and on the examples of mathematical tools presented, making it possible for the student to become familiar with the more formal aspect of mathematics and thus acquire the ability to communicate. 5.The ability to continue independently in the study of the issues addressed must be encouraged by paying particular attention to the motivation of the mathematical contents presented, and thus encouraging the student to develop an analytical mentality to describe, schematize and quantitatively interpret all aspects of insurance reality.
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Course program
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- Lesson code1018211
- Academic year2025/2026
- CourseBusiness sciences
- CurriculumAmministrazione delle aziende
- Year3rd year
- Semester1st semester
- SSDSECS-S/06
- CFU6