Actuarial and Financial Sciences

Learning goals. The main learning goal for students is the knowledge of principles, methods and techniques of non life insurance. Students must be able to apply the main actuarial models and to interpret the results of their use on real data. Knowledge and understanding. Students acquire knowledge and understanding of the most important problems of actuarial science for non life insurance (premium principles, technical proisions, ecc.) and of the main methods for solving these problems. Applying knowledge and understanding. After the attendance of this course, students will be able to formalize real problems and to apply appropriate actuarial models. They will also be able to apply actuarial models to real data and to interpret them. Making judgements. Students improve judgements skills by applying actuarial models to a wide range of non life insurance products. Their skills will be improved by using and comparing different methods to the same problems and by applying these methods to real data. Communication skills Students will acquire the scientific language of actuarial science for non life insurance, that will be used in written test. Communication skills will be enhanced also by group work. Learning skills. Students who pass the final exam will have acquired the methods and knowledge necessary to operate as non life actuaries, with a special regard for non life technical provition. These skills will allow them access to the State Examination to the Actuarial Profession.