Actuarial mathematics for life contingent risks / David C. M. Dickson, University of Melbourne, Mary R. Hardy, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Howard R. Waters, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The substantially updated third edition of the popular Actuarial Mathematics for Life Contingent Risks is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of actuarial science, for trainee actuaries preparing for professional actuarial examinations, and for life insurance practitioners who wish to increase or update their technical knowledge. The authors provide intuitive explanations alongside mathematical theory, equipping readers to understand the material in sufficient depth to apply it in real world situations and to adapt their results in a changing insurance environment. Topics include modern actuarial paradigms, such as multiple state models, cash flow projection methods and option theory, all of which are required for managing the increasingly complex range of contemporary long-term insurance products"--