RE: May 1996 Actex #9

Fernando Alvarado ( (no email) )
Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:33:09 -0500

The insurance is clearly a case of the discrete payments, but the problem
doesn't provide the *usual* terms to find the net single premium. I think
the main issue here us to find expressions for --and please excuse the
notation, this is not a nice word processor:

kPx
Qx+k , for k := 0,1,2

For the first term, I used the definition of kPx:

kPx := exp {-INT [u(x+t)dt]} , limits 0 <= t <= k
= exp {-INT [0.12 dt]}
= exp {-0.12k} (1)

Which doesn't depend of the age x

The second is the same. If Qx+k = 1 - Px+k, then the expression in (1) may
be used to find Px+k:

Px+k := exp{-0.12} ==> Qx+k = 1 - exp{-0.12}

There's an easier third thing: translate the force of interest into the
discrete v^k. That would be v^k = exp{-0.09k}

Finally, the net single premium for the endowment insurance would be:

2
SUM [exp{-0.09(k+1)}exp {-0.12k}(1 - exp{-0.12})]
k=0
+ exp{(3)(-0.09)}exp {(3)(-0.12)}

After the algebra, I came up with:

1 - exp{-0.63}
(1-exp{-0.12})(exp{-0.09}) ---------------- + exp{-0.63}
1 - exp{-0.21}

Agree, anyone?

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: BrianOhlman [mailto:Brian.Ohlman@thehartford.com]
> Enviado el: Jueves 16 de Septiembre de 1999 08:07 AM
> Para: - *studygroup4a@lists.casact.org
> Asunto: May 1996 Actex #9
>
>
> Can anyone help out with this one?
>
> Henry, aged 30, is subject to a constant force of mortality,
> u(x)=.12.
> Henry wants to buy a 3 year endowment insurance, with a
> $1,000 benefit
> payable at the end of the year of death. You may assume the force of
> interest of .09. Determine the net single premium for this
> insurance.
>
>
> -Brian
>