Free SOA Exam ALTAM (Advanced Long-Term Actuarial Mathematics) Premium and Policy Valuation for Long-Term Coverages Practice Questions

Premium and policy valuation on SOA Exam ALTAM tests prospective and retrospective reserve calculations, Thiele's differential equation, gross premium valuation, and the effect of mortality and interest assumptions on reserves.

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Question 1 Easy

Under the equivalence principle, the net premium for a life insurance policy is determined by which of the following conditions?

Solution

A is correct.

The equivalence principle (also called the net premium principle) requires that at the time of policy issue the EPV of the premium stream exactly equals the EPV of the benefit obligations:

\text{EPV(premiums)} = \text{EPV(benefits)}

. This makes the expected profit at issue equal to zero — no explicit loading for profit or expenses is built into the net premium.

Question 2 Medium

For the policy in question altam2-079 (whole life, age 40,

\mu = 0.02

\delta = 0.05

, benefit 100,000, continuous net premium

P = 2{,}000

), calculate the policy value

{}_{10}V

at time

t = 10

Solution

A is correct.

Because the forces

\mu = 0.02

and

\delta = 0.05

are constant (age-independent), the prospective quantities

\bar{A}_{x+t}

and

\bar{a}_{x+t}

are the same at every age:

\bar{A}_{x+t} = 0.02/0.07

and

\bar{a}_{x+t} = 1/0.07

. Therefore:

{}_{10}V = 100{,}000 \cdot \bar{A}_{50} - P \cdot \bar{a}_{50} = 100{,}000 \times \frac{0.02}{0.07} - 2{,}000 \times \frac{1}{0.07}

= \frac{2{,}000}{0.07} - \frac{2{,}000}{0.07} = 0

The reserve is identically zero at every policy duration under constant forces.

Question 3 Hard

A 3-year term insurance on (x) with level benefit 1,000 has the following mortality rates:

q_x = 0.010

q_{x+1} = 0.012

q_{x+2} = 0.015

. Interest rate

i = 0.05

. Compute the net premium reserves

{}_{1}V

{}_{2}V

prospectively.

Solution

C is correct.

First compute the net single premium (NSP):

\text{NSP} = 1{,}000[vq_x + v^2 p_x q_{x+1} + v^3 {}_{2}p_x q_{x+2}]

= 1{,}000[0.01/1.05 + 0.99 \times 0.012/1.05^2 + 0.99 \times 0.988 \times 0.015/1.05^3]

= 1{,}000[0.009524 + 0.010773 + 0.013215] = 1{,}000 \times 0.033512 = 33.51

The premium annuity

\ddot{a} = 1 + v p_x + v^2 {}_{2}p_x = 1 + 0.99/1.05 + 0.99 \times 0.988/1.05^2 = 1 + 0.942857 + 0.886984 = 2.8299

. Net premium

P = 33.51/2.8299 = 11.843

. Prospective reserve at duration 1:

{}_{1}V = 1{,}000[v q_{x+1} + v^2 p_{x+1} q_{x+2}] - P(1 + v p_{x+1})

= 1{,}000[0.012/1.05 + 0.988 \times 0.015/1.05^2] - 11.843(1 + 0.988/1.05)

= 1{,}000[0.011429 + 0.013469] - 11.843 \times 1.94095 = 24.898 - 22.993 = 1.905

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