Effect of Changes in Underlying Assumptions

Free SOA Exam FAM (Fundamentals of Actuarial Mathematics) lesson in Present Value Random Variables for Long-Term Insurance Coverages. 8 min read, ~1,139 words.

Interest up → both and decrease (all PVs shrink with heavier discounting). Mortality up → increases, decreases (insurance and annuities move opposite). Mortality down → decreases, increases. Recursion isolates single-age changes:. Natural hedging: writing both insurance and annuities offsets mortality risk.

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