Title links lead to book details on the IFoA Library catalogue. From here members, students and exam-registered non-members can 'Request' the book from the IFoA Library Service, subject to availability.
Note: We regret that we are unable to lend printed library books during current coronavirus pandemic controls, and direct students to follow 'Access eBook' links for some titles available for after IFoA member login, or to non-members registered for this exam, upon application to libraries@actuaries.org.uk.
- Actuarial mathematics. 2nd ed. Bowers, N. L.; Gerber, H. U.; Hickman, J. C. et al. Society of Actuaries, 1997. ISBN: 978-0938959465
(Borrow from libraries) - Actuarial mathematics for life contingent risks. 3rd ed.* Dickson, D.C.M.; Hardy, M.R.; Waters, H.R. Cambridge University Press, 2020. ISBN: 978-108478083
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[Library holds earlier 2nd edition, 2020 - Borrow from libraries]
[Library holds earlier 1st edition, 2009 - Access eBook after member login to IFoA eLibrary via OpenAthens*] - Actuarial models for disability insurance. Haberman, S.; Pitacco, E. Chapman & Hall, 1999. ISBN: 978-0849303890
(Borrow from libraries | Access eBook after member login to IFoA eLibrary via Athens*) - The analysis of mortality and other actuarial statistics. 3rd ed. Benjamin, B.; Pollard, J. H. Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, 1993. ISBN: 978-0901066268
(Borrow from libraries) - Financial mathematics for actuaries. 2nd ed. Chan, W.-S.; Tse, Y.-K. World Scientific Publishing, 2018. ISBN 9789813224674
(Borrow from libraries | Access eBook after member login to IFoA eLibrary via OpenAthens*)
- Financial mathematics for actuarial science. Wilders. R.J. CRC Press, 2020. ISBN 9780367253080
(Borrow from libraries | Access eBook after member login to IFoA eLibrary via OpenAthens*)
- Fundamentals of actuarial mathematics. 3rd ed.* Promislow, D. John Wiley, 2015. ISBN 978-1118782460
(Borrow from libraries | Access eBook after member login to IFoA eLibrary via Athens*)
[Library holds earlier edition held: 2nd ed., 2011 - Access eBook after member login to IFoA eLibrary via Athens*] - An introduction to the mathematics of finance: a deterministic approach. 2nd ed. S J Garrett. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013. ISBN 978-0080982403
(Borrow from libraries | Access eBook after member login to IFoA eLibrary via Athens*)
See also publisher Elsevier's book site for accompanying material 'Essential topics' available related to this book.Earlier edition: An introduction to the mathematics of finance. [1st ed.] McCutcheon, J. J.; Scott, W. F. Heinemann, 1986. SBN: 978-0434912285
(Borrow from libraries) - Life assurance mathematics. Scott, W. F. Heriot-Watt University, 1999.
(Borrow from libraries) - Life contingencies. Neill, A. Heinemann, 1977. ISBN: 0434914401
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(This book is no longer in print, but has been used as a textbook under earlier education strategies.) - Life insurance mathematics. 3rd ed. Gerber, H. U. Springer; Swiss Association of Actuaries, 1997. ISBN: 978-3540622420
(Borrow from libraries | Access eBook after member login to IFoA eLibrary via OpenAthens*) - Mathematics of compound interest. Butcher, M. V.; Nesbitt, C. J. Ulrich's Books, 1971. ISBN: 978-0960300013
(Borrow from libraries) - Modern actuarial theory and practice. 2nd ed. Booth, P. M.; Chadburn, R. G.; Haberman, S. et al. Chapman & Hall, 2005. ISBN: 978-1584883685
(Borrow from libraries | Access eBook after member login to IFoA eLibrary via OpenAthens*) - Theory of financial decision making. Ingersoll, J. E. Rowman & Littlefield, 1987. ISBN: 978-0847673599
(Borrow from libraries) - The theory of interest. 3rd ed. Kellison, S. G. McGraw-Hill-Irwin, 2008. ISBN: 978-0073382449
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These books are optional suggested reading to support study for the CM1 exam; as they were suggested reading for former CT1 and CT5 exams.
Non-members can request to borrow these books, subject to availability, after they have registered for the next scheduled CM1 exam. Please contact libraries@actuaries.org.uk confirming your exam date and IFoA registration number. CM1 Core Reading is the key study reference for this exam and is available from the IFoA shop, while students may also work with course materials for this exam from the Actuarial Education Company.
Additionally, non-members can apply to the Library Service for temporary access to the titles above where some are available as ebooks, access will be effective until the day after the next scheduled IFoA CM1 examination date.
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Pensions Winter Forum: Corporate Transactions
25 January 2022
Over recent months there has been a sharp rise in M&A activity involving British businesses, with interest from overseas, domestic buyers and Private Equity investors. -
Frank Redington is recognised as one of the most influential actuaries of all time. In this talk, Craig will review some of Redington's most important ideas. He will identify the consistent actuarial principles that form a common thread across the contributions Redington made to a broad range of actuarial fields, and will highlight the ongoing relevance of Redington's thinking to 21st century actuarial practice.
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The IFoA Mental Health working party look back over their week of blogs and podcasts considering all aspects of the relationship between mental health and life insurance. The expert panel spans adviser, underwriter and actuarial experience and they explore triggers for purchasing insurance relating to mental health, the various routes to insurance and how these may be more suited to different people depending on their conditions and preferences, the products and processes involved in purchasing these as well as what claims and support are available to policyholders and how to access them.
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Part of the 'Finance in the Public Interest 2022' webinar series. If it was ever okay to consider your business in isolation from its surroundings, today it most definitely is not. Thinking about business within its surrounding system is now a necessity. The question we seek to discuss is: How should we prescribe the boundaries in which we consider problems to enable us to create better products and more resilient companies and systems?
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ARC Webinar - The next generation of CDC pensions? Analysing a post-retirement retirement vehicle
18 February 2022What will happen to DC pension savers who see life annuities as poor VFM but still want an income for life? Pooled annuity funds could offer them a decent lifetime income while reducing significantly the complex choices and risk inherent in income drawdown. They could be the next generation of CDC pension schemes, slotting into the existing DC framework as a post-retirement option.
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ARC Webinar Series 2022 - Lifting the lid on intergenerational investment risk-sharing
24 February 2022Investment risk-sharing is a fundamental part of whole-life collective defined contribution (CDC) pension schemes, such as the Royal Mail CDC. But how does investment risk-sharing benefit members? And does it favour some groups of members over others?
Over recent months there has been a sharp rise in M&A activity involving British businesses, with interest from overseas, domestic buyers and Private Equity investors.