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Application of the Markov Model to Life Insurance

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Life Insurance Risk Management Essentials

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Before starting with the Markov model, I would like to summarise how traditional calculations using commutation functions are performed. Usually one starts with the probabilities of death and then calculates a decrement table starting with, say, 100000 persons at age 20.

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Koller, M. (2011). Application of the Markov Model to Life Insurance. In: Life Insurance Risk Management Essentials. EAA Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20721-1_17

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