This second edition expands the first chapters, which focus on the
approach to risk management issues discussed in the first edition, to
offer readers a better understanding of the risk management process and
the relevant quantitative phases. In the following chapters the book
examines life insurance, non-life insurance and pension plans,
presenting the technical and financial aspects of risk transfers and
insurance without the use of complex mathematical tools. The book is
written in a comprehensible style making it easily accessible to
advanced undergraduate and graduate students in Economics, Business and
Finance, as well as undergraduate students in Mathematics who intend
starting on an actuarial qualification path. With the systematic
inclusion of practical topics, professionals will find this text useful
when working in insurance and pension related areas, where investments,
risk analysis and financial reporting play a major role.