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SOA Exam FAM Sample Question 6.17

Study guide: Exam FAM

An insurance company sells special fully discrete two-year endowment insurance policies to smokers (S) and non-smokers (NS) age x. You are given:

(i) The death benefit is 100,000; the maturity benefit is 30,000

(ii) The level annual premium for non-smoker policies is determined by the equivalence principle

(iii) The annual premium for smoker policies is twice the non-smoker annual premium

(iv) \mu^{\text{NS}}_{x+t} = 0.1, \ t > 0

(v) q^{\text{S}}_{x+k} = 1.5\,q^{\text{NS}}_{x+k} for k = 0, 1

(vi) i = 0.08

Calculate the expected present value of the loss at issue random variable on a smoker policy.

[Question 18 on the Spring 2013 exam]

  • A) –30,000
  • B) –29,000
  • C) –28.000 (as printed)
  • D) –27.000 (as printed)
  • E) –26.000 (as printed)

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