8月份啦，时间所生不是很多，赶紧鼠标戳进来温习SOA2005年真题北美精算师Course8IC考试大纲（第三节课）。
　　7. (7 points) XYZ Life produces value-based financial statements.
　　You are given:
　　? The hurdle rate is 12%.
　　? The risk-free rate of return is 4.0%.
　　? The inflation rate is 1.5%.
　　? Beta is 2.0.
　　(a) (1 point) Describe the CAPM formula and calculate the implied rate of return on
　　average equity investments.
　　(b) (2 points) Describe validation techniques used to *uate the accuracy and
　　reliability of model office projections used in value-based financial anlysis.
　　(c) (4 points) ABC Life offers the same term life insurance product as XYZ. XYZ’s
　　premiums are 5% higher than ABC’s. Both companies have the same inflation,
　　investment and hurdle rates.
　　XYZ has priced the product to achieve an IRR of 13%.
　　(i) Compare first year earnings for XYZ for the following reporting methods.
　　? PPM,
　　? Value-based financial reporting, and
　　? Level ROE financial reporting.
　　(ii) Determine which company would report higher first year earnings under
　　each of the reporting methods. Justify your answer.
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　　8. (4 points) Senior management would like to introduce a commission schedule that
　　eliminates vesting entirely. In return, agents will be paid higher commissions. Currently,
　　all commissions vest to agents at the time of a sale.
　　You are given:
　　Current renewal commission scale:
　　t 1 2 3
　　rt 3% 3% 3%
　　Ot 0 0 0
　　Pt 1.0 0.90 0.80
　　Proposed renewal commission scale:
　　t 1 2 3
　　rt 5% 5% 5%
　　Ot 0 0.05 0.10
　　Pt 1.0 0.95 0.90
　　where:
　　t = policy year
　　r = commissions as a percent of the gross annual premium
　　Ot = probability that premium on new business is written by agents who leave
　　before business enters policy year t
　　Pt = probability that the annual premium for the policy year t will be paid
　　? The discount rate is 3%.
　　? Expected sales under current compensation scale are $10.0 million of premium.
　　? Expected sales under proposed compensation scale are $10.5 million of premium.
　　? Expected expenses excluding commissions are 10% of premium.
　　Select the commission schedule that produces the highest net revenue for the company.
　　Show all work.
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　　Morning Session
　　9. (4 points) ABC Life is concerned about the trend of its fixed annuity sales relative to the
　　rest of the industry.
　　(a) Describe available sources of data that may be used to *uate the trend in fixed
　　annuity sales.
　　(b) Describe issues for ABC to consider in deciding whether to withdraw from the
　　fixed annuity market.
　　**END OF EXAMINATION**
　　MORNING SESSION
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　　Afternoon Session
　　**BEGINNING OF EXAMINATION 8**
　　INDIVIDUAL INSURANCE – CANADA
　　AFTERNOON SESSION
　　Beginning with question 10
　　Question 10 pertains to the Case Study
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