MA/STAT 170

Richard Penney
Email: rcp@math.purdue.edu
Office Hours: MATH 822, M 12:00-1:30, W 12:00-1:30, or by appointment

  • Syllabus and Course Information

    • MA/STAT 170 Lab Assistants:


    Lab 006
    Allison Salisbury, Lab 6, asalisbu@purdue.edu
    Poppy Cai, Lab 3, cai33@purdue.edu

    Lab 007
    Matthew Berry, Lab 1, berry3@purdue.edu
    Riley Peterson, Lab 2, rileyjpeterson@gmail.com

    Lab 010
    Austin D Graber, Lab 5, graber1@purdue.edu
    Rui Xue, Lab 4,xuer@purdue.edu

    Lab 011
    Lingxiao Chen, Lab 7,chen597@purdue.edu
    Nathan Barrett, Lab 8,barrett7@purdue.edu

  • Instructions for submitting labs


  • Interest Theory Notes

  • Some Useful Formulas

  • Solution to Test 1, 2007

  • Solution to Test 1, 2009

  • Solution to Test 1, 2010

  • Lectures 1 and 2

  • Lecture 3

  • Assignments

  • Final from 2009 (The last two problems are new.)

  • Solution to the numerical problems on the 2009 Final

  • Solution to the essay problems on the 2009 Final

  • Solution to the reserve problems on the 2009 Final

  • Final from 2010 with solutions

  • Solution to Test 1 Pink, 2012

  • Solution to Test 1 Blue, 2012

  • J&L Chapter 1

  • J&L Chapter 2

  • Brown Chapter 1

  • Brown Chapter 2

  • Fault vs. No-Fault Insurance

  • August 21 st Lecture

  • Ken Fikes' presentation on P&C reserves

  • Answers to all Exercises in notes.

  • Mortality Table

  • Lab 1

  • Individualized Data for Lab 1

  • Lab 2

  • Individualized Data for Lab 2

  • Lab 3

  • Individualized Data for Lab 3

  • Lab 4

  • Individualized Data for Lab 4

  • Lab 5

  • Individualized Data for Lab 5

  • Lab 6 memo

  • Lab 6

  • There is no individualized data for Lab 6.

  • Lab 7

  • Individualized Data for Lab 7

  • Lab 7 Loss data

  • Lab 8

  • There is no individualized data for Lab 8.