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ACTU-F503

Réassurance

academic year
2025-2026

Course teacher(s)

Aurélien DUBOIS (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

- Why buying reinsurance
- Reinsurance market and dynamics
- Reinsurance treaties characteristics
- Life and Non life reinsurance
- Special risks
- Pricing models applicable to reinsurance treaties
- Extreme value theory
- Exposure management and catastrophe models
- Impact of reinsurance on capital needs under Solvency II
- Optimal reinsurance

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Understand and manage reinsurance concepts. Analyse profitability of reinsurance contracts. Understand worldwide market dynamics.

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Required and Corequired knowledge and skills

Non life insurance
Life insurance
Risk measures

Required and corequired courses

Teaching methods and learning activities

Ex Cathedra course with exercises
Possibility to organize a Business game
Possibility to organize a team/individual homework to prepare the exam
Possibility to read scientific articles with Q&A

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Book Walhin, J.F. (2012) La Réassurance, Larcier

Contribution to the teaching profile

Language: French 
Exam: French, English or Dutch

Other information

Campus

Plaine

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Max 5 points out of 20 on the possible homework
Max 5 points out of 20 on the possible Business game

Language(s) of evaluation

  • french

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