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FIN602 Assignment 2021

This document provides instructions for an assignment on actuarial finance. Students must analyze the annual reports of two insurance companies over 4 years to assess their financial performance and position, forecast their futures, and do a comparative analysis. For each company, students must examine the income statement and balance sheet, and provide reasons for trends. The comparative analysis requires discussing business risk, consumer demand, industry competition, and similarities or differences in trends. The assignment must be submitted individually or in small groups, with references and within 20 pages. It is due on November 7, 2021 and will be checked for plagiarism.

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FIN602 Assignment 2021

This document provides instructions for an assignment on actuarial finance. Students must analyze the annual reports of two insurance companies over 4 years to assess their financial performance and position, forecast their futures, and do a comparative analysis. For each company, students must examine the income statement and balance sheet, and provide reasons for trends. The comparative analysis requires discussing business risk, consumer demand, industry competition, and similarities or differences in trends. The assignment must be submitted individually or in small groups, with references and within 20 pages. It is due on November 7, 2021 and will be checked for plagiarism.

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College of Business, Hospitality and Tourism Studies

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE


FIN 602 – ACTUARIAL FINANCE
ASSIGNMENT
Semester 2, 2021

TOTAL WEIGHTING: Write-up 30%

INSTRUCTIONS
Actuarial finance is seen as the discipline that uses applications of
mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk in insurance, finance and other industries
with the help of probability, mathematics, statistics, finance, economics, financial economics,
and computer programming.

Question 1
Look at the Annual Report for Fiji Care Insurance Limited on SPX for the recent 4 years:
a) do a detailed analysis of its financial performance (Income Statement) and provide
reasons for this trend.
b) do a detailed analysis of its financial position (Balance sheet) and provide reasons for
this trend.
c) Forecast the future for this company

Question 2
Choose any other listed entity on SPX and look at the Annual Report for those specific years
that you have picked for in Question 1:
a) do a detailed analysis of its financial performance (Income Statement) and provide
reasons for this trend.
b) do a detailed analysis of its financial position (Balance sheet) and provide reasons for
this trend.
c) Forecast the future for this company

Question 3
Do a comparative analysis of the data that you obtained in Question 1 and Question 2. Your
analysis should discuss:
a) the level of business risk of the two firms of your choice
b) The prediction of consumer preference/demand (sales)
c) Competition in the industry
d) Any other factor/factors that would depict a similarity or a difference in the trend that
you obtained in Q 1 and Q 2.
Note:
i. Students can do this assignment individually, pairs or in groups not exceeding four
members.
ii. Provide a complete reference list, which should be prepared in accordance with one of
the internationally accepted referencing standards.
iii. The assignment must have an introduction, body, conclusion and a table of contents. It
should be typed in Times New Roman with font size 12 and 1.5 line spaced. Note the
total number of pages in the project should not exceed 20 pages.
iv. Please submit a soft copy of your assignment, in word format, on Moodle drop box.
v. A turn-it-in facility will be provided on the Moodle for preliminary plagiarism checking
as well as final project submission drop box. A maximum of 30% similarity index is
allowed.
vi. The assignment is due on MOODLE on 7th November, 2021 and the drop box facility
will expire accordingly. No further extensions will be provided.
vii. The assessment rubrics provided below is to assist you in your project and is for markers
use only (not to be inserted in your project).

Best of Luck
Pretika Chand
Dated 04/08/2021
FIN 602: Actuarial Finance
Assessment Criteria

Student Name Student Number


1
2
3
4

Number Component Full mark Gained mark Comments

Introduction 3

a 6
Q1 b 6
c 3
a 6
Q2 b 6
c 3
a 5
b 5
Q3
c 5

d 5

Conclusion 4

3
Referencing

Total 60

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