Inaug.-Diss.--Heidelsberg. / Lebenslauf. "Benutzte Literatur": p. 66-68.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1974. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 214-218).

Dissertation (PhD)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.

Zugl.: Münster, Universiẗat, Diss., 2002/2003.

The development of standards for education and training is regarded as a very important activity by many countries. Any country that sets standards for education and training is trying to define its training system and avoid duplication of training by providers who do not see eye to eye. National standards are public documents accessible to anyone interested in education and training. Namibia introduced standards setting as a core activity of administering the National Qualifications Framework in 1996 after the passing of the Namibia Qualifications Act by parliament. This research attempts to gain an understanding of how the process of developing standards for the Life Assurance Sector in Namibia was managed by focusing on the experiences of three persons who took part in the process of developing the said standards. The case study approach enabled me to gain considerable insight into management issues that may have influenced the process of developing these specific standards. The findings illuminate the management and leadership issues which characterised the process for the LA Industry. Several management issues emerge as key elements in the process. These include: A strong emphasis on transformational leadership through clear vision crafting; empowerment through emancipatory thinking; OD features such as problem solving and effective communication; the importance of organisational structure; the concept of a learning organisation and benchmarking as well as collegiality. This research explores the relationship between management thinking generally, and the management of the standards development process in particular.

The diploma thesis offers to the reader a detailed comparison of two life insurance products -- Česká spořitelna insurance's FLEXI and Koopetiva's PERSPEKTIVA 7BN. The comparison is made from the point of view of finances, of the covered risks and the extent of the cover, of the differences in the insurance conditions, of the insurance payments and their amount upon the formation of the insured event and of the overall approach of the insurance companies to the insured client. The diploma thesis presents to the reader the evaluation of the pros and cons of the life insurance products, as well as recommendation in the product choice.

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<p> We address the problem of valuation of life insurance risks of different nature, market independent or equity-linked, under various assumptions regarding policyholders'mortality and the financial market. Given the incomplete nature of life insurance markets, an indifference valuation approach tailored to different models of the insurer's liability is applied. To be more specific, we propose three models for the insurer's liability: a single life insurance model, the individual risk model and the collective risk model. The last two models are generalizations of the aggregate loss models with the same name from actuarial mathematics. </p> <p> First, we investigate the pricing problem of market independent life insurance risks under the assumption of random mortality, focussing on the effects of this latter assumption on the premium. We find that random mortality is an essential assumption especially when pricing in aggregate loss models. Then, we consider life insurance products with a more complex structure of the benefit, as equity-linked term life insurances. We price them via utility indifference in all liability models mentioned above, assuming deterministic mortality and a Black-Scholes market model. Comparing the results obtained, we observe that the collective risk model is computationally more efficient than the others, but at the cost of higher premium. Finally, we conclude by extend-ing our pricing results for equity-linked term life insurance to a one factor stochastic volatility market model. We obtain that in a fast-mean-reverting volatility regime, the indifference premium can be well approximated by adjusted constant volatility results, previously derived. </p> / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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