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  1. Duc Thinh Vu
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    Why risk margin is a part of liability instead of own fund?

    Hi Lindsay, As stated by Mateusz in his first comment, the Risk margin is calculated to bring the liabilities up to market value, and i think it...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Mar 2, 2024 in forum: SA2
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    Why the submodule CAT does not exist in the Market Risk module in Solvency 2 ?

    Hi everyone, I just want to ask a question that does not relate to the exam. Could you please explain to me why the sub-module CAT doesn't exist...
    Thread by: Duc Thinh Vu, Nov 1, 2022, 1 replies, in forum: SA2
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    Why the risk adjustment of IFRS 17 only concerns the non-financial risk ?

    Hi, thanks for your help! It is much much much clearer for me now. Merry christmas and happy new year to you and your family!
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Dec 24, 2021 in forum: SA2
  4. Duc Thinh Vu
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    Why the risk adjustment of IFRS 17 only concerns the non-financial risk ?

    Hi, thanks for your reply :) Could you explain to me a little furthur why you say that by using the risk free discount rate, we have already taken...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Dec 24, 2021 in forum: SA2
  5. Duc Thinh Vu
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    Why the risk adjustment of IFRS 17 only concerns the non-financial risk ?

    Hello everyone, I would like to ask a small question about the philosophy of the Risk adjustment of IFRS17. Why should the risk adjustment only...
    Thread by: Duc Thinh Vu, Dec 16, 2021, 6 replies, in forum: SA2
  6. Duc Thinh Vu
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    What "Release of reserve" really is ?

    Hi, thanks for your help until now :) you are very nice. Do you think that we can imagine the "Increase in reserve" as some kind of "expense" (not...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Nov 5, 2021 in forum: SP2
  7. Duc Thinh Vu
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    What "Release of reserve" really is ?

    Hi, thanks for your recommendation, I will come back to CT2 and revise more carefully. Yes, you are right about the original issue that I don't...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Nov 4, 2021 in forum: SP2
  8. Duc Thinh Vu
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    What "Release of reserve" really is ?

    Hi, thanks for your reply and your patience. However, I would to clarify what I mean with the interpretation of "change in reserve" (or increase...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Nov 4, 2021 in forum: SP2
  9. Duc Thinh Vu
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    What "Release of reserve" really is ?

    Hi, thank you so much for your clarification. It helps a lot. However, I still don't understand the meaning of the "change in reserve" ? Can you...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Nov 4, 2021 in forum: SP2
  10. Duc Thinh Vu
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    What "Release of reserve" really is ?

    Thanks Lindsay, CapitalActuary and Kamina for your helps. It is quite clear for me what is happening in 2 sides of the balance sheet. Just to...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Nov 1, 2021 in forum: SP2
  11. Duc Thinh Vu
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    What "Release of reserve" really is ?

    Thank you for your reply, it is quite clear. I have already reviewed the CT2 long before coming here to ask such a question. But in fact, I...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Oct 30, 2021 in forum: SP2
  12. Duc Thinh Vu
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    What "Release of reserve" really is ?

    Hi, thank you very much for your reply. I return to this question after 1 month because I still don't catch the idea of "Release of reserve" in...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Oct 29, 2021 in forum: SP2
  13. Duc Thinh Vu
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    Why non-life insurance is of short term and life insurance is of long term ?

    Hi, thank you very much for your help. However, i think it is reasonable to ask for a 5-year car insurance or a 20-year health insurance. So i...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Oct 25, 2021 in forum: General study / exams
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    Why non-life insurance is of short term and life insurance is of long term ?

    I would like to "Why non-life insurance is of short term and life insurance is of long term ?" I wonder why don't non-life insurer sell the...
    Thread by: Duc Thinh Vu, Oct 23, 2021, 3 replies, in forum: General study / exams
  15. Duc Thinh Vu
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    Why risk margin is a part of liability instead of own fund?

    Thank you very much for your kindness, thank you Lindsay for the confirmation. My last question is that could you please give me the name of the...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Oct 15, 2021 in forum: SA2
  16. Duc Thinh Vu
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    Why risk margin is a part of liability instead of own fund?

    Ah, it is much clearer for me now. So basically, if we use the Cost of capital method to calculate the RM, we should take the viewpoint of the...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Oct 14, 2021 in forum: SA2
  17. Duc Thinh Vu
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    Why risk margin is a part of liability instead of own fund?

    Hi, thank you very much for your explanation. It helps A LOT. I still have 2 questions to understand more your answer: 1) What do you mean by...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Oct 14, 2021 in forum: SA2
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    Why risk margin is a part of liability instead of own fund?

    Hi, I would like to ask why risk margin is a part of liability instead of own fund when it is said that "Risk margin is the compensation required...
    Thread by: Duc Thinh Vu, Oct 13, 2021, 14 replies, in forum: SA2
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    What "Release of reserve" really is ?

    Hi everyone, I'm struggling with the concept of "release of reserve". Could you please explain me what "release of reserve" really is ? What...
    Thread by: Duc Thinh Vu, Oct 9, 2021, 22 replies, in forum: SP2
  20. Duc Thinh Vu
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    Why use different methods to calculate reserve in Life and Non-life insurance ?

    Hi Ian, Thank you very much for your answer, it is much clearer for me now. However, could you please tell me why (in the general view) "A...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Oct 2, 2021 in forum: General study / exams
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    Why use different methods to calculate reserve in Life and Non-life insurance ?

    Hi everyone, The context of this question: As in reserving in Life insurance, we use the technique of discounting the future cashflows (include...
    Thread by: Duc Thinh Vu, Sep 29, 2021, 4 replies, in forum: General study / exams
  22. Duc Thinh Vu
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    Meaning of "Capitalise future profit" and why using net premium valuation

    Hello Mr. Willder, Thank you again for your kind reply. There is still 1 point that is not so clear to me. It is that there is no profit in the...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Oct 23, 2020 in forum: SP2
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    Meaning of "Capitalise future profit" and why using net premium valuation

    Hello Mr. Willder, Thank you very much for your help. It enlighted 90% of my problem. I would like to confirm with you 2 points: 1. The...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Oct 23, 2020 in forum: SP2
  24. Duc Thinh Vu
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    Meaning of "Capitalise future profit" and why using net premium valuation

    Hello everyone, I'm learning about the difference between net premium valuation and gross premium valuation. And I have 3 questions please: 1....
    Thread by: Duc Thinh Vu, Oct 23, 2020, 6 replies, in forum: SP2
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    Reserve and the cost of setting up reserve when do profit testing for term life insurance

    Hello, I would like to ask a question concerning the meaning of reserve and the cost of setting up reserve when we do the profit testing in term...
    Thread by: Duc Thinh Vu, Oct 20, 2020, 0 replies, in forum: CT5
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    Is lapse rate used when pricing ?

    Thank you very much for your response. Regarding incorporating lapse rate into the pricing procedure. I would like to take an example to...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Aug 24, 2020 in forum: SA2
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    Is lapse rate used when pricing ?

    Hello all, I am confusing a little bit about the lapse rate. I have 2 questions: 1. When we do the pricing of a new insurance product, do we...
    Thread by: Duc Thinh Vu, Aug 23, 2020, 3 replies, in forum: SA2
  28. Duc Thinh Vu
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    Rate of payment

    Sorry, could you pleased explain me what "the policies are sold evenly over each year" mean and why there are on average 5,000 policies paying...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Apr 20, 2017 in forum: CT1
  29. Duc Thinh Vu
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    Question about force of interest

    Do you mean that the interest is paid continuously from the time 2 (when the investment is made) to time 10 ?
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Apr 18, 2017 in forum: CT1
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    Question about force of interest

    I would like to ask: in case a question gives the information about force of interest of an investment (similar to the below picture), should I...
    Thread by: Duc Thinh Vu, Apr 17, 2017, 2 replies, in forum: CT1
  31. Duc Thinh Vu
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    Immediate annuity is annuity paid in arrear ?

    Here is a screenshot of the CT1 notes. I think that instead of saying "immediate annuity" as shown in the screenshot, we should say "annuity paid...
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Apr 13, 2017 in forum: CT1
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    Immediate annuity is annuity paid in arrear ?

    I want to know whether immediate annuity is the annuity paid in arrear or not. In the CT1 notes provided by ActEd, they use these 2 terms...
    Thread by: Duc Thinh Vu, Apr 13, 2017, 3 replies, in forum: CT1
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    Rate of payment

    I personally think that £52,18,000t should be the total payment during the first t years, not the rate of payment
    Post by: Duc Thinh Vu, Mar 30, 2017 in forum: CT1
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    Rate of payment

    [ATTACH] Hello everyone, According to the attached image, I want to ask why the rate of payment is 5,218,000.t instead of 5,218,000 only...
    Thread by: Duc Thinh Vu, Mar 27, 2017, 5 replies, in forum: CT1
  35. Duc Thinh Vu
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    @ sign in a question

    Hello everybody, I have come across some @ signs, like the picture below. Can someone explain what the "@" means in this situation. Thank you very...
    Thread by: Duc Thinh Vu, Mar 12, 2017, 2 replies, in forum: CT1
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