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Title links lead to book details on the IFoA Library catalogue. From there, IFoA members and students can 'Request' the book from the IFoA Library Service, subject to availability. Members can also follow the ‘Access eBook’ links below after logging in through the member portal.
SA1 core reading for the current year is the key study reference for this exam and is available from the IFoA e-shop.
Students may also work with study guides and course materials for this exam from an IFoA recognised tuition provider.
Suggested additional reading for Subject SA1 Health and Care
Students may find it useful to consult some of the suggested sources listed within the 'Solving Problems' section of the SA1 Core Reading to obtain a wider appreciation or different viewpoint when studying a particular topic.
However, students are not expected to have read all of the items on the list or to have gained detailed knowledge of any particular topic additional to that contained in the core reading. Equally, students may use other sources of information to enhance their wider understanding, such as:
- The financial press and weekend supplements
- The trade press, particularly those that specialise in health and care
- Publications and websites of reinsurers and actuarial consultancies
- Information on the websites of bodies such as the ABI, PRA and FSA
- Papers from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and the Staple Inn Actuarial Society (see below)
- Continuous Mortality Investigation bulletins
- Future IFoA events and webinars found on the IFoA event calendar
- Past health and care-related presentations made at IFoA events, including session and webinar recordings, which can be found on the IFoA's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
- Health-related presentations made at conferences that sit within other practice areas (e.g. Life, General Insurance).
Staple Inn Actuarial Society papers
The SIAS website also offers its route to the 'SA1' papers listed below.
- The comparative effects on UK public expenditure of implementing long-term care systems as practised in Japan, Germany and Sweden. Karlsson, Martin; Mayhew, Les; Plumb, Robert H; Rickayzen, Ben D (2004)
- The chronic disease burden - an analysis of health risks and health care usage. (2005) Alder, Joanne; Mayhew, Les; Moody, Simon; Morris, Richard; Shah, Rajeev
- Exploring the critical path. (2006) Robjohns, Neil; Galloway, Hamish; Morris, Richard; Reid, Scott K; Wells, Joanne C
- Long-term care insurance: a guide to product design and pricing. (1998) Dullaway, David; Elliott, Sue
- Pensions and healthcare for an ageing population. (2011) Jollans, Alastair
- Demystifying the risk margin: theory, practice and regulation. Brown, A. (2012)
- Extending the critical path: a report from the critical illness Definitions and Geographical Variations Working Party. Banthorpe, P. et al. (2013)
- The ECJ Gender Directive ruling - one year on. Texier, L; Bhudia, R. (2014)
Institute and Faculty of Actuaries papers
Members can access the following BAJ papers from the links below once they have logged into their member portal.
- Adverse selection in a start-up long term care insurance market. (sessional research paper, 2014) - Adams, C. et al. (2014). (added for SA1 Core Reading 2016)
BAJ (2015) 20(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1357321714000270 - Disease management programmes for major depression: making the financial case. (sessional research paper, 2009) - Buckle, J.
BAJ (2009) 15(3): 679-725. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1357321700005766 - Enterprise Risk Management for health insurance from an actuarial perspective. (sessional research paper, 2010) - Orros, G.; Smith, J.
BAJ (2012) 17(2): 259-314. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1357321712000062 - Long-term care - a review of global funding models. (sessional research paper, 2012) - Elliott, S et al.
BAJ (2014) 19(1): 259-314. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1357321713000172 - Long-term care - a review of global funding models. (sessional research paper, 2014).
BAJ (2015) 20(1): 167-208. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1357321714000300 - Model risk: daring to open up the black box. (sessional research paper, 2015) - Morjaria, N. et al.; Model Risk Working Party.
BAJ (2015) 21(2): 229-296. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1357321715000276
Books
The IFoA Library has these recent books available for members to borrow or access via the IFoA eLibrary:
- Actuarial aspects of long term care. Dupourqué, E; Planchet, F and Sator, N. (editors). Heidelberg: Springer, 2019. ISBN 9783319122342.
Access eBook after member login - Health insurance: basic actuarial models. Pitacco, E. Heidelberg: Springer, 2015. ISBN 9783319122342.
- Individual health insurance. 2nd ed. Leida, H.K.; Bluhm, W.F. (2015). Winsted CT: ActEx, 2015. ISBN 9781625424846. (referenced in SA1 Core Reading, Unit 18)