This repo includes the supporting notebooks for my series of blog posts exploring various actuarial topics through the lens of a novel insurance product, Knowledge Depreciation Guarantee (KDG), which covers sudden drops in value (measured by
1. Survival Model.ipynb
- This supports When Truth Decays: Actuarial Adventures in Parametric Insurance Design
- What would the actuarial pricing of truth look like? Imagine if “knowledge” had a measurable risk of decay or distortion…
2. Map of Knowledge.ipynb
- This supports When Truth Decays Part 2: Turning Knowledge into Liabilities
- We’ll explore the basics of actuarial reserving, using our hypothetical Knowledge Depreciation Guarantee as the illustrative example.
3. Reinsurance Basics.ipynb
- This supports When Truth Decays Part 3: Reinsuring Epistemic Upheavals
- Exploring risk transfer strategies for our hypothetical insurer of knowledge assets.
4. Quantum Cat Model.ipynb
- This supports the upcoming post: When Truth Decays Part 4: Ontological Schrödinger's Cats
- Utilizing quantum algorithms to model, price, and reinsure the rare tremors that shake the very foundations of what we believe to be true.