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Fall 2019 Exam Book List

Corporate Finance and ERM – Enterprise Risk Management	ISBN #
Financial Enterprise Risk Management, Sweeting, P., Second Edition, 2017, Cambridge Univ Press	978-1-107-18461-9
Value at Risk: The New Benchmark for Managing Financial Risk, Jorion, P., Third Edition, 2007, McGraw Hill	978-0-07146-495-6
Group Insurance, Skwire, Seventh Edition, 2016, ACTEX, (Group & Health Extension ONLY)	978-1-62542-682-6

Corporate Finance and ERM – Foundations of CFE	ISBN #
Corporate Finance, Berk, J. & DeMarzo, P., Fourth Edition, 2017, Pearson Publ	978-0-13-408327-8
Enterprise Risk Management Models, Olson, D. & Wu, D.D., Second Edition, 2017, Springer-Verlag	978-3-662-53784-8
Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Predictive Data Analytics, Kelleher, J., 2015, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	978-0-262-02944-5
How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of “Intangibles” in Business, Hubbard, D.W., Third Edition, Wiley 2014	978-1-118-53927-9
International Financial Statement Analysis, Robinson, T., Third Edition, 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.	978-1-118-99947-9
Measuring Market Risk, Dowd, K. Second Edition, 2005, John Wiley & Sons	978-0-47001-303-8
Managing Business Process Flows: Principles of Operations Management, Anupindi,R., Chopra,S., et. al. Third Edition, 2012, Pearson Education	978-0-13603-637-1

Corporate Finance and ERM – Strategic Decision Making	ISBN #
The xVA Challenge, Gregory, J. Third Edition, 2015, John Wiley & Sons	978-1-119-10941-9
Data, Models, and Decisions: The Fundamentals of Management Science, Bertsimas, D., Freund, R., 2004, Dynamic Ideas	0-9759146-0-X
Accounting for Decision Making and Control,Zimmerman, J., Ninth Edition, 2017, McGraw-Hill Education	978-1-259-56455-0
The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking Minto, B., Third Edition, 2009, Pearson Education	978-0-273-71051-6
Strategic Management: Competitiveness & Globalization Concepts, Hitt, M, Ireland, R.D., Hoskisson, R., Twelfth Edition, Cengage Learning	978-1-305-50220-8
Organizational Behavior, Hitt, M., Miller, C., and Colella, Fourth Edition, 2014, John Wiley & Sons [Candidates may use the Fifth Edition, 2018 ISBN: 978-1-119-39173-9]	978-1-118-80906-8
The Failure of Risk Management, Why it’s Broken, 2009, Hubbard, John Wiley & Sons	978-0-470-38795-5

General Insurance – Introduction to General Insurance	ISBN #
Insurance Operations, Kearney,S., 2015, The Institutes (SABI 13) (Candidates may use (CPCU 520) ISBN 978-0-89463-422-2 )	978-0-89463-823-7
Survey of Commercial Insurance, Flitner, A., 2012, The Institutes (CPCU 557) (Candidates may use Second Edition, 2014, ISBN 978-0-89463-799-5)	978-0-89463-555-7
Survey of Personal Insurance and Financial Planning, Cook,M.A., 2012, The Institutes (CPCU 553)	978-0-89463-554-0

General Insurance – Ratemaking & Reserving	ISBN #
Fundamentals of General Insurance Actuarial Analysis, Friedland, J., 2013, Society of Actuaries (available from ACTEX Publication/Mad River Books and The Actuarial Bookstore)	978-0-97593-377-0
Catastrophe Modeling: A New Approach to Managing Risk, Grossi, P. & Kunreuther, H., 2005, Springer Science + Business Media	978-0-38724-105-0

General Insurance – Financial and Regulatory Environment, US	ISBN #
General Insurance Financial Reporting Topics, Society of Actuaries, Fourth Edition-2018 (Available from ACTEX Publication/Mad River Books and The Actuarial Bookstore)	978-0-9913363-2-6
Insurance Regulation, Porter,K., The Institutes, 1st Edition, 2008 (IR 201)

General Insurance – Advanced Topics in General Insurance	ISBN #
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Group & Health Design & Pricing	ISBN #
Group Insurance, Skwire, Seventh Edition, 2016, ACTEX	978-1-62542-682-6
Individual Health Insurance, Bluhm/Leida, Second Edition, 2015, ACTEX ERRATA	978-1-62542-484-6
Essentials of Managed Health Care, Kongstvedt, Peter R., Sixth Edition, 2013, Jones & Bartlett ERRATA	978-1-44965-331-6
The Handbook of Employee Benefits, Rosenbloom, J.S., Seventh Edition, 2011, McGraw Hill	978-0-07174-598-7

Group & Health Finance & Valuation Canada	ISBN #
Group Insurance, Skwire, Seventh Edition, 2016, ACTEX	978-1-62542-682-6
Canadian Insurance Taxation, Swales, et. al., PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Fourth Edition, 2015, LexisNexis	978-0-43348-532-2
Individual Health Insurance, Bluhm/Leida, Second Edition, 2015, ACTEX ERRATA	978-1-62542-484-6
Morneau Shepell Handbook of Canadian Pension & Benefit Plans, Sixteenth Edition, 2016, LexisNexis	978-0-433-48981-8

Group & Health Finance & Valuation US	ISBN #
Group Insurance, Skwire, Seventh Edition, 2016, ACTEX	978-1-62542-682-6
Individual Health Insurance, Bluhm/Leida, Second Edition, 2015, ACTEX ERRATA	978-1-62542-484-6

Group & Health Specialty	ISBN #
Group Insurance, Skwire, D., Seventh Edition, 2016, ACTEX	978-1-62542-682-6
Healthcare Risk Adjustment and Predictive Modeling, Duncan, I., Second Edition, 2018, ACTEX ERRATA	978-1-63588-413-5
Managing and Evaluating Healthcare Intervention Programs, Duncan, I., Second Edition, 2014, ACTEX ERRATA	978-1-62542-112-8
Financial Enterprise Risk Management, Sweeting, P., Second Edition, 2017, Cambridge University Press	978-1-107-18461-9

Individual Life & Annuities – Life Finance & Valuation Canada	ISBN #
Canadian Insurance Taxation, Swales, et. al., PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Fourth Edition, 2015, LexisNexis	978-0-43348-532-2
Life, Health and Annuity Reinsurance, Tiller, J. E. & Tiller, D. F., Fourth Edition, 2015, ACTEX	978-1-62542-476-1

Individual Life & Annuities – Life Finance & Valuation US	ISBN #
US GAAP for Life Insurers, Herget, R. Thomas, Second Edition, 2006, SOA ERRATA	978-0-93895-973-1
Statutory Valuation of Individual Life and Annuity Contracts, Claire, D., Lombardi, L., Summers, S., Fifth Edition, Volume I, 2018, ACTEX Learning ERRATA	978-1-63588-494-4
Life, Health and Annuity Reinsurance, Tiller, John E. & Tiller, Denise Fagerberg, Fourth Edition, 2015, ACTEX	978-1-62542-476-1

Life Product Management Exam	ISBN #
Handbook of Fixed Income Securities, Fabozzi, F.J., Eighth Edition, 2012, McGraw- Hill	978-0-07176-846-7
Life, Health and Annuity Reinsurance,Tiller, John E. & Tiller, Denise Fagerberg, Fourth Edition, 2015, ACTEX	978-1-62542-476-1
Managing Investment Portfolios: A Dynamic Process, Maginn, J.L., Tuttle, D.L., Third Edition, 2007, John Wiley & Sons	978-0-47008-014-6

Individual Life & Annuities – Life ALM and Modeling	ISBN #
Investment Guarantees, Hardy, Mary, 2003, John Wiley & Sons ERRATA	978-0-47139-290-3

Quantitative Finance and Investment – Quantitative Finance	ISBN #
An Introduction to the Mathematics of Financial Derivatives, Hirsa, Ali and Neftci, Salih N., Third Edition, 2014, Academic Press, ERRATA, Second Printing ERRATA	978-0-12-384682-2
Fixed Income Securities, Veronesi,P., 2010, John Wiley & Sons, ERRATA	978-0-470-10910-6
Analysis of Financial Time Series, Tsay, Ruey S., Third Edition, 2010, John Wiley & Sons	978-0-47041-435-4
Problems & Solutions in Mathematical Finance, Chin, Nel, & Olafsson, Volume 1, 2014, John Wiley & Sons	978-1-119-96583-1
The Volatility Smile, Derman, E., Miller, B., 2016, John Wiley & Sons	978-1-118-95916-9

Quantitative Finance and Investment Portfolio Management	ISBN #
Managing Investment Portfolios: A Dynamic Process, Maginn, J.L., Tuttle, D.L., Third Edition, 2007, John Wiley & Sons	978-0-47008-014-6
Commercial Real Estate Analysis and Investments, Miller & Geltner, 2014,Third Edition, OnCourse Learning Publishing	978-1-133-10882-5
The xVA Challenge: Counterparty Credit Risk, Funding, Collateral, and Capital, Gregory, J. Third Edition, 2015, Wiley Finance	978-1-119-10941-9
Handbook of Fixed Income Securities, Fabozzi, F.J., Eighth Edition, 2012, McGraw- Hill	978-0-07176-846-7
Introduction to Credit Risk Modeling, Bluhm, Christian, Second Edition, 2010, Taylor and Francis Group	978-1-58488-992-2

Quantitative Finance and Investment – Investment Risk Management	ISBN #
Financial Enterprise Risk Management, Sweeting, P., Second Edition, 2017, Cambridge University Press	978-1-107-18461-9
The Top Ten Operational Risks: A Survival Guide for Investment Management Firms and Hedge Funds, Miller and Lawton, 2010, Stone House Consulting, LLC	978-1456367879
Managing Investment Portfolios: A Dynamic Process, Maginn, J.L., Tuttle, D.L., Third Edition, 2007, John Wiley & Sons	978-0-47008-014-6
Investment Ethics, Peck, S., 2011, John Wiley & Sons	978-0-470-43453-6

Retirement Benefits – Design & Accounting Canada	ISBN #
Retirement Plans: 401(k)s, IRAs, and Other Deferred Compensation Approaches, Allen, et. al., Twelfth Edition, 2018, McGraw Hill	781-1-259-72067-3
Fundamentals of Private Pensions, McGill, et. al., Ninth Edition, 2010, Oxford University Press	978-0-19954-451-6
Fundamentals of Retiree Group Benefits, Yamamoto, D.H., Second Edition, 2015, ACTEX	978-1-62542-483-9
Morneau Shepell Handbook of Canadian Pension & Benefit Plans, LexisNexis, Sixteenth Edition, 2016	978-0-433-48981-8
Canadian Pensions and Retirement Income Planning, LexisNexis, Sixth Edition, 2017	978-0-433-49105-7

Retirement Benefits – Design & Accounting US	ISBN #
Retirement Plans: 401(k)s, IRAs, and Other Deferred Compensation Approaches, Allen, et. al., Twelfth Edition, 2018, McGraw Hill	781-1-259-72067-3
Fundamentals of Private Pensions, McGill, et. al., Ninth Edition, 2010, Oxford University Press	978-0-19954-451-6
Morneau Shepell Handbook of Canadian Pension & Benefit Plans, LexisNexis Sixteenth Edition, 2016	978-0-433-48981-8
Fundamentals of Retiree Group Benefits, Yamamoto, D.H., Second Edition, 2015, ACTEX	978-1-62542-483-9

Retirement Benefits – Funding & Regulation Canada	ISBN #
Pension Mathematics for Actuaries, Anderson, A., Third Edition, 2006, ACTEX ERRATA	978-1-56698-559-8
Morneau Shepell Handbook of Canadian Pension and Benefit Plans, Sixteenth Edition, 2016, LexisNexis	978-0-433-48981-8
Canadian Pensions and Retirement Income Planning, Willis Towers Watson, Sixth Edition, 2017, LexisNexis	978-0-433-49105-7

Retirement Benefits – Retirement Plan Investment & Risk Management	ISBN #
Modern Investment Management: An Equilibrium Approach, Litterman, R, 2003, John Wiley & Sons	978-0-47112-410-8
Fundamentals of Private Pensions, McGill, et. al., Ninth Edition, 2010, Oxford University Press	978-0-19954-451-6
Morneau Shepell Handbook of Canadian Pension and Benefit Plans, Sixteenth Edition, 2016, LexisNexis	978-0-433-48981-8