ACTL3162 General Insurance Techniques (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.6/5 overall across 4 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
ACTL3162 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the UNSW Business School in School of Risk and Actuarial Studies. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 一般保险技术
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Risk and Actuarial Studies
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This course explores various actuarial models and statistical techniques applicable to general insurance practice. It includes topics such as loss data analysis, model evaluation; frequency, severity, and aggregate loss models; reinsurance; premium calculation; claims reserving; ruin theory; Bayesian statistics; credibility.
ACTL3162 has 4 scored reviews: overall 3.6/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.6/5).
On Reddit: "ACTL3162 General Insurance Techniques Difficulty: 4/5. Final exam difficulty: 10/5. Grade: 80 DN LiC: Qihe Tang 3.5/5, Keith Wong (I rlly don’t wanna rate him xD) Overall rating: 1/5. Assessment structure: 5% Storywall; 5% Quiz; 20% Assignment; 70% Finals. Although very poorly t…"
On Reddit: "I think the requirement was that you needed to complete 4x level 3 ACTL courses to be eligible for graduation. In my opinion, the easiest to hardest subjects are: 1. ACTL3142 (barely any maths, just need to be good in R and yapping) 2. ACTL3162 (teaching staff is really helpful …"
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Q: Is ACTL3162 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 4 reviews: overall 3.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ACTL3162, and when is it offered?
A: ACTL3162 is taught by the UNSW Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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