MATLAB FUNDAMENTALS TRAINING WITH CREDIT RISK APPLICATIONS

This insurance course is designed to look at the MATLAB user interface, error handling and debugging

Content:

• Overview/Introduction
• The MATLAB® user interface
• Entering commands and creating variables
• Analyzing vectors and matrices
• Visualizing vector and matrix data
• Accessing HELP
• Example: Bond portfolio valuation
• Working with files: Read and Write from/to Excel and CSV
• Working with data types: Numeric, Text
• Date & Time, logical, arrays
• MATLAB® data structures: Tables, Cells and Structs
• Example: Credit spread history
• Automating commands with scripts
• Writing programs with branching and loops
• Error Handling
• Debugging
• Improving performance
• Example: Calculating portfolio Cost of Downgrade and Cost of Default

FOR WHOM

For all newcomers to the insurance industry and existing insurance professionals, regardless of their specific role.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.