Jim Farmer
DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED FINANCE AND ACTUARIAL STUDIES
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Jim Farmer joined the Department as a lecturer in 1991 after several years working in the life insurance industry. He has taught at first, second, third year and Masters levels. His publications have been largely in the life insurance area with an emphasis on recent developments in realistic reporting of profits for life insurance companies. He is the author of the only book on the mathematics behind these realistic reporting techniques, a book which has been used in both undergraduate and professional subjects.
Research Interest
Term insurance, Monte Carlo Markov Chain simulations, Margin on services profit reporting, student progression rates, annuities, surrender value, actuarial websites.
Publications
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Kim JY, Farmer P, Mark DB, Martin GJ, Roden DM, Dunaif AE, Barbieri RL, Repke JT, Lau WC. Harrison’s principles of internal medicine. Women's Health. 2008;39(5):24-39.
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Young ND, Debellé F, Oldroyd GE, Geurts R, Cannon SB, Udvardi MK, Benedito VA, Mayer KF, Gouzy J, Schoof H, Van de Peer Y. The Medicago genome provides insight into the evolution of rhizobial symbioses. Nature. 2011 Nov 16;480(7378):520.
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Iversen C, Waddington M, Farmer JJ, Forsythe SJ. The biochemical differentiation of Enterobacter sakazakii genotypes. BMC microbiology. 2006 Oct 26;6(1):94.
