保险精算学课程是保险学专业的主干课，主要是利用数理模型来估计和分析未来的不确定事件所产生的影响，特别是对于寿险公司财务的影响。
在保险精算学课程的教学实践中，充分考虑本专业学生的知识结构、理论水平和应用能力要求，按照教育部颁布的《高等学校思想政治理论课建设标准》，从诚信品质、职业道德、责任意识、敬业精神、社会责任等方面，将保险精算学课中的理论知识与思想政治教育相结合。强调生命表参数计算和精算现值计算的准确性和重要性，要求学生客观处理纯保费定价中的一系列问题。
通过学习本课程要使学生重点理解和掌握保险精算学的基本理论，掌握数理模型及分析方法。并了解如何运用它们进行保费的计算和均衡净保费等价公式的应用。通过本课程的学习和习题的计算，还要求学生提高计算精确度和分析与处理问题的能力。因为这些都是职业保险专业人才应具备基本素质。
The course of Insurance Actuarial science is the main course of insurance major. It mainly uses mathematical model to estimate and analyze the influence of uncertain events in the future, especially on the finance of life insurance companies. In the teaching practice of insurance actuarial science course, fully considering the knowledge structure, theoretical level and application ability requirements of the students of this major, according to the "Construction Standard of ideological and political Theory course in Colleges and Universities" promulgated by the Ministry of Education, the theoretical knowledge in insurance actuarial science course is combined with ideological and political education from the aspects of honesty quality, professional ethics, responsibility consciousness, professionalism and social responsibility. It emphasizes the accuracy and importance of life table parameter calculation and actuarial present value calculation, and requires students to deal with a series of problems in pure premium pricing objectively. By studying this course, students should focus on understanding and mastering the basic theory of actuarial science, mastering mathematical models and analytical methods. And understand how to use them to calculate the premium and the application of equilibrium net premium equivalent formula. Through the study of this course and the calculation of exercises, students are also required to improve the accuracy of calculation and the ability to analyze and deal with problems. Because these are professional insurance professionals should have basic qualities.