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December 14, 2023 – N° 21
SCOR supports actuarial science with presentations such as:
Actuarial Awards Received in 6 Countries in 2023
Since 1996, SCOR has annually recognized the best research in the field of actuarial science, winning awards in several countries.
These awards aim to promote the development of actuarial science, encourage research in this field and contribute to improving the knowledge and management of risk. The SCOR Actuarial Award is recognized as a mark of excellence in the insurance and reinsurance industries. The French Actuarial Award is supported by André Lévy-Lang, chaired by his SCOR Corporate Foundation for Science.
The SCOR Actuarial Awards jury is comprised of internationally recognized researchers, insurance, reinsurance and finance experts. Winners are selected for the sophistication of the actuarial concepts, the quality of the analytical methods, and the originality of the research in terms of scientific advancement and potential practical application to the world of risk management.
In 2023, SCOR awarded actuarial awards in six countries: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
If you would like to submit your research to the 2024 Actuarial Awards, please visit www.scor.com/en/actuarial-awards to learn more.
Thierry Leger, CEO of SCOR, commented: “As the risk landscape continues to change more rapidly than ever, the continued development of risk knowledge and management is critical to the (re)insurance industry, and we appreciate your valuable and insightful work. I would like to thank all of this year’s award recipients.” Having recognized actuarial research for over 25 years, these awards support SCOR’s commitment to pushing the frontiers of insurance to contribute to the well-being and resilience of society. clearly demonstrates our long-term commitment. ”
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2023 SCOR Actuarial Award Winners
September 29th, Zurich, SCOR’s Chief Risk Officer Fabian Uffer presented the Swiss Actuary of the Year award at the annual conference of the Association of Casualty Actuaries in Europe (CAE). The prize is tom van rijn He received his PhD from the University of Basel with his master’s thesis “Pandemics, wars, etc.: How to correct for singular events in mortality prediction models”.
Stockholm on October 13th, SCOR Sweden Re CEO Svein Bohle Solvang, SCOR Life & Health’s Head of Central and Northern Europe Michael Breuer, and Swedish Actuarial Association Representative Daniel Ruffert attended the annual SCOR Sweden Re Nordic Awarded the Swedish Actuary Award during the life insurance period. meeting. The 2023 awards were presented to: Asmir Prepic He received his PhD from Stockholm University for his master’s thesis “Application and comparison of machine learning and traditional methods to insurance pricing in data-scarce environments”.
October 18th in Madrid, the Spanish and Portuguese Actuarial Award was presented to Ignacio Asiain, Head of Local Pricing for Iberia and Latin America at SCOR L&H, and Miguel Alfelieff, Director of SCOR SE Sucursal en España, to the Spanish and Portuguese Actuarial Association. Awarded jointly with The first prize was won by Abraham Hernandez-Pacheco (ISEG & CEMAPRE, University of Lisbon, Vitalis), and Roberto Carcas-Flores, (Vitalis), for the research paper “Flood Risk Reduction with CAT Bonds: A New Orleans Case Study.” The second place was chosen by carmen boad penas (Heriot-Watt University), julia eisenberg (Vienna University of Technology), Sule Sahin (University of York) and Georges Tsogas (Heriot-Watt University) for their research paper “Social risk management during the first stage of the pandemic: Application to the novel coronavirus infection”.
Cologne on December 4ththe jury of the German Actuarial Prize has named the winners for 2023. Dr Simon Podger PhD thesis “Analysis of risk models driven by a specific Poisson cluster process”, University of Graz (Austria); Dr. Philip Aigner He received an award for his doctoral thesis “Essay on scenario-based measurement of financial risk” from the University of Mainz.
Laura Bader He received his PhD from the University of Ulm for his master’s thesis “Modellierung von Übergangswahrscheinlichkeiten für Storno und Beitragsfreistellung” (Modelling the transition probabilities of premium lapses and exemptions). The winners will receive their awards at a ceremony scheduled to be held in Cologne in early 2024.
in Milan on December 13th, Manuela Colombo, General Insurance Market Manager and Legal Representative of SCOR Italy, and Professor Nino Savelli of the University of Cattolica, Milan, the president of the jury, presented Italy’s 2023 Actuarial Award. The award was won by Saverio Belvedere Awarded master’s thesis “Modeling Cybersecurity Insurance” at the University of Cattolica, Milan. Valentina Carilli Master’s thesis at the University of Trieste “Modelli di Markov per la valutazione del rischio di ondate di calore: un case-study in condizioni di dipendenza estrema” (Markov model for heatwave risk assessment: case study under extreme dependence) Conditions ).
December 13th in Paris Thierry Leger, CEO of SCOR, presented the 2023 French Actuarial Award in co-hosting with the French Association of Actuaries and in the presence of President Laurence Baudouin. Antoine HerranvalSorbonne University June Award DoctorPhD thesis: “Contributions des données de l’assurance à l’étude des risques Naturels» (Contributions of insurance data to the study of natural risks).of June Actuere Award was awarded to Mula Moria Awarded the European Actuarial Research Institute (EURIA) PhD thesis for his paper “Mesure et mitigation des biais: vers une tarification non-vie réellement équitable” (Measuring and mitigating bias: towards truly fair non-life insurance pricing) .
The winning papers can be accessed from the Actuarial Awards page on the SCOR website.
https://www.scor.com/en/actuarial-awards
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