Awards

  • 2018 International Congress of Actuaries Best Paper Award on Demographic Change and Longevity for the research paper “Long-Term Care Models and Dependence Probability Tables by Acuity Level: New Empirical Evidence from Switzerland”, in: Insurance Mathematics and Economics, 81:51-70, 2018 (with M. Fuino)
  • 2018 Global Center of Insurance Excellence designation by the International Insurance Society for the Master of Science in Actuarial Science at University of Lausanne (main applicant for certification)
  • 2018 Research Case Study Challenge Finalist recognition by the Society of Actuaries for the student team supervised at University of Lausanne
  • 2013 Dr. Hans Kessler Award of the Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, for the best published research paper in 2012, “Under What Conditions is an Insurance Guaranty Fund Beneficial for Policyholders?”, in: The Journal of Risk and Insurance, 79(3):785–815, 2012 (with P. Rymaszewski and H. Schmeiser)
  • 2012 Dr. Hans Kessler Award of the Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, for the best published research paper in 2011, “A Joint Valuation of Premium Payment and Surrender Options in Participating Life Insurance Contracts”, in: Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 49(3):580–596, 2011 (with H. Schmeiser)
  • 2002 AugusteDommer Award of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland (university-wide best average grade for the whole diploma program)
  • 2002 Jean Landry Award of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland (scientific work with outstanding personal research)
  • 2000 René Cousin Award of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland (best average grade in first and second year and special abilities in mathematics)