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Since 2014, Jo\u00ebl Wagner is a Full Professor in the Department of Actuarial Science<\/a> at the HEC<\/a> Faculty of the University of Lausanne<\/a>. He is also a member of the Swiss Finance Institute<\/a> at University of Lausanne (since 2017) and invited lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne<\/a> (EPFL). He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Retraites Populaires<\/a> (since 2019, Chairman 2020-2021) and La Luxembourgeoise<\/a> (Lalux Group, Lalux Assurances, Lalux Assurances-Vie, since 2022). He is a former member\u00a0of the Swiss Occupational Pension Supervisory Commission<\/a> (CHS PP, 2018-2019), the Federal Commission for Cost and Quality Monitoring in Mandatory Health Insurance<\/a> (CFCQ, 2026), and the Board of Directors of the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research<\/a> (LISER, 2025-2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic curriculum.<\/strong> Jo\u00ebl finished his postdoctoral lecture qualification (habilitation) on topics in Insurance Management and Financial Stability in 2013 and has been awarded the degree of Privatdozent at the University of St. Gallen<\/a> (HSG). He holds a venia legendi<\/em> in Business Administration with special emphasis on Risk Management. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics (Dr. \u00e8s sc. , fields of analysis, numerical analysis and simulation, 2006) and an engineering degree in Physics (Master, ing. phys. dipl. EPF, 2002) from EPFL. During his doctoral studies, he was also a visiting research associate at the University of Houston<\/a> (2002, 2003).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past positions.<\/strong> From 2010 until 2014 he was Assistant Professor of Risk Management and Insurance at HSG and Member of the Executive Board of the Institute of Insurance Economics<\/a>. He was also a Member of the Steering Committee of that university\u2019s profile unit Responsible Corporate Competitiveness. He taught various courses in the university\u2019s Master in Banking and Finance curriculum and selected modules in the institute\u2019s executive education programme. From 2006 to 2009 he was a consultant in the Financial Services and Insurance practice of The Boston Consulting Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests.<\/strong> His research focuses on current topics in risk management and insurance. Recent and ongoing work includes the analysis of current challenges in life and pension insurance (e.g., model risk, option pricing, pension reforms), health insurance (e.g., long-term care financing, multimorbidity and cost of care), insurance management (multichannel distribution, claims auditing, innovation and sustainability), and recent developments in regulatory and reporting frameworks (costs and benefits from regulation, solvency requirements — e. g., Swiss Solvency Test, Solvency II and pension coverage ratios — guaranty funds, IFRS and embedded value reporting). His activities include regular projects with insurance companies, studies on selected topics for the insurance industry, and collaborations with government bodies. Jo\u00ebl Wagner frequently presents his findings at academic conferences and in talks to practitioners. He regularly publishes his work in academic peer-reviewed journals<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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