2026-04-10
- A team of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students took home some hardware after the 2026 Munich Re Cup, North America's premier actuarial science case competition. Destin Yu, Peter Zhang, and Sabrina Hsieh won first place for their strategic solution to this year's case: “Using GenAI in Life Insurance Operations: Improving Customer Experience.”The Munich RE Cup allows students a...
2026-04-03 - What does the weather mean to you? As a PhD student in mathematics who focuses on climate-related risk, I think about the weather not just in terms of my outfit or commute. To me, the weather is a commodity.Part of my research explores pricing models for weather derivatives, which are financial contracts that help firms mitigate risk and protect revenue from changes in the climate—acting...
2025-08-14 - Our faculty member Professor Wei Wei has been selected for the 2025–26 Emerging Research Leaders Academy (ERLA), hosted by the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute (IHSI). ERLA supports mid-career researchers in...
2025-04-09 - ASRM was represented by faculty and PhD students at the Chicago Forum for Responsible AI in Industry: FinTech, hosted by the Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) on April 3, 2025.This event brought together industry leaders, policymakers, and AI experts to...
2025-04-09 - We’re excited to share that a team from Illinois earned 2nd place at the 11th Annual Munich Re Cup, one of North America’s premier actuarial science student case competitions!The Illinois team—comprising actuarial science students Elena Ban, Annie Gu, and Teresa Ngocand Nguyen, all members of the...