Rob in Insurance

After a distinguished career, Rob Kaas, Professor of Actuarial Statistics at the University of Amsterdam, will retire in the summer of 2015. He will be granted emeritus status at the University of Amsterdam, where he started working as early as 1969.

Among many other aspects, Prof. Kaas is author of Modern Actuarial Risk Theory - Using R, one of the main textbooks in Actuarial Science that has been translated into many languages, and of over 130 scholarly research papers in Actuarial Science; Program Director of the renowned Actuarial Science Education Programs at the University of Amsterdam; Managing Editor of Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, the leading journal in Actuarial Science; and organizer of the first IME conference in Amsterdam in 1997, starting the series of what are considered the major academic conferences in Actuarial Science today.

On the occasion of his retirement and to honor his major contributions to Actuarial Science, the Section of Actuarial Science at the University of Amsterdam organizes the Rob in Insurance symposium on Tuesday June 30, 2015. This academic symposium is preceded by the annual R in Insurance meeting on Monday June 29, 2015, bringing together academics and practitioners applying R in Actuarial Science.

The symposium takes place in Artis Amsterdam and will feature world-class leaders in Actuarial Science research. Rob in Insurance starts at 9.30 am. The academic program ends at 4.00 pm. It is followed by a drinks reception from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm. There is no registration fee for Rob in Insurance but registration for the academic program is essential.  

Confirmed speakers 

• Hansjoerg Albrecher
• Michel Denuit
• Hans Gerber 
• Marc Goovaerts
• Rob Kaas
• Arnold Shapiro
• Elias Shiu  (University of Iowa)
• Qihe Tang (University of Iowa)