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Nov 7, 2022
2 min

Prime Re Solutions welcomes Dr. Olivier Steiger to its team!

Olivier Steiger holds a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Zurich. He is a fully qualified member of the Swiss Actuarial Association (SAV). Olivier is a member of the Board of the SAV and chairs the Education and Science Division. He comes with extensive experience in reserving, pricing, solvency and regulatory issues. Please describe your function at PRS. In November 2022 I joined the PRS team as a consulting actuary. I am involved in reserving, pricing

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Actuary Rebeca Juárez: “Failures are just one way of knowing how not to do things.”

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Mar 2, 2021
2 min

Actuary Rebeca Juárez: “Failures are just one way of knowing how not to do things.”

Rebeca Juárez has been working for Prime Re Solutions as an actuary since July 2020, representing PRS in Mexico together with José Borrego Blanco. She has more than 14 years of professional experience as an actuary. In her previous position at Lockton México, she was the subdirector of Actuaries. Please describe your function at PRS. Together with José Borrego I am a representative of PRS Prime Re Solutions in México. In your view, what makes up the success of PRS? The differ

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Borrego: "For me, learning lies in asking yourself why it went right or what happen when it didn't.”

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Feb 23, 2021
2 min

Borrego: "For me, learning lies in asking yourself why it went right or what happen when it didn't.”

José Borrego has been working for Prime Re Solutions as an actuary since July 2020, representing PRS in Mexico. He has applied and designed actuarial modelling in insurance, airline industries, lotteries, loyalty programs and social security schemes, and he previously worked for 10 years as the Actuarial Director of Lockton México. He is a member of Mexican actuarial associations, Colegio Nacional de Actuarios and Asociación Mexicana de Actuarios and brings a wealth of experi

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PRS Actuary Bor Harej always enjoyed solving complex problems

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Nov 19, 2019
2 min

PRS Actuary Bor Harej always enjoyed solving complex problems

Bor Harej has been working for Prime Re Solutions as an actuary since July 2019. In this interview the 36-year-old reveals his specialty in actuarial engineering, what his dream job was as a child and what he enjoys doing most in his leisure time. PRS: Please describe your function within PRS. Bor Harej: I joined the PRS team in July 2019 as a consulting actuary and shareholder. Besides working on various international projects, I am mostly engaged at promoting and providing

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Dalin Boriçi: "Research is a never ending journey."

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Nov 7, 2019
3 min

Dalin Boriçi: "Research is a never ending journey."

The 21-year-old Dalin Boriçi studies mathematics and physics at the University of Paris-Sud. As part of his Bachelor's degree in mathematics, he completed an internship at Prime Re Solutions during this summer. The Albanian national investigated how Cellular Automata can be used to model financial time series. Dalin, why did you decide to do an internship at PRS? As part of my bachelor’s degree in mathematics, I am required to write a bachelor thesis and complete an internshi

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Prof. Dr. Michel Dacorogna speaks at the Waterloo Conference on Risk Management and FinTech

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Apr 9, 2019
2 min

Prof. Dr. Michel Dacorogna speaks at the Waterloo Conference on Risk Management and FinTech

Prof. Dr. Michel Dacorogna will give a keynote speech at the Waterloo Conference in Statistics, Actuarial Science, and Finance in Canada on the subject of Internal Model Validation and present his latest research in these fields. The Waterloo Conference will be held on April 25 and 26, 2019 in Waterloo, Canada. About the topic Risk management and FinTech have been rapidly developing over the past few years. New challenges and practical issues arise on a daily basis, and they

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I don't regret studying mathematics and becoming an actuary... but should I become a data scientist?

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Feb 12, 2018
3 min

I don't regret studying mathematics and becoming an actuary... but should I become a data scientist?

Simone Dalessi reflects about his choice of study Simone Dalessi was interested in becoming a geologist at first but opted for mathematics in the end. Very much to the delight of his employer Prime Re Solutions. At a very young age, Simone has already come a long way: right after his studies he was employed as an actuary by PRS in 2012. After 5 years in the company he was appointed CEO of Prime Re Solutions in 2017. In this interview he provides insights into his choice of pr

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