Institute of Insurance Science

Funded Projects

Publications

Consultation hour

By email appointment

Prof. Dr. An Chen (Head of Institute)

Personal Information

  • Place of Birth: Zhejiang, China
  • Languages: Chinese (native), German(fluent), English (fluent)

Professional Experiences

Sep. 2012- present: Full professor and head of the Institute of Insurance Science at the University of Ulm, Germany
2012: Offer of a Chair in Finance, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
2012: Offer of an Associate Professorship in Finance, University of Luxembourg
Oct. 2009-Aug. 2012: Assistant professor at the University of Bonn, Germany
2009: Offer of an Assistant Professorship in Actuarial Science, University of Amsterdam
Sep. 2008-Aug. 2009: Acting professor (Lehrstuhlvertretung) at the Department of Economics, University Bonn, Germany
Jan. 2007-Aug. 2008: Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007: Ph.D. in economics, University of Bonn, Germany
Oct. 2003-Dec. 2006: Ph.D study, Bonn Graduate School of Economics, Germany
2001 - 2003: Student assistant at the Department of economics (BWL-III Lehrstuhl, Prof Dr. Klaus Sandmann)
Oct. 2000-Sep. 2003: Diplomvolkswirtin (M.Sc.), University of Bonn, Germany

Awards
 

May 2021 ASTIN Bulletin PBSS Prize for the paper “On the Optimal Combination of Annuities and Tontines" (joint with Manuel Rach and Thorsten Sehner)
2019 ASTIN Bulletin PBSS Prize for the paper "Tonuity - A novel individual-oriented retirement plan" (joint with Peter Hieber and Jakob K. Klein)
Jun. 2018 ICA 2018 Best Paper Award for the subject “Aspects of long-term savings: uncertainty in low real returns, longevity and inflation"
Jan. 2016 University Teaching Award, University of Ulm
Jul. 2011 Lecturer Award for outstanding Teaching in the Master's Programme in Economics 
2014 Handelsblatt BWL-Ranking - Researchers under 40, No. 45
2012 Handelsblatt BWL-Ranking - Researchers under 40, No. 91

Research focuses

  • Life and Pension Insurance
  • Optimal asset allocation
  • Risk Management in finance and insurance
  • Derivatives pricing

Editorial Duties

  • 06.2018 - present: Co-editor, ASTIN-Bulletin - The Journal of the International Actuarial Association
  • 01.2018 - 06.2018: member of Editorial Board, ASTIN-Bulletin - The Journal of the International Actuarial Association
  • 02.2021 - present: Associate Editor, Annals of Actuarial Science 
  • 05.2021 - present: member of Advisory Board, Mathematical Methods in Economics and Finance

Other Activities

  • 04.2019-present: Board member of German Society  For Insurance and Financial Mathematics  (DGVFM)
  • Mitglied des Ausschusses "Hochschulausbildung, Aus- und Weiterbildung" der DGVFM

Ph.D. Students

  • Current PhD Students (Ulm University): Benedikt Mark Schultze, Thorsten Sehner, Nils Sørensen, Fangyuan Zhang (second supervisor)
  • Former PhD Students (Ulm University): Felix Hentschel, Jakob Klein, Manuel Rach, Simona Clever (second supervisor), Carle Mereu (second supervisor) 
  • Former PhD Students (University of Bonn): Chunli Cheng, Christian Hilpert, Filip Uzelac

Fudan Exchange

Information about the Fudan exchange can be found here.