Risk management and actuarial science is an applied interdisciplinary subject based on probability theory, mathematical statistics and finance, and it is the scientific basis of modern finance, insurance and investment. Cultivate professionals in social and economic fields (especially the management and risk assessment of finance, insurance and investment industries). Talents with actuarial expertise have become the necessary premise and foundation for the opening of life insurance companies in China, and it is also a hot spot for companies to snatch and reserve talents. At present, there are mainly Nankai University, China Renmin University, Central University of Finance and Economics and Wuhan University offering this major. Statistics Department of Renmin University of China 1992 set up this major, and enrolled undergraduate, master and doctoral students successively. Renmin University of China has also been authorized to establish the Examination Center of Actuarial Society of North America and the Examination Center of American Life Insurance Management Society (Beijing Examination Center), which has become an important foundation for cultivating talents in risk management, actuarial science and insurance management in China.

The risk management and actuarial specialty of the School of Statistics of China Renmin University was established in 1992, which is one of the earliest actuarial education and research institutions in China. In 2004, applied economics established doctoral and master programs in risk management and actuarial science. Relying on the strong statistical theory and model application background of the School of Statistics of China Renmin University and the key research base of the Ministry of Education, this major has made a series of research achievements in the theoretical research, practical application and actuarial software of actuarial models, and has also trained a number of actuarial research and practical talents.

The research direction is:

L Pension and social security actuarial: including actuarial model and application of endowment insurance; Social insurance actuarial and monitoring system; Asset and liability management of pension funds; Actuarial management control system of occupational annuity.

L insurance actuarial: including asset and liability management of life insurance companies; Survival analysis in medical insurance and life insurance: life table and population analysis; International accounting standards for life insurance companies; Risk management of insurance companies; The application of actuarial control cycle in insurance company management.

L Non-life insurance actuarial: including risk analysis, loss model and auto insurance pricing system.

Second, the training objectives

The training objectives of the doctoral degree awarding point are: to have extensive basic knowledge of actuarial and statistics, to form a systematic and professional research direction, to have the ability to conduct scientific research and teaching independently, to explore and study new risk management and actuarial models, and to open up the application fields of risk management. Have innovative ability and rigorous scholarship.

The training objectives of the master's degree awarding point are: to master the necessary actuarial and statistical knowledge, to establish actuarial and risk management models for practical problems, and to use appropriate software and tools to implement model calculation and result analysis. Graduates should become senior talents in actuarial modeling and application.

Third, research institutions.

Risk management and actuarial center

Fourth, the introduction of the tutor.

Wang Xiaojun, Professor, Doctor of Law, Doctoral Supervisor, Vice President of School of Statistics, Renmin University of China, Deputy Director of Applied Statistics Research Center of Ministry of Education, and Director of Beijing Examination Center of Actuarial Society of North America. The main research directions are insurance actuarial, pension and social security actuarial. His major works include Actuarial Principles of Social Security, Pension System and Its Actuarial Evaluation in China, Actuarial Science of Insurance and Actuarial Science of Life Insurance. He has published many academic papers, presided over many scientific research topics, and won many awards for outstanding achievements in scientific research.

Peng Fei, professor, Ph.D., doctoral supervisor of Leuven University, part-time researcher of Swiss Federal Statistical Office, director of China Population Society and director of Beijing Statistical Society. The main research fields are: life insurance actuarial, survival analysis and population analysis. The direction of guiding doctoral students is data analysis methods in actuarial and social science research. Published many papers in academic journals at home and abroad. The main academic works are: Time and Space Approaching Death: Yearbook of China Academy of Sciences 1980, Survival Analysis, etc.

Meng, professor, doctor of economics. Professor, School of Statistics, Renmin University of China. His main research interests are risk management and actuarial science. He presided over and participated in 5 national and provincial scientific research projects, won 4 scientific research awards, published more than 50 papers at home and abroad, and published 6 monographs and translations. His representative works include Insurance Pricing: A Study of Empirical Valuation System, Practical Actuarial Science of Non-life Insurance, and Explanation of Excessive Individual Dispersion in Reward and Punishment Automobile Insurance System.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) training method

The learning methods are mainly classroom study, discussion and computer practice, combined with subject research and teaching reform practice. After completing the required credits and passing the exam, students enter the dissertation stage. After the students have passed the thesis defense, they are awarded the degree upon examination and approval by academic degree evaluation committee.

Intransitive verb foreign exchange

The risk management and actuarial specialty of School of Statistics of Renmin University of China has established good communication and cooperation relations with internationally renowned actuarial organizations, internationally renowned universities with actuarial specialties and foreign insurance companies. Actuarial Examination Center of Actuaries Association is located in the Institute of Statistics. Established Statistics and Actuarial Center of Renmin University of China in cooperation with Australian Security Group. In addition, it has established friendly cooperation and exchange relations with wharton school, Georgia State University Business School, Boston University Actuarial Specialty, University of Connecticut Actuarial Specialty, Australian Actuarial Society and Macquarie University in Australia.

Seven. Graduate employment

Starting from 1992, the Institute of Statistics began to recruit graduate students majoring in risk management and actuarial science, with an annual enrollment of about 8 students and an annual enrollment of about 3 doctoral students majoring in risk management and actuarial science. Graduates are mainly employed in insurance companies, banks, government departments and universities. In 2004, doctoral and master's programs in risk management and actuarial science were established. There were graduates in 2006 and 2007.

Eight, the main professional courses

Advanced statistics, actuarial science, insurance risk model, time series analysis, sampling technology and method, actuarial management control system, statistical model, pension actuarial model, data analysis and SAS, life insurance actuarial practice, non-life insurance actuarial practice, group insurance practice, Excel VBA application.