Institut für Finanz- und Aktuarwissenschaften
Biographical Sketch: Jochen Russ is managing partner of the Institut für Finanz- und Aktuarwissenschaften (ifa), an actuarial consulting firm based in Ulm, Germany. The focus of his consulting work is on the development of innovative life insurance products, in particular with new forms of guarantees, as well as actuarial topics in the area of traded endowments and life settlements. Jochen is also adjunct professor for actuarial science at Ulm University and lecturer at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. From 2004 until 2006 he was also a lecturer at the European Business School. From 2004 until 2007 he was a member of the board of governors of the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association.
Jochen serves as an associate editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance. He is a member of the German Society for Actuarial and Financial Mathematics, the American Risk and Insurance Association and the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association.
He is author of more than 70 publications. For his research in the area of guaranteed unit-linked life insurance and the application of option pricing theory to life insurance related topics, he received eight research awards in Australia (1997 and 2000), Singapore (1998) and Germany (1999, 2000, 2004, 2006 and 2009).