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Hailiang Yang, ASA and HonFIA, received his PhD degree from the University of Alberta and his Master degree in actuarial science from the University of Waterloo. He is currently a professor in the Department of Financial and Actuarial Mathematics at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU). Before joining XJTLU, he worked at the University of Hong Kong for 27 years. His research focuses on actuarial science and mathematical finance. He has worked with many leading figures in the field. He has supervised more than 20 PhD students, and his graduate students are, in many cases, now well-known researchers in their own right. Furthermore, he is an editor of Insurance; Mathematics and Economics and an associate editor of six other journals. In addition, he is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries, and he was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and a Corresponding Member of the Swiss Association of Actuaries in 2014. He is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). He received an Outstanding Research Award from the University of Hong Kong in 2013–2014.
Experience
Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science The University of Hong Kong, November 2006 to June 2023
Professor, Department of Financial and Actuarial Mathematics Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, July 2023 to present
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Education/Academic qualification
M.Math. Actuarial Science University of Waterloo, 1995
Ph.D. Statistics and Applied Probability, University of Alberta, 1993
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Projects
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Some research problems in actuarial science using deep learning
Yang, H., Bai, L., Zhang, Z., Jin, Z. & Li, S.
1/01/25 → 31/12/28
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Insurance portfolio management using Deep Learning
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Internal Research Project
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Net Reserve Calculation for Whole Life Insurance under Mean-reverting Stochastic Interest Rate Models
Lyu, H. & Yang, H., 6 Jan 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance. 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Textual Analysis of Insurance Claims with Large Language Models
Li, D., Jin, Z., Qian, L. & Yang, H., 5 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Risk and Insurance. 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Super-replication of life-contingent options under the Black–Scholes framework
Ng, Z-A., Koh, Y-B., Loo, T-H. & Yang, H., 1 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Applied Probability. 61, 4, p. 1263–1277 10.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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SVM-Jacobi for fitting linear combinations of exponential distributions with applications to finance and insurance
Han, X., Wei, B., Yang, H. & Zhao, Q., 16 Oct 2024, In: Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry. 40, 5, p. 1402-1432 11.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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IME's Editorial Board
Kaas, R., Laeven, R., Lin, S., Tang, Q., Willmot, G. & Yang, H., 1 Nov 2023, In: Insurance: Mathematics and Economics. 113, 1, p. 198-198 1 p., 10.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Activities
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Actuarial Research Conference 2025
Hailiang Yang (Member of programme committee)
29 Jul 2025 → 1 Aug 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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2025 CHINA CONFERENCE ON INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT (CCIRM 2025)
Hailiang Yang (Member of programme committee)
9 Jul 2025 → 12 Jul 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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The 28th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics (Event)
Hailiang Yang (Chair)
1 Jul 2025 → 4 Jul 2025Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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The 28th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics
Hailiang Yang (Member of programme committee)
1 Jul 2025 → 4 Jul 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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The First Suzhou-Hong Kong Forum on Quantitative Finance and Risk Management & The Third Annual Symposium of the XJTLU Research Institute of Quantitative Finance 2025
Hailiang Yang (Member of programme committee)
29 Mar 2025 → 30 Mar 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …