Organised by the EAA - European Actuarial Academy GmbH

Due to demographic changes and the resulting challenges for government-run pay-as-you-go systems, the importance of funded private or occupational old age provision will increase in the future. These changes have lead to a lot of product developments within the segment of old age provision. Life insurers in some markets nowadays offer a great variety of products. The globalization and cross-border activities have stimulated the transfer of ideas and product innovations between the markets, especially within the deregulated EU-market with its principle of single license over the last years. But the consequences of the financial crisis as well as the new solvency requirements following Solvency II ask for new concepts in many markets, especially – but not only – with regard to products that integrate guarantees into the saving process.

This seminar will therefore demonstrate modern life insurance products with a special focus on innovations in the life insurance markets.

The seminar is suited for actuaries or actuarial trainees who are directly or indirectly involved in issues related to developing or controlling life insurance products, such as product development actuaries, risk managers, marketing managers, supervisors and auditors. Since the focus of the seminar will be on innovative products, the main target group are people concerned with or being interested in product development.

During this seminar, you will not need a laptop.

Dr Stefan Graf
Dr Stefan Graf is senior consultant at the Institut für Finanz- und Aktuarwissenschaften (Institute for Financial and Actuarial Sciences), Ulm Germany. The main focus of his work is on the development and design of unit-linked life insurance products with guarantees with special interest in product comparison methodologies. Further, he is a lecturer at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) in Heidenheim.
He graduated from Ulm University (diploma in Mathematics and Economics) in 2008 and completed his dissertation on “Risk-Return Profiles for Retirement Planning” in 2013. He has published several academic papers and is a member of the German Association of Insurance and Financial Mathematics (DGVFM) and of the German Actuarial Association (DAV).

Dr Alexander Kling
Dr Alexander Kling is senior consultant and partner at the Institut für Finanz- und Aktuarwissenschaften (Institute for Financial and Actuarial Sciences), Ulm Germany. The main focus of his work is on the development and design of unit-linked life insurance products with guarantees and variable annuities. Besides his consulting work, he is a lecturer at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Munich, at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) in Heidenheim and a lecturer for life insurance mathematics with the German Actuarial Association (DAV).
He graduated from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (MSc. - Mathematics) in 2002 and from Ulm University (diploma in Mathematics and Economics) in 2003. He has completed his doctoral thesis on interest rate guarantees within life insurance products in 2007 and has published several academic papers in the field of traditional and innovative guarantee products. Alexander Kling is a member of the German Actuarial Association (DAV), the German Association of Insurance and Financial Mathematics (DGVFM), the International Actuarial Association (IAA), and associated member of the Munich Risk and Insurance Center (MRIC).