Dr. Manuel Rach

__Universität Ulm
__
Consultation hour
By e-mail appointment.
Short CV
- 03/2020: Ph.D. in Economics and Management (Doktor in Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Dr. rer. pol.), Îçҹ̽»¨, Institute of Insurance Science, Prof. Chen.
- 07/2018: Master of Science in Mathematics and Management (Wirtschaftsmathematik), Îçҹ̽»¨.
- since 10/2017: Teaching Assistant at the Institute of Insurance Science, Îçҹ̽»¨.
- 08/2017: Master of Science in Mathematics, Illinois State University, IL, USA.
Teaching
- Summer term 2022: Practical Actuarial Science (Prof. Ruß)
- Summer term 2022: Special Aspects of Insurance Mathematics (Dr. Kling)
- Summer term 2022: Special Aspects of Insurance Economics (Prof. Chen)
- Winter term 2021/22: Life-, Health- and Pension-Mathematics (Dr. Schelling)
- Winter term 2021/22: DAV Supplement for Risk Theory I (Prof. Stadje)
- Summer term 2021: Finanzierung (Prof. Chen)
- Summer term 2021: Ausgewählte Aspekte der Versicherungswirtschaft (Prof. Zwiesler)
- Winter term 2020/21: Life-, Health- and Pension-Mathematics (Dr. Schelling)
- Summer term 2020: Topics in Life and Pension Insurance (Prof. Chen)
- Summer term 2020: Special Aspects of Insurance Economics (Prof. Chen)
- Winter term 2019/20: Life-, Health- and Pension-Mathematics (Prof. Zwiesler)
- Summer term 2019: Finanzierung (Prof. Chen)
- Summer term 2019: Special Aspects of Insurance Economics (Prof. Chen)
- Summer term 2019: Qualitatives Risikomanagement in der Versicherung (Prof. Diers)
- Winter term 2018/19: WiMa-Praktikum A (Prof. Diers)
- Winter term 2018/19: Special Aspects of Insurance Economics (Prof. Chen)
- Winter term 2018/19: Life-, Health- and Pension-Mathematics (Prof. Zwiesler)
- Winter term 2017/18: Ausgewählte Aspekte der Versicherungswirtschaft (Prof. Chen)
- Winter term 2017/18: DAV Supplement for Risk Management in Insurance (Prof. Chen)
Correspondence courses of Îçҹ̽»¨ and DAA (Deutsche Aktuar-Akademie)
- Summer term 2021: Life-, Health-, and Pension-Mathematics (Prof. Zwiesler)
- Summer term 2020: Life-, Health-, and Pension-Mathematics (Prof. Zwiesler)
- Winter term 2019/20: Basics in Life-, Health- and Pension-Mathematics (Prof. Zwiesler)
- Summer term 2019: Life-, Health-, and Pension-Mathematics (Prof. Zwiesler)
- Winter term 2018/19: Basics in Life-, Health- and Pension-Mathematics (Prof. Zwiesler)
- Summer term 2018: Life-, Health-, and Pension-Mathematics (Prof. Zwiesler)
Awards
- 2021: "" by the Association for the Advancement of Insurance Research in Berlin for the doctoral thesis "Optimal design of private and occupational retirement plans" at Îçҹ̽»¨.
- 2021: for the doctoral thesis "Optimal design of private and occupational retirement plans" at Îçҹ̽»¨.
- 2021: 2021 for the doctoral thesis "Optimal design of private and occupational retirement plans" at Îçҹ̽»¨.
- 2021: ASTIN Bulletin PBSS Prize to An Chen for the paper “On the Optimal Combination of Annuities and Tontines" (joint with An Chen and Thorsten Sehner).
- 2019: 2nd SCOR Prize in Actuarial Science for the Master thesis "Utility Maximization in an Investment Pool" at Îçҹ̽»¨.
Publications
-
Fees in tontines (with An Chen and Montserrat Guillen). Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 100:89-106. DOI: 10.1016/j.insmatheco.2021.05.001, 2021. []
-
Bequest-embedded annuities and tontines (with An Chen). Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance, 16(1):1-46. DOI: 10.1515/apjri-2020-0031, 2021. []
-
A collective investment problem in a stochastic volatility environment: The impact of sharing rules (with An Chen and Thai Nguyen). Annals of Operations Research, 302(1):85-109. DOI: 10.1007/s10479-021-03983-8, 2021. []
-
Optimal collective investment: The impact of sharing rules, management fees and guarantees (with An Chen and Thai Nguyen). Journal of Banking and Finance, 123:106012. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2020.106012, 2021. []
-
Current developments in German pension schemes: What are the benefits of the new target pension? (with An Chen). European Actuarial Journal, 11:21-47. DOI: 10.1007/s13385-020-00247-w, 2020. []
-
Optimal retirement products under subjective mortality beliefs (with An Chen and Peter Hieber). Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 101, Part A, 55-69. DOI: 10.1016/j.insmatheco.2020.07.002, 2020. []
-
On the optimal combination of annuities and tontines (with An Chen and Thorsten Sehner). ASTIN Bulletin: The Journal of the IAA, 50(1):95-129, DOI: 10.1017/asb.2019.37, 2020. []
-
Options on tontines: An innovative way of combining tontines and annuities (with An Chen). Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 89:182-192, DOI: 10.1016/j.insmatheco.2019.10.004, 2019. []
-
Die zentrale Renteninfo kann (und sollte) kommen (with Gundula Dietrich, André Geilenkothen and Hans-Joachim Zwiesler). Aktuar Aktuell, 47:14-15, 2019. []
-
Konzeptionelle Grundlagen für eine säulenübergreifende Altersvorsorgeinformation (with Gundula Dietrich, André Geilenkothen, Hans-Joachim Zwiesler and many others). Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS), 2019. [, ]
Doctoral Thesis
- Optimal Design of Private and Occupational Retirement Plans []
Conference and Workshop Presentations
-
02/2022: ifa/IVW Research Workshop / Ulm Actuarial Day, Ulm.
-
10/2021: Seminar talk at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
-
07/2021: 24th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Online Conference.
-
05/2021: Seminar talk at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
-
03/2021: ifa/IVW Research Workshop / Ulm Actuarial Day, Ulm.
-
10/2020: DGVFM-Workshop für junge Mathematiker, Reisensburg.
-
10/2020: ifa/IVW Research Workshop / Ulm Actuarial Day, Ulm.
-
02/2020: ifa/IVW Research Workshop / Ulm Actuarial Day, Ulm.
-
07/2019: 23rd International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, München.
-
03/2019: ifa/IVW Research Workshop / Ulm Actuarial Day, Ulm.
-
03/2019: Workshop on Fair valuation at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
-
11/2018: Wima-Kongress 2018, Ulm.
-
09/2018: European Actuarial Journal Conference, Leuven, Belgium.
-
03/2018: ifa/IVW Research Workshop / Ulm Actuarial Day, Ulm.
Other Activities
-
Journal referee: ASTIN Bulletin: The Journal of the IAA, Annals of Actuarial Science, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, North American Actuarial Journal, Journal of Insurance Issues.
-
Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews.
-
Actuary qualification: Successfully completed all necessary examinations of the German Actuarial Association (DAV) to become a qualified actuary.