This is a summary of the main topics and findings from the Swiss Risk and Insurance Forum 2017. That event gathered experts from academia, insurance industry, regulatory bodies, and consulting companies to discuss past and current developments as well as future perspectives in dealing with...

1. Introduction and user guide -- 2. Generating random numbers -- 3. The Monte Carlo method : basic principles -- 4. Continuous-time stochastic processes : continuous paths -- 5. Simulating financial models : continuous paths -- 6. Continuous-time stochastic processes : discontinuous paths -- 7....

Offering a unique balance between applications and calculations, Monte Carlo Methods and Models in Finance and Insurance incorporates the application background of finance and insurance with the theory and applications of Monte Carlo methods. It presents recent methods and algorithms, including...

The COVID-19 pandemic interrupts the relatively steady trend of improving longevity observed in many countries over the last decades. We claim that this needs to be addressed explicitly in many mortality modeling applications, for example in the life insurance industry. To support this position,...