Research areas

Actuarial Science
Life and Pension Insurance

Insurance Economics
Market trends, company value, customer behavior

Risk Management
Risk measures

Regulation and Reporting
Solvency, guaranty funds, IFRS 4

Management of Insurance Companies
Strategy, value creation chain, products, pricing, distribution, claims

Collaborations

Interuniversity

Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (Chair of Information Management), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Switzerland
http://www.im.ethz.ch

Haute Ecole de Gestion, HES-SO Genève
Switzerland
http://www.hesge.ch/heg/

Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen
Switzerland
http://www.ivw.unisg.ch

Institute of Management, University of St. Gallen
Switzerland
http://www.ifb.unisg.ch

With professional background

Die Mobiliar - Versicherung & Vorsorge
Switzerland
http://www.mobi.ch

Pittet Associates
Switzerland
http://www.pittet.net

Swiss Insurance Association
Switzerland
http://www.svv.ch

Vaudoise Assurances
Switzerland
http://www.vaudoise.ch

Events

Conferences

See http://people.unil.ch/joelwagner/ for a complete list.
Suisse

Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Actuarial Sciences and Finance International Conference (MAF), 30 March - 1 April 2016, Paris
Contributed talk: On the Adequate Funding Ratio in Occupational Pension Funds from the Insured's Perspective
France

Jahrestagung Deutscher Verein für Versicherungswissenschaft, 10-11 March 2016, Vienna
Contributed talk: Impact of Catastrophe Events on Insurance Companies' Market Valuation - an Event Study Analysis
Autriche

Western Risk and Insurance Annual Meeting (WRIA), 3-6 January 2016, Maui
Contributed talk: On the Optimal Funding in Occupational Pension Funds from the Insured's Perspective
U.S.A.

The Swiss Risk and Insurance Forum, 16-17 November 2015, Rüschlikon
Meeting 2015: Old-age provision - past, present, future
Organizers: H.J. Albrecher (University of Lausanne), P. Embrechts (ETH Zurich), D. Filipovic (EPFL Lausanne), P. Koch-Medina (University of Zurich), and J. Wagner (University of Lausanne).
Suisse

World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress (WRIEC), 2-6 August 2015, Munich
Contributed talks:
- Multichannel Distribution, Customer Characteristics and Consumption in Non-Life Insurance: A Data-Driven Approach
- Determinants of Research Shopping Behaviour in the Insurance Sector: An Empirical Analysis
Allemagne

Jahrestagung Deutscher Verein für Versicherungswissenschaft, 18-19 March 2015, Berlin
Contributed talk: Von der Recherche zur Kaufentscheidung: Eine empirische
Analyse von Research-Shopping in der Versicherungsbranche (presented by co-author)
Allemagne

2nd European Actuarial Journal (EAJ) Conference, 10-12 September 2014, Vienna
Contributed talk: What Transaction Costs are Acceptable in Life Insurance Products from the Policyholders' Viewpoint?
Autriche

Congres

Cycle de Conférences en Assurances, 1 / 2016, 22 March 2016, Lausanne
Invited talk: Gestion du Cyber Risk et assurabilité
Suisse

Cycle de Conférences en Assurances, 3 / 2015, 2 December 2015, Prangins
Invited talk: Perspectives sur la prévoyance vieillesse
Suisse

Cycle de Conférences en Assurances, 2 / 2015, 5 October 2015, Nyon
Invited talk: Assurance auto - tendances de marché et conséquences pour la tarification
Suisse

Cycle de Conférences en Assurances, 1 / 2015, 18 June 2015, Lausanne
Invited talk: Défis actuels et futurs de l'assurance vie
Suisse

Journées de la Prévoyance, 10-12 June 2015, Montreux
Invited talk: Invalidité en Suisse : un risque maîtrisé ?
Suisse

1st Anniversary Event MobilarLab at ETHZ, 30 October 2014, Zurich
Invited talk: Smart consumer - research collaboration Mobilab and HEC Lausanne
Suisse

CRO Forum 10 Year Anniversary Conference, 26 September 2014, Bologna
Invited panelist: Risk Management - Past & Future
Italie

Annual Meeting of the Swiss Association of Actuaries, 5 September 2014, Davos
Invited talk: Défis dans la prévoyance vieillesse et l'assurance-vie - 2014, 2020 et au-delà
Suisse

Chambre Vaudoise des Agents Généraux, tba.
Invited talk: Tendances dans le marché d'assurance en Suisse - quelles évolutions pour la distribution ?
Suisse

Seminaires

Swiss Insurance Association, 18 January 2016, Neuchâtel
Invited talk: Digitalisierung in der Assekuranz: Chancen? Risiken? Herausforderungen!
Suisse

Swiss Life, 19 and 20 January 2016, Lausanne and Geneva
Invited talk: Assurance vie - moins de garantie, plus de valeur pour le client?
Suisse

Kessler & Co, 7 October 2015, Lausanne
Invited talk: Cyber Risk - un risque maîtrisé ?
Suisse

La Mobilière, 10 December 2014, Nyon
Invited talk: Enjeux actuels et futurs de l'assurance-vie
Suisse

Séminaires Lyon-Lausanne, 11 December 2014, Lyon
Invited talk: Current challenges in life insurance
Suisse

Formations continues

(Undisclosed) Swiss insurance company, 28 August 2015, Nyon
Invited talk
Suisse

(Undisclosed) Swiss insurance company, 14 November 2014, Nyon
Invited talk: Tendances dans le marché des assurances
Suisse

(Undisclosed) Swiss insurance company, 15 September 2014, Madrid
Invited talk: Les marchés d'assurance européens en 2020 - enjeux stratégiques et facteurs de succès
Espagne

CIM-HSG St.Galler AssekuranzForum, 5 September 2014, St. Gallen
Invited talk: Die Zukunft des Versicherungsvertriebs
Suisse

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Education

Privatdozent (venia legendi) in Business Administration with special emphasis on Risk Management, 2014
Habilitation in Risk Management and Insurance, 2013
University of St. Gallen

Ph.D. in Mathematics (Dr. ès sc.), 2006
Doctoral Thesis in Applied Mathematics
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland

Master of Science in Physics (ing. phys. dipl. EPF), 2002
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland

Work experience

Full Professor in Actuarial Science
Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC), University of Lausanne (since 2014)

Swiss Finance Institute Professor
Faculty Member, SFI@UNIL (since 2017)

Invited Professor
Executive MBA, University of Geneva (since 2016)

Assistant Professor in Risk Management and Insurance
School of Management, University of St. Gallen (2010-2014)

Member of the Executive Board of the Institute of Insurance Economics
University of St. Gallen (2013-2014)

Executive Director at the Responsible Corporate Competitiveness profile unit
University of St. Gallen (2010-2014)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Project Leader
Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen (2010-2013)

Strategy Consultant in Financial Services and Insurance
The Boston Consulting Group, Zurich (2006-2009)

Visiting Research Scholar
Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, USA (2002, 2003)

Research and Teaching Assistant
Chair of Analysis and Numerical Analysis, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (2002-2006)

Academic honors

International Congress of Actuaries 2018 Best Paper Award
Best Paper Award in the subject area "Demographic Change and Longevity" for the paper entitled "Long-Term Care Models and Dependence Probability Tables by Acuity Level: New Empirical Evidence from Switzerland"
Année : 2018
Récipiendaire : Michel Fuino, Joël Wagner

Dr. Hans Kessler Award
Best published research paper in 2012 at the Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen
Année : 2013
Récipiendaire : Joël Wagner

Dr. Hans Kessler award
Best published research paper in 2011 at the Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen
Année : 2012
Récipiendaire : Joël Wagner

Auguste Dommer award
University-wide best average grade for the whole diploma program, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Année : 2002
Récipiendaire : Joël Wagner

Jean Landry award
Scientific work with outstanding personal research, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Année : 2002
Récipiendaire : Joël Wagner

René Cousin award
Best average grade in first and second year and special abilities in mathematics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Année : 2000
Récipiendaire : Joël Wagner