Short CV of Prof. Dr. Alois Gisler

General Information

name:

Alois Gisler

date of birth:

8.12.1948

nationality:

Swiss

private:

married, three children

private address:

Möttelistrasse 33

 

CH-8400 Winterthur

office address:

ETH Zurich

 

RiskLab, HG J58

 

Rämistrasse 101

 

CH 8092 Zurich

 

Email: alois.gisler@math.ethz.ch

Education

1980

Ph. D. in Mathematics (Dr.sc.math.) at ETH Zurich

-           Thesis: Optimum Trimming of Data in the Credibility Model

-           Supervisor: Prof. H. Bühlmann, ETH Zurich

 

1975

Teacher Certificate in Mathematics at ETH-Zurich

-           Mittelschullehrer-Diplom

1974

Dimploma in Mathematics (dipl math ETH) at ETH Zurich

-           Diploma Thesis on Cooperativ Game Theory

-           Supervisor: Prof. H. Bühlmann, ETH Zurich

Promotion and Awards

2008

Casualty Actuarial Society, Charles A. Hachemeister Prize 2008: 2nd rank with the paper: Credibility for the chain ladder reserving method. A. Gisler, M.V. Wüthrich, Astin Bulletin 38 (2008), 565--600.

 

2002

Professor (Titular). ETH Zurich

 

1999

Casualty Actuarial Society, Charles A. Hachemeister Prize 1999: 2nd rank with the paper: An addendum and a Short Comment on the Paper 'Estimating the Value of the Wincat Coupons of Winterthur Insurance Convertible Bond by U. Schmock', ASTIN Bulletin, (1999), 165-171 (with Frost P.)

 

1980

Walter-Saxer Versicherungshochschulpreis für die Ph.D. Thesis “Optimum Trimming of Data in the Credibility Model”

Employment

Employment at ETH Zurich (partial time)

since 2014

Titular-Professor retired

2010-2013

50% employment as a Titular-Professor at ETH (lecturing; supervising master- and phd-thesis):

2002-2010

Titular Professor (lecturing; supervising master-thesis: beside 100% job in industry)

1996-2001

Lehrbeauftrager (lecturing non-life insurance mathematics and credibility; supervising master-thesis; beside 100% job in industry)

 

Employment in Industry (full time)

mid 2010

retirement at AXA-Winterthur Insurance Company

 

2006-2010

chief actuary and appointed actuary (legal position)

AXA-Winterthur

1995-2005

chief actuary MU CH (responsible for all actuarial activities of market unit Switzerland including in particular pricing, reserving and reporting )

Winterthur, Swiss Insurance Company

1986-1984

senior actuary (head of “Stabstelle Mathematik”; Assistant Vice President; pricing and reserving non-life)

Winterthur, Swiss Insurance Company

1980-1986

actuary (mainly working in pricing non-life) 

Winterthur, Swiss Insurance Company

Professional Activities 

Summer-Schools and Courses

2011

lecturer at the Vienna International SummerSchool on “Stochastic Claims Reserving Methods in Insurance” , Vienna, July 4-8  (with Prof. M.V. Wüthrich)

2010

lecturer at the International SummerSchool of the Swiss Actuarial Association on “Stochastic Claims Reserving Methods in Insurance” , Lausanne, August 16-20 (with Prof. M.V. Wüthrich)

2007

lecturer at the Warsaw Summer-School, Course on Credibility, Warsaw, Sept 18-21

2003

lecturer at the International SummerSchool of the Swiss Actuarial Association onCredibility Theory and its Applications”, Emmeten, Sept. 12-26 (with Prof. Hans Bühlmann)

 

 

Other professional activities

since 2008

member of the education committee of the actuarial association of Europe (AAE) and of the international actuarial association (IAA)

since 2008

head of the education committee of the Swiss Association of Actuaries (SAV)

2008-2012

Vice-President of the Swiss Association of Actuaries (SAV)

2000-2008e

member of the board of the Swiss Actuarial Association

1985-1996

coeditor of the ASTIN Bulletin