I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science of the University of Iowa. I obtained my PhD degree from the School of Risk & Actuarial Studies of UNSW Sydney under the supervision of Professor Qihe Tang and Professor Bernard Wong. I am working towards the Associate of the Society of Actuaries designation.
Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, University of Iowa, 2021–Present
Research Assistant, School of Risk & Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney, 2018–2021
PhD, School of Risk & Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney, 2018–2021
Thesis title: Portfolio Risk Analysis: Aggregation and Allocation
Supervisors: Professor Qihe Tang and Professor Bernard Wong
MS, Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, University of Iowa, 2016–2018
BS, Department of Statistics & Finance, University of Science & Technology of China, 2012–2016
I was selected for the Special Class for the Gifted Young.
Credit portfolio losses
Cyber risk and cyber insurance
Financial networks and insurance systemic risk
Gómez, F., Tang, Q., and Tong, Z., 2022. The Gradient Allocation Principle based on the Higher Moment Risk Measure. Journal of Banking and Finance, 143, 106544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2022.106544.
Tang, Q., Tong, Z., and Xun, L., 2022. Insurance Risk Analysis of Financial Networks Vulnerable to a Shock. European Journal of Operational Research, 301(2), pp.756–771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.11.017.
Tang, Q., Tong, Z., and Xun, L., 2022. Portfolio Risk Analysis of Excess of Loss Reinsurance. Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 102, pp.91–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.insmatheco.2021.11.004.
Tang, Q., Tong, Z., and Yang, Y., 2021. Large Portfolio Losses in a Turbulent Market. European Journal of Operational Research, 292(2), pp.755–769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.10.043.
The 57th Actuarial Research Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US, August 3–6, 2022
Talk title: An integrated study of cyber security and cyber insurance
The 25th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, co-hosted virtually by the Sun Yat-sen University and Macquarie University, July 12–15, 2022
Talk title: An integrated study of cyber security and cyber insurance
The 11th Conference in Actuarial Science & Finance on Samos, Samos, Greece, May 25–29, 2022
Talk title: An integrated study of cyber security and cyber insurance
Colloquium Series, Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, University of Iowa, US, February 24, 2022
Talk title: The gradient allocation principle based on the higher moment risk measure
Actuarial Seminar Series, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne, Australia, October 1, 2021
Talk title: Insurance risk analysis of financial networks vulnerable to a shock
The 24th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, co-hosted virtually by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Pennsylvania State University, Ulm University, and UNSW Sydney, July 5–9, 2021
Talk title: Portfolio risk analysis of excess of loss reinsurance
PhD Seminar Series, School of Risk & Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney, Australia, December 2, 2020
Talk title: Insurance risk analysis of financial networks vulnerable to a shock
The 10th Australasian Actuarial Education and Research Symposium, University of Melbourne, Australia, November 28–29, 2019
Talk title: Insurance risk analysis of financial networks vulnerable to shocks
The 54th Actuarial Research Conference, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, US, August 14–17, 2019
Talk title: Impact of shocks on insurance through a financial network
The 22nd International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, UNSW Sydney, Australia, July 16–18, 2018
Talk title: Large portfolio losses due to defaults
Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Theses, UNSW Sydney 2021
PhD Teaching Fellowship, UNSW Sydney, 2020
Research Assistantship, UNSW Sydney, 2018–Present
University International Postgraduate Award, UNSW Sydney, 2018–2021
Graduate Assistantship, University of Iowa, 2016–2018
Outstanding Undergraduate Scholarship, University of Science & Technology of China, 2013–2016
Cyrus Tang Scholarship, University of Science & Technology of China, 2012–2016
Instructor, Statistical Inference I, Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, University of Iowa, Fall 2022
Instructor, Mathematics of Finance I, Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, University of Iowa, Spring 2022 and Fall 2022
Teaching Assistant, General Insurance Techniques, School of Risk & Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney, Term 3 2020
Teaching Assistant, Models for Risk Management, School of Risk & Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney, Term 2 2020
Grader, Models for Risk Management, School of Risk & Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney, Term 2 2019
Teaching Assistant, Statistics for Business, Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, University of Iowa, Fall 2017–Spring 2018
Teaching Assistant, Single Variable Calculus, Department of Statistics & Finance, University of Science & Technology of China, Fall 2015–Spring 2016
Referee of ASTIN Bulletin, European Journal of Operational Research, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, and Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences
Member of Actuarial Science MS Exam Committee, Colloquium Committee, and Advisory Committee to Actuarial Science Undergraduates, Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, University of Iowa, 2021–Present
Member of the Organizing Committee, the 24th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, co-hosted virtually by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Pennsylvania State University, Ulm University, and UNSW Sydney, July 2021
Coordinator of the School of Risk & Actuarial Studies Seminars, UNSW Sydney, 2020–2021
Member of the School Board and School Research Committee, School of Risk & Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney, 2020–2021
Mailing address: 374 Shaeffer Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: +1(319)467-0160
Email: zhiwei-tong@uiowa.edu