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Actuarial Science Division
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A lab seminar for studying insurance mathematics with practicing actuaries.
AboutAbout the lab
Putting the power of mathematics to work in insurance and pensions.
The Actuarial Science Division is a collaborative course between Kyoto University and the Institute of Actuaries of Japan.
Visiting professors dispatched by the Institute of Actuaries of Japan teach master's students in the insurance mathematics program, bringing in the perspective of practitioners.
In a weekly insurance mathematics lab seminar, students study life insurance and pension mathematics, risk management, mathematical finance, and more.
Key terms
- Actuary
- A professional who uses probability and statistics to calculate insurance premiums and pensions and to manage risk
- Pension mathematics
- Methods for calculating pension contributions and benefits based on probabilities and interest rates
- Mathematical finance
- A field that uses probability theory to handle the prices and risks of financial products such as stocks and interest rates
ResearchResearch themes
Students learn a wide range of topics related to insurance mathematics through lectures and lab seminars. In the lab seminar, all participants, including the instructors, hold lively discussions.
*Illustrative imageLife Insurance Mathematics and Pension Mathematics
Students build practical skills essential for actuaries, such as calculating insurance premiums and the profitability of insurance products. Materials include textbooks from the Institute of Actuaries of Japan.
*Illustrative imageFundamentals of Risk Management
Students learn the loss distributions needed for risk management, along with quantitative risk management methods.
*Illustrative imageModeling with R
Students strengthen their practical modeling skills using the statistical software R. Participants advise one another and push each other to improve.
*Illustrative imageActuarial Management
In a lab seminar run mainly by practicing actuaries, students learn the fundamentals of actuarial practice, including actuarial management and risk management.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Actuarial Science Division are faculty (visiting professors) and master's students.As of 2026
- Visiting ProfessorYuji Yanagido
- Visiting ProfessorYoshihiko Tsuji
- Visiting ProfessorYoshio Nakamura
- Visiting ProfessorJun Asano
- Visiting ProfessorMuneyuki Yamauchi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Skyscrapers in Marunouchi, Tokyo” DXR / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Life Insurance Mathematics and Pension Mathematics: “Probability of Dying at Certain Age in Japan 5 years average” Lady3mlnm / CC0 (cropped)
- Fundamentals of Risk Management: “Historicka VaR” NellyF / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Modeling with R: “Regression cercle coope gruntz GNU R” Cdang (Christophe Dang Ngoc Chan) / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Actuarial Management: “Cumulative Cashflow diagram” Kenckar at English Wikipedia / Public domain (cropped)
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