Yu LuoAssociate Actuary
 ASA, MAAA, PhD

Professional designations

  • Associate, Society of Actuaries
  • Member, American Academy of Actuaries

Current responsibility

Jack is an associate actuary with the Seattle office of Milliman. He joined the firm in 2000, after completing his PhD in actuarial science.
 

Experience

Jack works primarily on projects that involve building corporate models. He has been an important member of teams that built corporate models for large Japanese insurers. He also built models for Chinese and Latin America products. He is a skilled user of MG-ALFA®, Milliman's pricing and projection system.

Jack is also a key member of the Milliman team as it continues to work in the Chinese market. His local market knowledge, language skills, and cultural knowledge make him an invaluable member of the team.

Jack served as a member of the Society of Actuaries' Credibility Project Oversight Group and was a contributing author to the Credibility Theory Practice Note.

Prior to joining Milliman, Jack worked on several graduate school research projects in credibility theory and modeling.
 
Presentations and publications
  • "Credibility Ratemaking using Collateral Information," Co-authored with Edward (Jed) E. Frees and Virginia R. Young, Scandinavian Actuarial Journal, 6 (2004) 448-461
  • "Modern Statistical Methods in Credibility Theory," PhD Dissertation, School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001
  • "Case Studies Using Panel Data Models," Co-authored with Edward (Jed) E. Frees and Virginia R. Young, North American Actuarial Journal, October 2001
  • "A Longitudinal Data Analysis Interpretation of Credibility Models," Co-authored with Edward (Jed) E. Frees and Virginia R. Young, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 24 (1999) 229-247. (Winner of the Society of Actuaries 1998 Edward A. Lew Award.)
 

Education

  • BS, Mathematics, Nankai University, China
  • MS, Mathematics, Nankai University, China
  • PhD, Actuarial Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 
CONTACT INFORMATION
Yu  Luo 

Office: Seattle, Wash.

Phone: +1 206.504.5772