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THOMAS P. BOWLES JR. CHAIR OF ACTUARIAL SCIENCE AND SYMPOSIA SERIES

The Bowles Symposia Series—established in 1995 as a special program of the Georgia State University's Department of Risk Management and Insurance— represent a collection of actuarial research and education seminars that focus on specific issues relevant to the changing and complex environment in which contemporary actuaries practice. Recent symposia have been co-sponsored by the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), the Society of Actuaries (SoA), the Actuarial Foundation, and the Professional Risk Managers' International Association.

2009: 10th Bowles Symposium

Past Symposia

1995 Symposium: Securitization of Insurance Risks (led by Hans Bühlmann, professor of mathematics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

1996 Symposium: The Old-Age Crisis: Actuarial Opportunities (led by James C. Hickman, professor emeritus and dean at the University of Wisconsin School of Business)

1998 Symposium: Genetic Technology and Underwriting (led by Patrick L. Brockett, Gus S. Wortham Memorial Chairholder in Risk Management and Insurance and Director of the Risk Management and Insurance Program in the College and Graduate School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin)

1999 Symposium: Financial Services Integration: Fortune or Fiasco? (led by Harold D. Skipper Jr., Chairman of the Department of Risk Management and Insurance and C.V. Starr Chair of International Insurance at Georgia State University)

2001 Symposium: The Coming Revolution in Insurance Accounting (led by Sam Gutterman, FSA, FCAS, Bowles Distinguished Lecturer and Director and Consulting Actuary for the PricewaterhouseCoopers Actuarial and Insurance Management Solutions Group)

2003 Symposium: Fair Valuation of Contingent Claims and Benchmark Cost of Capital (led by Shaun Wang, Ph.D., FCAS, ASA, MAAA)

2004 Symposium: FOLLOW UP: Fair Valuation of Contingent Claims and Benchmark Cost of Capital (led by Shaun Wang, Ph.D., FCAS, ASA, MAAA)

2007 Bowles Symposium (more info)

2008 Bowles Symposium (more info)