Joël Wagner

Joël Wagner is Full Professor of Actuarial Science at HEC Lausanne and Faculty Member of the Swiss Finance Institute. He serves as board and committee member of insurance companies and pension funds. Before joining HEC Lausanne, he was a professor at the University of St. Gallen (HSG). Joël holds a venia legendi in Business Administration with special emphasis on Risk Management from HSG and has been awarded the degree of Privatdozent. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics and an engineering degree in Physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).

Joël Wagner’s research focuses on current topics in risk management and insurance. Recent and ongoing work studies challenges in financing life, pension, health and long term-care insurance, in actuarial pricing and insurance management, and from developments in regulatory frameworks.

Green Insurance: A Roadmap for Executive Management (with C. Pugnetti, L. Stricker, A. Zeier Röschmann), Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 15(5):221, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm15050221

Long-Term Care Models and Dependence Probability Tables by Acuity Level: New Empirical Evidence from Switzerland (with M. Fuino), Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 81:51-70, 2018. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.insmatheco.2018.05.002

A Systematic Literature Review on Sustainability Issues along the Value Chain in Insurance Companies and Pension Funds (with L. Aburto), Working Paper, 2023