The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science is pleased to congratulate the University of Waterloo team on their success at the 2025 Munich Re Cup this March. The Munich Re Cup is the premier actuarial science student case competition in North America, with a total of $20,000 of prize money handed out each year.
Out of 20 initial teams, the University of Waterloo team, consisting of actuarial science students Sue Liu, Bernice Xiao, Yue Zheng, and faculty advisor Emily Kozlowski, was selected as one of the six finalist teams that competed at the two-day in-person final round of the case competition in Toronto.
At the in-person competition the Waterloo team competed against five other teams coming from top-tier actuarial programs across North America on this year’s case topics of Longevity Risk and a comprehensive strategy to break into the Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) market. The University of Waterloo team delivered an impressive performance, winning third place and $4000 of prize money. Congratulations on this well-earned achievement!