Keynote talks

  • 56th Journées de Statistiques of the SFdS (French Statistical Society), Aix-Marseille University, Marseille (France), "Pricing insurance contracts and managing financial balances within an insurance portfolio" (June 2025) – Keynote speaker.
  • European Actuarial Journal Conference, Tartu (Estonia), "Non-life insurance pricing: boosting trees and diagnostic tools to compare competing models" (August 2022) – Keynote speaker.
  • Insurance Data Science Conference, Milan (Italy), "Non-life insurance pricing: boosting trees and diagnostic tools to compare competing models" (June 2022) – Keynote speaker.
  • Weiterbildungstag of the German Association of Insurance and Financial Mathematics (DGVFM), Munich (Germany), "Non-life insurance pricing: boosting trees and diagnostic tools to compare competing models" (April 2022) – Keynote speaker.
  • First Congress of Actuaries of the World, Skopje (North Macedonia), "The GLM approach to insurance risk classification" (March 2022) – Keynote speaker.
  • The 4th PARTY Conference (Perspectives on Actuarial Risks in Talks of Young researchers), Sibiu (Romania), "Modelling of household claim frequencies in MTPL insurance" (April 2019) – Keynote speaker.

Invited talks

  • Actuarial and Financial Mathematics Seminar, Université Laval, Québec (Canada), "Bregman and Tweedie dominances for candidate pure premiums" (April 2025) – Invited.
  • Seminar ENSAE - CREST (Center for Research in Economics and Statistics), Paris (France), "Bregman and Tweedie dominances for candidate pure premiums" (March 2025) – Invited.
  • Petit-déjeuner Chaire d'excellence ACTIONS, CNAM, Paris (France), "Modèles de prédiction et propriété d'autocalibration" (January 2025) – Invited.
  • ASMF seminar, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), "Predictive modeling and balance property through autocalibration" (January 2025) – Invited.
  • 18th International Joint Conference CFE-CMStatistics, King's College, London (UK), "Autocalibrated predictors in nonlife insurance pricing" (December 2024) – Invited.
  • CANSSI SSC Seminar, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montreal (Canada), "Predictive modeling and balance property through autocalibration" (November 2024) – Invited.
  • Seminar Co-operators Chair in Actuarial Risk Analysis, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montreal (Canada), "Insurance pricing and financial equilibrium through autocalibration" (November 2024) – Invited.
  • Seminar, Mathematical Statistics, Stockholm University, Stockholm (Sweden), "Insurance pricing and financial equilibrium through autocalibration" (April 2024) – Invited.
  • 16th International Conference of the ERCIM WG on Computational and Methodological Statistics, HTW Berlin, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin (Germany), "Autocalibration by balance correction in nonlife insurance pricing" (December 2023) – Invited.
  • 15th International Conference of the ERCIM WG on Computational and Methodological Statistics, King's College, London (UK), "Lorenz and concentration curves, Bregman and Tweedie dominances for autocalibrated predictors" (December 2022) – Invited.
  • The MLISTRAL Conference, Marseille (France), "Testing for more positive expectation dependence with application to model comparison and autocalibrated models" (September 2022) – Invited.
  • One World Actuarial Research Seminar (OWARS), Online seminar, "Testing for more positive expectation dependence with application to model comparison and autocalibrated models" (February 2022) – Invited.
  • 14th International Conference of the ERCIM WG on Computational and Methodological Statistics, Online conference, "Testing for more positive expectation dependence with application to model comparison" (December 2021) – Invited.
  • 13th International Conference of the ERCIM WG on Computational and Methodological Statistics, Online conference, "Model selection based on Lorenz and concentration curves, Gini indices and convex order" (December 2020) – Invited.
  • Journées actuarielles 2020 de Groupama, Online conference, "Multistate individual loss reserving" (November 2020) – Invited.
  • Seventh Brazilian Conference on Statistical Modelling in Insurance and Finance, Maresias (Brazil), "Model selection based on Lorenz and concentration curves, Gini indices and convex order" (March 2020) – Invited.
  • Conference at Institut Luxembourgeois des Actuaires (ILAC), Luxembourg (Luxembourg), "Intelligence artificielle et modèles actuariels classiques : amis ou ennemis ?" (September 2019) – Invited.
  • Academic session, Association des Actuaires issus de l’ULB (AABr), Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), "Multivariate credibility modeling for usage-based motor insurance pricing with behavioral data" (May 2019) – Invited.
  • Seminar AGLA, University of Lausanne, Lausanne (Switzerland), "Multivariate modelling of household claim frequencies in MTPL insurance" (April 2019) – Invited.
  • Talk in financial and insurance mathematics, ETH Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland), "Multivariate credibility modeling for usage-based motor insurance pricing with behavioral data" (March 2019) – Invited.
  • Brussels summer school of mathematics 2018, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (Belgium), "From individual a priori ratemaking to a posteriori ratemaking at household level in non-life insurance" (September 2018) – Invited.
  • Scientific Director (with Prof. Michel Denuit) of the 31st international summer school of the Swiss Association of Actuaries, University of Lausanne, Lausanne (Switzerland), "Insurance analytics, a primer" (August 2018) – Invited.
  • Chairs Days: Insurance, Actuarial Science, Data and Models, Paris (France), "An household approach for claim frequencies in MTPL insurance" (June 2018) – Invited.
  • ASMF seminar, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), "Multivariate modelling of household claim frequencies in MTPL insurance" (June 2018) – Invited.
  • Non-life insurance workshop (short course), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montreal (Canada), "Machine learning techniques in non-life insurance ratemaking" (April 2018) – Invited.
  • Conference at Association Marocaine des Actuaires (AMA), Casablanca (Morocco), "Risque longévité: les dernières tendances" (November 2017) – Invited.
  • Seminar at Covéa (Chaire Actinfo), Paris (France), "Collective loss reserving approaches in non-life" (November 2017) – Invited.
  • Seminar at Addactis Belux, Luxembourg (Luxembourg), "Insurance pricing and reserving: GLM, GAM, GAMLSS and machine learning techniques" (June 2017) – Invited.
  • Academic session, Association des Actuaires issus de l’ULB (AABr), Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), "Introduction to regression trees and gradient boosting models" (April 2017) – Invited.
  • Seminar at Addactis Belux, Brussels (Belgium), "Insurance pricing and reserving: GLM and beyond" (December 2016) – Invited.
  • Seminar at Addactis Belux, Brussels (Belgium), "Non-life reserving: a new individual method" (June 2016) – Invited.
  • Seminar at AG Insurance, Brussels (Belgium), "Hybrid loss development modelling in P&C insurance, with an application to motor third party liability" (May 2016) – Invited.
  • Workshop on extremes, copulas and actuarial science, CIRM, Luminy (France), "Model points and Tail-VaR in life insurance" (February 2016) – Invited.
  • Academic session, Association des Actuaires issus de l’ULB (AABr), Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), "Model points in life insurance and individual claim reserving in non-life insurance" (May 2015) – Invited.
  • AFI seminar, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven (Belgium), "On a risk measure inspired from the ruin probability and the expected deficit at ruin" (March 2015) – Invited.
  • Seminar at Addactis Belux, Brussels (Belgium), "Individual claim reserving in non-life insurance" (November 2014) – Invited.
  • Workshop on Insurance Mathematics (3rd edition of this scientific meeting that regrouped the best researchers in Canada), Université Laval (Canada), "On a risk measure inspired from the ruin probability and the expected deficit at ruin" (January 2014) – Invited.
  • Seminar at Risk Dynamics, Brussels (Belgium), "Bayesian models for claim reserving in non-life insurance" (December 2013) – Invited.
  • Seminar of statistics, Département de statistique, Université Laval (Canada), "Properties of a risk measure derived from the expected area in red" (November 2013) – Invited.
  • Seminar of actuarial science and financial mathematics, Université de Montréal (Canada), "Properties of two risk measures derived from ruin theory" (May 2013) – Invited.
  • Seminar of actuarial science, Institut de Science Financière et d’Assurances (ISFA), Université Claude-Bernard – Lyon 1 (France), "Properties of two risk measures derived from ruin theory" (December 2012) – Invited.
  • Second IABE (Institute of Actuaries in Belgium) summer school, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), "Impact of Underwriting Cycles on the Solvency of an Insurance Company" (September 2010) – Invited.
  • Workgroup SPAAF (Statistique et Probabilités Appliquées à l’Assurance et la Finance), Institut de Science Financière et d’Assurances (ISFA), Université Claude-Bernard – Lyon 1 (France), "Ultimate Ruin Probability in Discrete Time with Bühlmann Credibility Premium Adjustments" (November 2009) – Invited.
  • Seminar of actuarial science, Department of Mathematics, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), "Ultimate Ruin Probability in Discrete Time with Bühlmann Credibility Premium Adjustments" (October 2009) – Invited.
  • International workshop on Gerber-Shiu functions, Radon Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Linz (Austria), "Impact of Underwriting Cycles on the Solvency of an Insurance Company" (August 2008) – Invited.

Contributed talks

  • 24e Congrès des Actuaires, Paris (France), "Adapter sa tarification : Des arbres satisfaisant des propriétés d'équité populaires en assurance" (June 2025).
  • The First Joint Colloquium of All IAA Sections (JoCo 2024), Brussels (Belgium), "Convex and Lorenz orders under balance correction in nonlife insurance pricing" (September 2024).
  • European Actuarial Journal Conference, Lisbon (Portugal), "Convex and Lorenz orders under balance correction in nonlife insurance pricing" (September 2024).
  • 12th Conference in Actuarial Science & Finance on Samos, Samos (Greece), "Testing for autocalibration with Lorenz and concentration curves" (May 2024).
  • European Actuarial Journal Online Session Issue 13/2, "Model selection with Pearson's correlation, concentration and Lorenz curves under autocalibration" (December 2023).
  • The 26th international congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Edinburgh (Scotland), "Autocalibration by balance correction in nonlife insurance pricing" (July 2023).
  • European Actuarial Journal Online Session Issue 12/1, "Bounds on Spearman's rho when at least one random variable is discrete" (June 2022).
  • 11th Conference in Actuarial Science & Finance on Samos, Samos (Greece), "Lorenz curve, Gini coefficient and Tweedie dominance for autocalibrated predictors" (May 2022).
  • The 23rd international congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Munich (Germany), "Multivariate credibility modeling for usage-based motor insurance pricing with behavioral data" (July 2019).
  • Training at AXA Belgium (6 hours), Brussels (Belgium), "Effective statistical learning methods for actuaries" (December 2018).
  • Course for CERA designation (6 hours) at Institute of Actuaries in Belgium (IA|BE), Brussels (Belgium), "Session 6: Stochastic models for P&C, life and health insurance" (October 2018).
  • The 22nd international congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Sydney (Australia), "Bounds on multivariate Kendall's tau and Spearman's rho for zero-inflated continuous variables" (July 2018).
  • The 21st international congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Vienna (Austria), "Bounds on concordance-based validation statistics in regression models for binary responses" (July 2017).
  • Seminar at Institute of Actuaries in Belgium (IA|BE), Brussels (Belgium), "Le provisionnement en assurance non-vie vu sous l’angle des GLM" (September 2016).
  • The 3rd European Actuarial Journal (EAJ) conference, Lyon (France), "Hybrid loss development modelling in P&C insurance" (September 2016).
  • The 18th international congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Shanghai (China), "Properties of a risk measure derived from the expected area in red" (July 2014).
  • Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) workshop, University of Toronto (Canada), "On a risk measure inspired from the ruin probability and the expected deficit at ruin" (May 2014).
  • Seminar of actuarial science, Department of Mathematics, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), "On a risk measure inspired from the ruin probability and the expected deficit at ruin" (April 2014).
  • Seminar of actuarial science, École d’actuariat, Université Laval (Canada), "Properties of some risk measures derived from ruin theory" (March 2013).
  • Young Researchers Day, ISBA (Institut de Statistique, Biostatistique et Sciences Actuarielles), Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), "Impact of Underwriting Cycles on the Solvency of an Insurance Company" (September 2008).