Despoina Makariou
Despoina Makariou
Prof. Dr.
Assistant Professor of Risk Management and Insurance
I.VW-HSG
Tannenstrasse 19
Büro 53-006
9000 St. Gallen
Tannenstrasse 19
Büro 53-006
9000 St. Gallen
Publications
Main Focuses
Machine learning in insurance
Insurance-linked securitisation
Catastrophe risk management
Education
09/2017 – 05/2022
Statistics Department, London School of Economics, London, UK
PhD in Statistics, Research Group: Probability in Finance and Insurance
- Thesis: Development and application of statistical learning methods in insurance and finance - LSE Theses Online
- Supervisors: Prof. Pauline Barrieu and Dr. Yining Chen
09/2012 - 09/2013
Bayes Business School, London, UK
MSc in Insurance & Risk Management
09/2008 - 07/2012
School of Economics and Regional Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
BA in Economics and International Business (with languages)
Professional Career
08/2022 – Present
Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Assistant Professor in Risk Management and Insurance
08/2022– Present
Statistics Department, London School of Economics, London, UK
Visiting Research Fellow
01/2022 – 07/2022
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics, London, UK
Postdoctoral Researcher
10/2017 – 05/2022
Statistics Department, London School of Economics, London, UK
PhD Candidate in Statistics
10/2017 – 04/2022
Statistics Department, London School of Economics, London, UK
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Courses: ST330 Stochastic and Actuarial Methods in Finance, ST201 Statistical Models and Data Analysis, ST226 Actuarial Investigations: Financial
01/2016 - 07/2017
CNA Hardy, London, UK
Exposure and Catastrophe Management Analyst
Business Lines: Terrorism, Direct and Facultative Reinsurance (D&F) Property, Power Generation
11/2014 – 01/2016
Argo Group, London, UK
Risk Modelling Analyst
Business Lines: Terrorism, Property (D&F, Binding Authorities, Real Estate Owned), Cargo, Onshore Energy
07/2014 – 10/2014
Lancashire Insurance, London, UK
Catastrophe Risk Modeller
Business Lines: Terrorism, Political Violence, Offshore Energy, Onshore Energy
Teaching Activities
Risk Management
Machine learning in Finance
London Insurance Market
Talks
- 26th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Edinburgh, 04/07/2023-07/07/2023
- Insurance Data Science Conference, London, 15/06/2023-16/06/2023
- Impact of climate change on insurance and finance (co-organised with Heriot-Watt University), Evgenides Foundation, Athens, 26/04/2023
- 2022 K-ASEAN Risk Management and Innovation Forum - ASEAN, ESG and Digitalization, SungKyunKwan University, Seoul, South Korea, 03/12/2022
- Bachelier Finance Society 11th World Congress, 08/06/2022
- Conference in honour of J. David Cummins and Mary Weiss at Fox School of Business by the Department of Risk, Actuarial Science and Legal Studies, 02/04/2022-03/04/2022
- Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St Gallen, 19/10/2021
- 24th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 05/07/2021-09/07/2021
- Risk Lab, Department of Mathematics, ETH Zürich, 25/05/2021
- MAF 2020, International Conference on Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Actuarial Sciences and Finance, 25/09/2020
- LSE Risk and Insurance Day, Department of Statistics, 13/12/2019