Brian Hey prize
The Brian Hey prize was established in 1998. Brian Hey was a senior and respected UK actuary who worked in general insurance. His family and employer donated funds on his death to further actuarial research. The £1,500 prize is available for the best paper submitted to each year's GIRO conference. The prize will only be awarded if papers of sufficient merit are received to warrant giving a prize. The prize will be announced and presented to the authors at the GIRO conference. The GIRO committee will evaluate papers and will decide on any prize winner(s). The committee's decision is final.
The main criterion for evaluation is the practical application of the paper for general insurance actuaries.
Other criteria considered are:
- Technical content
- Innovative content
- Readability
- Wider appeal
Brian Hey papers are presented as part of the GIRO conference papers. The deadline for 2012 is Friday 17 August. The GIRO papers are not scrutineered.
The following have been awarded the Brian Hey prize
2011
Joseph Lo for Extending the Mack bootstrap
2010
Agrotosh Mookerjee (chair) and members of the Working Party for Crop Micro Insurance
2009
Mark Rothwell (chair) and members of Working Party for Winner's curse
2008
J B Crozet (chair) and members of Working Party for Integrating pricing and capital modelling
2007
Mark Flower (chair) and members of Working Party for Reinsurance counterparty credit risks
2006
Graham Fulcher (chair) and members of Working Party for Catastrophe modelling
2005
Anthony Williams (chair) and members of Working Party for Periodical payments and the Courts Act
2004
Julian Lowe (chair) and members of Working Party for UK asbestos - the definitive guide
2003
Nick Line (chair) and members of Working Party for The cycle survival kit. An investigation into the reserving cycle and other issues
2002
Ana Mata, Brian Fanin, Mark Verheyen for Pricing excess of loss treaty with loss sensitive features: an exposure rating approach
Questions regarding the submission guidelines for the Brian Hey award should be addressed to Peter Stirling at dawn.mcintosh@actuaries.org.uk.