News

Here’s the latest on our student and faculty accomplishments.

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2026 Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge – 1st Place

UT Austin students win Spencer-RIMS challenge

CNS article about our 2026 Spencer-RIMS Challenge winners: https://math.utexas.edu/news/accolades/ut-austin-student-team-wins-2026-spencer-rims-risk-management-challenge

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2026 CAS Volunteer Awards

Professor Walch is a recipient of the 2026 CAS Above and Beyond Achievement Award for leadership in academic engagement, the CAS Academic Summit, and student program advocacy. https://www.casact.org/article/cas-announces-2026-volunteer-award-winners https://lnkd.in/p/g59crjz7

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2026 Munich Re Cup Finalists

The UT Austin team was selected to be one of the 6 finalists traveling to Toronto for the final round of competition in the 2026 Munich Re Cup: https://lnkd.in/p/gisiUtnp

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Actuarial Review Article

For the past few years, we’ve had students participate in Pinnacle University, where they are paired up with actuaries at Pinnacle Actuarial Resources on a research project. Our student Honggeol Jun, along with the actuaries he worked with, authored a paper on their research that was the cover story for the Nov/Dec issue of Actuarial Review! https://ar.casact.org/beyond-the-policy-exploring-the-landscape-of-trust-in-insurance/

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2025 CAS Global Case Study Creation Challenge

Dr. Harper, Professor Walch, and UT alumna Miriam Fisk, FCAS are one of the 3rd Place teams for the 2025 CAS Global Case Study Creation Challenge: https://www.casact.org/article/cas-celebrates-global-winners-case-study-creation-challenge

Dr. Harper, Professor Walch, and UT alum Miriam Fisk, FCAS

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UT Students at 2025 CAS Annual Meeting

Many of our students participated in the student program at the 2025 CAS Annual Meeting, and some of them also participated in the case competition. Out of the 4 teams, the 2 UT Austin teams won 1st and 2nd place! See p. 35 of the Jan-Feb 2026 Actuarial Review to see a picture of all of the students who attended: https://ar.casact.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/AR_Jan-Feb_2026.pdf

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