Dr. Edward Furman

Biography

Edward Furman is a Full Professor and the Coordinator of the Actuarial Science program in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at York University. He is the founding director of the Risk Insurance Studies Centre (RISC), an interdisciplinary research unit focused on the comprehensive study of insurance risk topics. Dr. Furman earned his Master’s Degree in Actuarial Science with distinction and Ph.D. in Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics from the University of Haifa, Israel, both with high honors. His research interests include distribution theory, risk measurement, and insurance economic pricing. Notably, he co-authored a paper entitled 'Insurance: Mathematics and Economics,' which received the prestigious Fortis Chair Paper Prize. His research is supported by various funding agencies including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Society of Actuaries. Dr. Furman has also served as a consultant for several organizations and is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications. His current research focuses on areas such as multivariate families of distributions, probability theory, multivariate analysis, and the application of special functions in inequalities.

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