Zeinab Amin

Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science
The American University in Cairo
Egypt

Professor Mathematics
Biography

Amin is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science, the director of the Actuarial Science Program and the associate dean for Undergraduate Studies of the School of Sciences and Engineering. Amin holds a PhD in Statistics, is an Associate of the American Society of Actuaries (SOA) and a certified actuarial expert at the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA). Amin is the recipient of the 2016 Excellence in Academic Service Award and the 2009 Excellence in Teaching Award from AUC. Amin has designed and taught a wide range of courses in statistics, applied probability, life contingencies, construction and evaluation of actuarial models and enterprise risk management.

Research Intrest

Amin’s current area of research focuses primarily on quantitative risk assessment, highlighting the power of developing an effective enterprise risk management framework in an organization, a framework that overcomes the challenges that prevent traditional risk programs from achieving their full potential. Amin emphasizes the importance of adopting new methodology for operational risk assessment, methodology that allows for better understanding of the shock resistance of the company to its key risks, developing an appropriate risk management environment, making better risk adjusted decisions and ensuring appropriate actions are implemented to better manage enterprise risk exposure to be within its risk appetite.

List of Publications
Amin, Z. (2016). Modeling Loss Severity, in: Edward W. Frees (Ed.), Loss Data Analytics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Open Educational resource. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~jfrees/loss-data-analytics/chapter-3-modeling-lossseverity/
Amin, Z. and Salem, M. (2015), “Bayesian Modeling of Health Insurance Losses,” Journal of Applied Statistics, 42, 231–251.
Amin, Z. (2014). “Operational Risk Modelling and Management by Claudio Franzetti,” Journal of Risk and Insurance, 81, 969–973.