Wei Zhe (Nicholas) Lin

Nicholas is a highly proactive actuarial science graduate, holding six SOA exams, with relevant work experience in two of the largest insurance companies in Hong Kong. Having excellent interpersonal and communication skills in English, Cantonese and Mandarin, he has proven ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Experience

MFI Insurance Summer Project
University of Toronto, Jul. 2023/Sep. 2023

• Calculated premiums & reserves of whole life & endowment given mortality, interest, & expense assumptions.
• Simulated the lifetime of policyholders to analyze the profitability of the insurance products.
• Performed mean-variance analysis to find the optimal allocation of assets to meet specific investment return.

AIA Company Limited, Hong Kong
Actuarial Intern, Group Actuarial Department, Jul. 2021 - Dec. 2021

• Provided support in IFRS17 retrospective run.
• Conducted preliminary checking on the SAS platform using SQL code to avoid possible program running failure due to duplicated or missing data.
• Performed roll-forward of CSM balance for 10+ business units through UiPath to post monthly balances to an accounting platform.
• Used test tools with independent calculation logic to check if the balances are consistent with the expectations, & automated the process by VBA to increase the efficiency.

China Life Insurance (Overseas) Company Ltd., Hong Kong
Intern, Product Development Department, Jul. 2019 - Aug. 2019

• Assisted in preparing an actuarial report by running profit & sensitivity testing to give a comprehensive analysis of a medical product before its launch.
• Ran User Acceptance Test to ensure the premium shown on brokers’ platforms matched our calculation.
• Performed calculations on prepayment amount & surrender value to fulfill customers’ requests.

Skills

• Technical: Python
• VBA
• SAS
• SQL
• AXIS
• Microsoft 365

Professional Certificates & Awards

• Society of Actuaries
  • P (Probability)
  • FM (Financial Mathematics)
  • SRM (Statistics for Risk Modelling)
  • STAM (Short-Term Actuarial Mathematics)
  • IFM (Investment & Financial Markets)
  • FAM-L (Fundamentals of Actuarial Mathematics - Long Term)