Mary Hardy
Professor
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
University of Waterloo
Canada
Biography
Dr. Mary Hardy is a professor in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Research Interest
Professor Hardy's research interests cover aspects of solvency and risk management for both life insurance and pension plans. The major recent focus has been in financial risk management, at the interface of actuarial science and financial engineering. She also works on the econometrics of risk management, especially for actuaries, for whom long-term horizons and deep out-of-the-money risks provide different challenges to the usual risks of banking.
Publications
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Wirch J.L. and Hardy M.R. (1999) A synthesis of risk measures for capital adequacy. Insurance: Mathematics and Economics. 25 337-347.