Dr Aaron Bruhn

Aaron Bruhn

RSFAS

Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies & Statistics

Position
Senior Lecturer
Email
aaron.bruhn@anu.edu.au
Phone number
+61 2 612 54904
Office
Room 3.37, CBE Bld (26C)
https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/aaron-bruhn
Research areas

Actuarial Studies; Insurance.

Biography

Aaron Bruhn is a Senior Lecturer in Actuarial Studies. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  Aaron’s main research interests include: individuals’ financial decision-making and financial welfare, including their drivers; trends in mortality and morbidity and the implications for insurance products; the regulatory efficiency and adequacy of the Australian financial services market; the adequacy and sustainability of Australia’s social security system, and its ties to superannuation; and actuarial education, particularly the focus and skill development in Part III. Aaron’s work has been published in leading academic journals including Accounting and Finance, Risks, Annals of Actuarial Science and the Australian Journal of Management.

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Research grants and awards

Actuaries Institute H M Jackson Research Prize, 2014 (with A. Huynh and B. Browne)

SCOR Actuarial Award in Research in Asia, 2013 (with A. Huynh and B. Browne)

Research engagement and outreach

Prior to joining ANU in 2008, Aaron worked as an actuary and manager in life insurance in New Zealand, and also as a Principal Economic and Financial Adviser for the New Zealand Ministry of Defence. Since joining ANU, he has also maintained part-time actuarial consulting roles, and has worked with the Australian Government Actuary’s office since 2019.

Teaching

Aaron has taught a variety of courses at ANU including Introduction to Actuarial Studies, Financial Statistics, Financial Mathematics, Life Contingencies, the Actuarial Control Cycle, and Advanced Insurance.

ACST4031/8040: Actuarial Control Cycle 1.