Feb. 11 2020: A new edition of the UBZurich Challenge program was launched on February 11th. In the UBZurich Challenge program, students of the Master in Actuarial and Finance Science of the University of Barcelona are invited to participate in a business case study. The aim of the business case is to provide an opportunity for students to apply their skills on a real world problem under the supervision of professionals of the insurance sector.

The business case of the 7th edition of the Challenge program is entitled ‘Holistic proposition for SME business’. A total of 15 students grouped in four teams participate in this edition. Agustí Pascual, Kamal Mustafa Gondolbeu and Juan Antonio Marín Cardona, experts in SME and pricing of Zurich Spain, will guide and assist the participants over the course of four weeks. The participating teams will work on the case study during this time and present their results in the UBZurich Actuarial Day that will be held on Friday, March 13th, 2020.