Lim, Ben Hong-beng（林宏明）
BBA (UW-Madison); MS (U of Iowa); PhD (U of Iowa)
Assistant Professor
Contact Room 1054, 10/FCheng Yu Tung Building
12 Chak Cheung Street
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
+852 3943 7757
benhblim@cuhk.edu.hk
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Teaching Areas
Actuarial Science
Research Interests
Interface of Statistics/Machine Learning with Actuarial Science
Life Settlements
Mortality Forecasting
Actuarial Applications of Neural Networks
- Publications & Working Papers
- Hong Beng Lim and N.D. Shyamalkumar (2022), “Incorporating industry mortality table stylized facts into a company-specific mortality analysis: Neural networks with monotonicity constraints“.
- Hong Beng Lim and N.D. Shyamalkumar (2022), “Evaluating medical underwriters in life settlements: problem of unreported deaths,” North American Actuarial Journal, 26(2), 298-322.
- Hong Beng Lim and N.D. Shyamalkumar (2021), “A semiparametric method for assessing life expectancy evaluations,” North American Actuarial Journal, 25(3), 360-394.
- Dale Zimmerman and Hong Beng Lim (2021), “The middle-seed anomaly: Why does it occur in some sports tournaments but not others?” Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 17(3), 171-185.
- Awards & Honours
- Taylor Award for Actuarial Stochastics, The University of Iowa, 2019 & 2022
- Ballad & Seashore Dissertation Fellowship, The University of Iowa, 2022
- Hickman Scholarship, Society of Actuaries, 2020-2022
- Henry L. Rietz (Outstanding PhD Comprehensive Exams) Award, The University of Iowa, 2019
- Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship, The University of Iowa, 2019
- Honorable Mention: Allen T. Craig (Outstanding TA) Award, The University of Iowa, 2018
- Bicknell Scholarship, UW-Madison, 2016
- Academic/Professional Services
- President, Statistics Student Organization, The University of Iowa, 2020-2022