Piet De Jong

About the Author

Piet De Jong is a distinguished statistician and actuary whose work has profoundly influenced the application of advanced statistical methods in the insurance industry. With a career spanning academia and professional practice, he has dedicated himself to bridging theoretical statistics with practical risk assessment, making complex models accessible to actuaries and data scientists alike. His seminal contributions include pioneering research on generalized linear models tailored for insurance applications, which have become foundational tools for pricing, reserving, and predicting claims in non-life insurance. De Jong's rigorous yet intuitive approach has earned him international recognition, and he continues to mentor the next generation of quantitative analysts through his teaching and publications. Beyond his technical expertise, he is known for his commitment to ethical data use in an increasingly data-driven world.