Victor Wang

Victor Wang attends the University of Toronto, majoring in Actuarial Science and Economics, and is currently pursuing his actuarial accreditation. He is currently working on Pula's analytics and data science team, supporting projects in multiple countries related to yield based insurance and livestock product offerings. He has previously worked at Intact Financial Corporation as an actuarial analyst working on the regional pricing team as well as at Cigna Corporation as an actuary working on Obamacare.

By Victor Wang

Research

Using Satellite Data to Scale Smallholder Agricultural Insurance

Smallholder families that use agricultural insurance can increase investments in more productive farming and nonfarming ventures as they feel more confident in managing related risks. However, significantly scaling the use of agricultural insurance among smallholders has been difficult in many parts of the world, especially in Africa.