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Teddy Wong
Professional Experience
Agi3 Risk Services
Chief Underwriting Officer
Laguna Beach, CA
- Develop underwriting standards
- Underwrite policy and portfolio risks
- Reporting and business development
Current - 2023
AIRM Consulting
Reinsurance and Strategic Partnerships
Long Beach, CA
2023 - 2021
- Business planning
- Reinsurance consulting
- Capital/cash flow/loss modeling
- Regulatory requirements, ratings, domicile consulting
Ironshore/Pembroke/Liberty Mutual/Hamilton
Regional Agriculture Reinsurance Manager
Los Angeles, CA
2021 - 2015
- Manage and underwrite global agriculture treaty risk portfolio as our company transitioned through a number of M&A deals.
- Lead reinsurance binder for India and manage delegated underwriting authority in Australia.
- Lead data science projects involving yield estimation and portfolio optimization.
- Liaise with clients, brokers, government and academic partners.
Catlin/XL/AXA
Reinsurance Underwriter
Costa Mesa, CA
2015 - 2012
- Underwriting crop, livestock, hail, parametric risks.
- Coordinate with local branches in N.America, Asia, Europe, Australia.
- Develop new business opportunities
Endurance Re
Agriculture Reinsurance Underwriting Analyst
Irvine, CA
2012 - 2010
ERS/USDA
Economist for the Market and Trade Economics Division, Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Summer internship.
Washington D.C.
2008
Education
University of California, Davis
PhD Candidate, Agriculture and Resource Economics. ABD
Davis, CA
2011
- Dissertation: “Commodity Futures Markets Under Rational Expectations with a Speculative Fringe: Theory and Evidence”
- Fields of Interest: Commodities Markets, Development Economics, Industrial Organization, and Econometrics.
University of California, Berkeley
BA Economics & BA Political Economy
Berkeley, CA
2003
Certificates
- Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate (8 Courses)
- Introduction to TensorFlow for AI/Machine Learning.
Online
2022
Teaching/Research Experience
UC Davis Teaching Assistant
UC Davis
Davis, CA
2008 - 2004
- ARE139 Futures and Options Fall 2008
- ARE171A, Corporate Finance, Winter 2007
- BIS20Q, Mathematical Modeling in Biological Sciences, Spring 2006, Fall 2007
- NPB100Q, Modeling in Neurobiology, Fall 2006, Fall 2007
- ARE100A, Intermediate Microeconomics, Winter 2004, Summer 2005, Winter 2006
- ARE106, Econometrics, Winter 2005
- ARE115A, Development Economics, Fall 2004, Fall 2005
UC Davis Research Assistant
UC Davis
Davis, CA
2010 - 2003
- Colin Carter/Aaron Smith/Jim Chalfant (Commodity Markets), Winter 08/09, Spring 08/09/10
- Steve Boucher (Development Economics), Spring 2005
- Scott Rozelle (Development Economics), Fall 2003, Spring 2004
Presentations
Presenter
“Machine Learning in Agriculture Yield Estimation” at Guy Carpenter Agriculture Rendezvous
New Delhi, India
2017
Presenter
“Price Dynamics and Their Causes: An Exploration in Futures and Spot Market Interactions” with Aaron Smith at AAEA
Denver, CO
July 2010
Discussant
“The Impact of the Extreme Events on Commodity Market Volatility” by Peter Went (GARP) at Financial Management Association (FMA)
Reno, NV
October 2009
Presenter
“Index Trader Effects on Inter-temporal Price Spreads in Commodity Futures” with Colin Carter and Aaron Smith at NCCC-134 (Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management)
St. Louis, MO
April 2009
Presenter
“Effects of Factor Markets on Agricultural Production in China” at ERS/USDA Department Presentation
Washington, D.C.
September 2008