Marcel Freyschmidt, Ph.D.
Marcel Freyschmidt, Ph.D.
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Institute for Risk & Insurance
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Focus
Quantitative Risk Management, Emerging Risks (e.g., Cyber Risks), Alternative Risk Transfer Instruments (e.g., Cat Bonds), and Public-Private Partnerships
Professional development teaching
CAS Corporate Risk and Insurance Management
Experience
- Academic Lecturer
ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
09 / 2025 - today - Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant
UNIVERSITY OF ST. GALLEN
09 / 2020 - 08 / 2025 - Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant
UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH
11 / 2019 - 08 / 2020 - Quantitative Analyst in the Risk Controlling Department
TALANX ASSET GmbH (since Jan 2019 AMPEGA)
09 / 2018 - 10 / 2019 - Assistant in Actuarial Mathematics
UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE
04 / 2016 - 10 / 2019 - Customer Relations & Data Administration
HDI LIFE INSURANCE
04 / 2014 - 12 / 2015
Education and Continuing education
Education
- Ph.D. / Finance
UNIVERSITY OF ST. GALLEN
09 / 2020 - 07 / 2025 - B.Sc. & M.Sc. / Mathematical Economics
UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE
10 / 2013 - 10 / 2019
Network
Membership of networks
Awards
- SCOR-EGRIE Young Economist Best Paper Award
European Group of Risk & Insurance Economists (EGRIE)
09 / 2026 - SCOR-EGRIE Young Economist Best Paper Award
European Group of Risk & Insurance Economists (EGRIE)
08 / 2025
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
Eling, M. and Freyschmidt, M. (2026) 'Preferences during crisis : the role of public policy and culture', Review of Behavioral Economics. doi: 10.1108/rbe-02-2025-0013.
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
Freyschmidt, M. (2026) 'Tail overweighting in catastrophe bond pricing', in 1st ASTIN Bulletin Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, 14-16 January 2026.
Other publications
Freyschmidt, M. and Kasper, D. (2026) 'Kann der Kapitalmarkt zum Risikoträger für Cyberkatastrophen werden?', St.Galler Trendmonitor für Risiko- und Finanzmärkte, 2026(2), pp. 50–53.
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- Freyschmidt, M. et al. (2026) 'The diversification trap : how weak dependencies limit the value of scale', in American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA, 2-5 August 2026.
- Freyschmidt, M. et al. (2026) 'Cyber risk : black spots and the diversification trap', in Jahrestagung Deutscher Verein für Versicherungswissenschaft, Köln, Deutschland, 18.-19. März 2026.
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
- Barz, C., Laumer, S., Freyschmidt, M., Martínez-Blanco, J. (2021). Discrete dynamic pricing and application of network revenue management for FlixBus. Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management
- Eling, M., Freyschmidt, M. (2021). Frauen und Altersvorsorge-Lösungsansätze und Handlungsempfehlungen für eine nachhaltige Verbesserung der Vorsorgesituation von Frauen. I. VW HSG Schriftenreihe (No. 69)