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Email

david.pitt@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor
Department of Economics
Education
PhD
The Australian National University
Doctorate (Research)
The Australian National University

Macquarie University
Bachelors Degree
Macquarie University
ORCID

0000-0002-6976-7168

Prof David Pitt

Professor
Department of Economics

41 Scholarly works
4 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Beyond annual data: Mortality forecasting with mixed frequency data
    DOI: 10.1016/j.insmatheco.2025.103172
  • 2026

    Journal article

    On technological and analytical innovations in insurance research and industry practice
    DOI: 10.1017/S1748499526100268
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Cyber risk modeling within the SIR epidemic framework: a comparative analysis of frequency and severity methods
    DOI: 10.1017/S1748499525100225
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Quantifying and hedging economic risk in disability income insurance portfolios
    DOI: 10.1017/S1748499524000307
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Seasonality and valuation of renewable energy projects in a two factor model
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2025.125669
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A comparative analysis of several multivariate zero-inflated and zero-modified models with applications in insurance
    DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2024.2360079
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Dispersion modelling of mortality for both sexes with Tweedie distributions
    DOI: 10.1080/03461238.2021.1980430
David Pitt

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2009
Prize for best paper submitted by a member of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia to an international research journal during 2007. Institute of Actuaries of Australia
2000
Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (FIAA)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2023

    Journal article

    Time trends in losses from major tornadoes in the United States
    DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2023.100579
  • 2023

    Journal article

    On Fitting Probability Distribution to Univariate Grouped Actuarial Data with Both Group Mean and Relative Frequencies
    DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2022.2069124
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Permutation entropy and its variants for measuring temporal dependence
    DOI: 10.1111/anzs.12376
  • 2022

    Journal article

    A model sufficiency test using permutation entropy
    DOI: 10.1002/for.2849

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2008

    Research Grant

    The Pricing and Risk Management of Reverse Mortgages in the Australian Market.
  • 2010

    Research Grant

    Claim Termination for Income Protection Insurance and Data Mining
  • Internal Research Grant

    Determinants of the Longevity of Workers� Compensation Insurance Claims
  • 2009

    Research Contracts

    Statistical Analysis of Insurance Claim Data

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