Biography

I qualified as a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) in 2010 while working as an actuarial consultant with Mercer. After more than a decade in the pensions industry, I joined University College Cork in 2012. I am currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of Mathematical Sciences and am pursuing a PhD under the supervision of Dr Mary Hall at Dublin City University. My research primarily focuses on mortality and morbidity analysis.

Research Interests

Mortality Modelling, Long term care, Pensions , Statistical Methods in Insurance, Risk Modelling, Asset-Liability Modelling.

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2025) 'Mortality in Ireland and Northern Ireland 2000–2021 and the joint modelling of Irish and Northern Irish life tables'
Linda Daly, Mary Hall (2025) 'Mortality in Ireland and Northern Ireland 2000–2021 and the joint modelling of Irish and Northern Irish life tables'. European Actuarial Journal, [ Publisher's Version] [DOI] [Details]
(2017) 'The future of social care funding: who pays?'
Kenny, T.,Barnfield, J.,Daly, L.,Dunn, A.,Passey, D.,Rickayzen, B.,Teow, A. (2017) 'The future of social care funding: who pays?'. British Actuarial Journal, 22 (1) [ Publisher's Version] [Details]
(2016) 'Modelling the reverse select and ultimate mortality experience of UK ill-health retirement occupational pension scheme members'
Hall, Mary and Daly, Linda (2016) 'Modelling the reverse select and ultimate mortality experience of UK ill-health retirement occupational pension scheme members'. Annals Of Actuarial Science, 10 (2) [ Publisher's Version] [DOI] [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
(2025) Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland
T. Israni, E.Wolsztynski, Daly L,Condon J (2025) Fairness in Machine Learning Insurance Premium Models Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland [ Publisher's Version] [Details]
(2021) Conference of Applied Statistics in Ireland
T. Israni, E.Wolsztynski, Daly L (2021) Improving Risk Characterisation for Non-life Insurance Premium Pricing Conference of Applied Statistics in Ireland [Details]
(2015) Conference of Applied Statistics in Ireland
O'Donovan S, Maguire A, Wolsztynski E, Daly L, Conway D (2015) Parametric Modelling of functionals of late-life population survival from insurance and pension data Conference of Applied Statistics in Ireland [Details]
(2013) Conference of Applied Statistics in Ireland
Kathleen O'Sullivan, Liam J Fanning, John O'Mullane, Linda Daly (2013) An Analysis of Lower Limits of Detection of Hepatitis C Virus Conference of Applied Statistics in Ireland [Details]

Published Reports

  Year Publication
(2025) Experience of term assurances in Ireland 2015-2021.
Linda Daly, Gareth Colgan, Mary Hall, Julie McCarthy, Niall Quinn, Caroline Twomey (2025) Experience of term assurances in Ireland 2015-2021. CMI, CMI Website. [ Publisher's Version] [Details]
(2024) The level of excess mortality in Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic 2020 & 2021.
Linda Daly, Mary Hall, Caroline Twomey, Karl Murray (2024) The level of excess mortality in Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic 2020 & 2021. Society of Actuaries, Society of Actuaries in Ireland website. [ Publisher's Version] [Details]
(2014) How pensions can help meet consumer needs under the new Social Care Regime.
Thomas Kenny, Jerry Barnfield, Linda Daly, Ailsa Dunn, David Passey, Ben Rickayzen and Audrey Teow (2014) How pensions can help meet consumer needs under the new Social Care Regime. IFoA, London. [ Publisher's Version] [Details]

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland Active participation in committees and working groups with the aim of developing and promoting Actuarial Science research in Ireland 01-JAN-02 /
Institute & Faculty of Actuaries Fellow member, Independent Examiner 01-OCT-02 /

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2024) SAI: Synthetic Securitisation Seminar,
John Caslin, Linda Daly, Ada Wang, Niall Dillon, Luke Ryan (2024) Synthetic securitisation has the potential to decrease systematic risk in the banking sector, reduce the leverage of banks and thereby improve their financial position. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], SAI: Synthetic Securitisation Seminar, Fitzwilliam Hotel, Dublin . [Details]
(2023) SAI: Life Forum,
Linda Daly, Mary Hall (2023) The topic is Mortality inequalities on the island of Ireland including an analysis on the seasonal and Covid19 differences between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, cause of death and place of death differences. [Keynote Speaker], SAI: Life Forum, Aviva , Dublin . [Details]
(2022) SAI: Demography Forum, 2022,
Linda Daly, Mary Hall (2022) Seasonal Mortality at Older Ages and the Implications for Mortality and Longevity Risk. [Conference Organising Committee Member], SAI: Demography Forum, 2022, Online . [Details]
(2021) Irish Mathematical Society annual conferences (34th meeting),
Linda Daly (2021) Ireland experiences higher deaths in the winter relative to the other seasons with the seasonal differences in mortality increasing with age. As the population ages it becomes increasingly important to understand seasonal mortality trends and the implications for an ageing population. This presentation presents the results of a seasonal mortality investigation in Ireland for ages 60-90 for all causes of death combined over the period 1986-2017. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Irish Mathematical Society annual conferences (34th meeting), Munster Technological University . [Details]
(2016) IFoA: Research Sessional event,
Thomas Kenny, Linda Daly, Ben Rickayzen and Audrey Teow (2016) The Future of Social Care funding – Who Pays. [Oral Presentation], IFoA: Research Sessional event, Staple Inn Hall, London . [Details]
(2015) IFoA: Health and Care Conference 2015,
Linda Daly, Thomas Kenny, Ailsa Dunne (2015) The Future of Social Care funding – Who Pays. [Invited Oral Presentation], IFoA: Health and Care Conference 2015, Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton . [Details]
(2015) Actuarial Teachers and Researchers Conference,
Linda Daly (2015) How pensions can help meet Consumer needs under the new Social Care Regime in the UK. [Keynote Speaker], Actuarial Teachers and Researchers Conference, University College Dublin . [Details]

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
SAI: Banking & Aviation Committee Member 2024 /
SAI: Socio-economic working group Member 2024 /
SAI: Research Committee Member 2019 /
SAI: Demography Committee Member 2017 /
Risk & Actuarial Studies (RAS) Committee Member 2016 / 2021
IFoa-Pensions & Long Term Care, Products Research Groups member 2012 / 2017
Financial Mathematics & Actuarial Science(FMAS) Chair 2012 / 2024
IFoA: Pensions & Long Term Care Working Group Funding of Long term care 2012 / 2017

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
Munster Technological University Part-time lecturer 01-SEP-10 / 06-SEP-12
Fidelity Investment Back Programmer 01-SEP-00 / 09-MAR-01
Mercer Actuarial Consultant and client manager 03-SEP-01 / 31-DEC-10
UCC Senior Lecturer in Actuarial Science 03-JAN-12 /

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2014 University College Cork Postgrad Cert. in Teaching & Learning in HE Teaching & Learning
2018 University College Cork Higher National Diploma, Teaching & Learning Teaching & Learning
2010 Institute & Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) Fellow Actuarial Science Acturial Science
2000 University of Limerick BSC (HONS) Applied Mathematics & Computing

Languages

  Language Reading Writing Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent

Other Activities

  Description

IFoA Independent Examiner:
University of Liverpool: Sept 2014-June 2017
Queen Mary University of London Sept 2016-Sept 2020
Cass Business School, London: Sept 2016-Sept 2020 
Nanyang Technological University: Sept 2020- Sept 2025
Warwick: Sept 2020- Sept 2025

International Actuarial Association- SAI representative

Mortality Expert Group member - National population & Labour force projections 2023-2057

Teaching Interests

For the 2025-2026 academic year, I teach the following modules:

MF2052 - Introduction to Financial Mathematics (10 Credits)
ST2001 - Introduction to Biostatistics (5 credits)

Previous modules taught:
MF2053 - Financial Modelling in Actuarial Science I (5 credits)
MF3053A Financial Modelling for Actuarial Science II (5 credits)
ST3054  - Survival Analysis (5 credits)
ST3075 - Methods of Reporting of Actuarial Science (5 credits)
ST4055 - Statistical Methods in Insurance (5 credits)
ST4068 - Contingencies (10 credits)
ST4402 -  Modelling and Systems for Decision Making (5 credits)
ST6004 -  Life Mortality Studies and Life Table Analysis for Actuarial Science (10 credits)
ST6005 - Life Contingencies for Actuarial Science (10 credits)
ST6006 - Insurance Risk modelling for Actuarial Science (10 credits)
ST6002 - Applied Financial Reporting Methods for Actuarial Science (5 credits)


 

Recent Postgraduates

  Graduation Year Student Name Institution Degree Type Thesis Title
2025 Tarun Israni University College Cork PHD Performance and Fairness of Machine Learning Modelling for General Insurance Pricing
2014 MSc Actuarial Science class 2013/2014 (9 students) UCC MSc An analysis of the current statistical and actuarial techniques used to smooth mortality rates

External Collaborators

  Name Organisation / Institute Country
CSO Central Statistics Office IRELAND
Mary Hall Dublin City University IRELAND