Biography
Mengyi Xu is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies at UNSW Sydney. Her research focuses on mortality and morbidity modelling, retirement income product design, and pension fund management. Her work has been published in top-tier actuarial journals, including Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, ASTIN Bulletin, and North American Actuarial Journal. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (FIAA) and a...view more
Mengyi Xu is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies at UNSW Sydney. Her research focuses on mortality and morbidity modelling, retirement income product design, and pension fund management. Her work has been published in top-tier actuarial journals, including Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, ASTIN Bulletin, and North American Actuarial Journal. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (FIAA) and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA).
My Grants
2025–2026. Chief Investigator. Empowering Retirement Planning with AI: The Role of Domain Expertise. Society of Actuaries. USD $44,142.
2024–2026. Chief Investigator. Addressing discrimination, equity and fairness issues in long-term care insurance via AI-inspired methods. Society of Actuaries. USD $21,089.
My Qualifications
PhD, Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney
Fellow of the Society of Actuaries
Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuary
Fellow of the Actuaries Institute
My Engagement
2026. Developed the Length of Stay Calculator for Long-term Aged Care, an interactive online tool to support aged care planning. Research and calculator featured in UNSW BusinessThink: Making length of stay in aged care less of a black box.
2026. Society of Actuaries Research Institute. Applying fairness frameworks to long-term care insurance: Actuarial considerations for AI and a pricing example.
2025. Society of Actuaries Research Institute. Socioeconomic and demographic covariate data for mortality research: a curated dataset with consistent, multi-source integration.
2021–2024. Member, COVID-19 Mortality Working Group, Actuaries Institute Australia. Analysis and communication of excess mortality trends through Actuaries Digital publications and media engagement.
2023. Society of Actuaries Research Institute. The role of insurers in developing the third pillar of China's pension system.
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9685-4374