From 1976 to 1991, Elias S.W. Shiu was a professor of actuarial science at the University of Manitoba and a consultant for the Great-West Life Assurance Company, Winnipeg, Canada. He joined the University of Iowa in 1992 as Principal Financial Group Professor. He is an Honorary Editor for the journal Insurance: Mathematics and Economics and was a Co-Editor for the North American Actuarial Journal. His paper “Option Pricing by Esscher Transforms” is the most cited paper ever published in the Transactions of the Society of Actuaries. Another paper, “On the Time Value of Ruin,” has been the theme of a biennial international meeting since 2006. Both papers were co-authored with Hans U. Gerber. His research papers have won four Halmstad Prizes. He was awarded Doctor of Actuarial Science, Honoris Causa, by Université de Lausanne in 2017 and Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa, by The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong in 2024. He is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries.

Selected courses taught

• Life Contingencies I, ACTS:4180, Spring 2024
• Topics in Actuarial Science, ACTS:6160, Spring 2024
• Life Contingencies II, ACTS:4280, Fall 2023
• Quantitative Methods for Actuaries, ACTS:4130, Fall 2023
• Mathematical Methods for Statistics, STAT:5120, Spring 2023

Selected publications

• Gerber, H. U., Shiu, E. S. W. & Yang, J. (2021). An Actuarial Approach to Pricing Barrier Options. European Actuarial Journal, 11, 333–339. 
• Gerber, H. U., Shiu, E. S. W. & Yang, H. (2019). A Constraint-free Approach to Optimal Reinsurance. Scandinavian Actuarial Journal, 2019(1), 62-79.
• Gerber, H. U., Shiu, E. S. W. & Yang, H. (2015). Geometric Stopping of a Random Walk and Its Applications to Valuing Equity-linked Death Benefits. Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 64, 313–325. 
• Gerber, H. U., Shiu, E. S. W. & Yang, H. (2013). Valuing Equity-Linked Death Benefits in Jump Diffusion Models. Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 53(3), 615-623.  
• Ko, B., Shiu, E. S. W. & Wei, L. (2010). Pricing Maturity Guarantee with Dynamic Withdrawal Benefit. Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 47(2), 216-223.  
• Gerber, H. U., Shiu, E. S. W. (2005). The Time Value of Ruin in a Sparre Andersen Model. North American Actuarial Journal, 9(2), 49-69; Discussions 69-84 & 9(4), 131-136.
• Gerber, H. U., Shiu, E. S. W. (2004). Optimal Dividends: Analysis with Brownian Motion. North American Actuarial Journal, 8(1), 1-20.
• Gerber, H. U., Shiu, E. S. W. (2003). Pricing Perpetual Fund Protection with Withdrawal Option. North American Actuarial Journal, 7(2), 60-77; Discussions 77-92 & 8(1), 96-99.
• Gerber, H. U., Shiu, E. S. W. (2000). Investing for Retirement: Optimal Capital Growth and Dynamic Asset Allocation. North American Actuarial Journal, 4(2), 42-58; Discussions 58-62.
• Gerber, H. U., Shiu, E. S. W. (1996). Actuarial Bridges to Dynamic Hedging and Option Pricing. Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 18(3), 183-218.  
• Gerber, H. U., Shiu, E. S. W. (1996). Martingale Approach to Pricing Perpetual American Options on Two Stocks. Mathematical Finance, 6(3), 303-322.  
• Shiu, E. S. W. (1990).  On Redington's Theory of Immunization. Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 9, 171-176.

Selected presentations

• Shiu, E. S. W. (2015, December) "Valuing Equity-Linked Death Benefits in Jump-Diffusion Models". Invited Lecture presented at The AMSS-Poly U Joint Research Institute Distinguished Lecture Series, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
• Shiu, E. S. W. (2013, September) "Option Pricing Without Tears: Valuing Equity-Linked Death Benefits". Invited Lecture presented at The Annual Ronald H. and Mary E. Simon Actuarial Science Lecture Series, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
• Shiu, E. S. W. (2006, July) “On Redington’s Theory of Immunization”. Keynote/Plenary Address presented at Tenth International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

• Shiu, E. S. W. (2005, September) “Dynamic Fund Protection”. Keynote/Plenary Address presented at ASTIN - AFIR Joint Meeting, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland.