AM Best's 2027 Student Challenge is a solution-based competition designed to empower undergraduate and graduate students by challenging them beyond the classroom while fostering thought leadership and innovation in insurance and risk management.
The Challenge provides participants with valuable exposure to insurance professionals and hands-on experience that strengthens their resumes and helps connect the next generation of talent with professionals and opportunities across the industry. To be eligible, students must be enrolled at a college that offers an insurance, risk management or actuarial science-related program, or hosts a chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma.
- Dung Le (AKA Edison Le) – Boston University - Innovative Risk Transfer Solutions
- Yeyoung An – Macquarie University - Parametric Technology and Triggers
- Abdullah Mohammad Mahi, Montserrat Virgilio Bernal and Dilly Ogunrinde – St. Mary's University - Parametric Technology and Triggers
Check back on December 7, 2026, to watch the finalists’ presentations.
Learn how to apply to the Analytical Development Program.
Watch Previous Winners' Presentations
Meeting the Needs of the Gig Economy, presented by Faiza Ahmed and Anushka Nagaraj, Temple University – Fox School of Business
Monitoring AI Risk and Claims, presented by Samit Bin Alam, St. John’s University – Peter J. Tobin College of Business
Meeting the Needs of the Gig Economy, presented by Mosharaf Khan and Molly Fitzpatrick, Rowan University – Rohrer College of Business