Christian Moser (mathematician)

Christian Moser (born September 28, 1861 in Arni BE ; died July 8, 1935 in Bern ) was a Swiss actuary.

Life

After completing his studies and doctorate , Christian Moser completed his habilitation in 1887 and subsequently worked as a private lecturer in mathematics. In 1891 he was employed by the federal administration as the first federal actuary - a position that was created at the suggestion of the federal statistician Johann Jakob Kummer . Moser taught part-time as a private lecturer at the University of Bern, from 1901 as an associate professor and in 1902 as a co-founder of the insurance mathematics seminar.

At the same time, he advanced to become an expert in the federal administration for the preparation of the Health and Accident Insurance Act, which was rejected in a referendum in 1900 and adopted in a revised form in 1912.

He represented the welfare state positions and plans of the Swiss Confederation at international congresses and was a founding member of the Association of Swiss Actuaries in 1905. The association encompassed social security-related circles as well as representatives of the private insurance industry and thus became an important platform for the exchange between industry and state-related actuaries. In 1904 he took over the post of director of the Federal Insurance Office from his mentor Johann Jakob Kummer.

In 1915 he was appointed to a full professorship for mathematical and technical insurance science by the University of Bern and retired from civil service. Until his retirement in 1931, he held this professorship and headed the seminar for actuarial mathematics. Moser founded what was then the most influential actuarial school in Switzerland, at least from a welfare state perspective.

Web links

• Andreas Verdun : Moser, Christian. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• History of social security in Switzerland: Christian Moser