Lee, Becky Wing-yan（李穎欣）

Biography

Dr Becky Lee is a Senior Lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School. Dr Lee obtained her PhD degree in Actuarial Science from University of Waterloo. Prior to joining CUHK, she was an Associate Professor at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. She is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries.

Dr Lee’s research interests focus on risk theory, risk management, and stochastic modelling.

Dr Lee teaches various courses in the field of actuarial science and insurance, including linear models for actuaries, statistics for risk modelling, and life and health insurance.

Teaching Areas

Actuarial Science
Risk Management and Insurance
Statistics for Risk Modelling

Research Interests

Risk theory
Stochastic Models for Risk Management and Insurance

• Publications & Working Papers

  Publications

  • Fung, D. W. H., Lee, W. Y., and Yang, C. C. (2025), “Surviving the Storm: Evaluating the Role of Enterprise Risk Management in Property and Liability Insurers’ Performance During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Journal of Corporate Finance, 91, Article 102751.
  • Lee, W. Y., and Fung, D. W. H. (2024), “Energy economics: The insurance effect of distributed energy resources under system reliability,” International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, 19(2), 761-766.
  • Fung, D. W. H., Lee, W. Y., Yang, C., and Yeh, J. (2024), “Risk Taking, Performance, and Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Public Property-Casualty Insurers,” International Review of Finance Analysis, 91, 102942.
  • Lee, W. Y., and Fung, D. W. H. (2023), “Current deficiencies and reinforcement of institutional pillars for reform in the green insurance market: A systematic review,” European Journal of Sustainable Development Research, 7(4), em0235.
  • Lee, W. Y., Li, X., Liu, F., Shi, Y., and Yam, S. C. P. (2021), “A Fourier-cosine method for finite-time ruin probabilities,” Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 99, 256-267.
  • Lee, W. Y., and Fung, D. W. H. (2021), “Optimal effort on self-Insurance-cum-protection: A new analysis using Yaari’s Dual Theory,” Mathematics, 9(22), 2853.
  • Fung, D. W. H., Lee, W. Y., Yeh, J. J. H., and Yuen, F. L. (2020), “Friend or foe: The divergent effects of FinTech on financial stability,” Emerging Markets Review, 45, 100727.
  • Bai, Y., Tian, M., Lee, W. Y., and Tang, M. L. (2019), “Variable selection for ultra-high dimensional quantile regression with missing data and measurement error,” Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 30(1), 129-150.
  • Yuen, F. L., Lee, W. Y., and Fung, W. H. (2019), “A Cyclic Approach on Classical Ruin Model,” Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 91, 104-110.
  • Lee, W. Y., and Liu, F. (2018), “Analysis of a dynamic premium strategy: From theoretical and marketing perspectives,” Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 14(4), 1545-1564.
  • Choy, S. K., Lam, S. Y., Yu, K. W., Lee, W. Y., and Leung, K. T. (2017), “Fuzzy model-based clustering and its application in image segmentation,” Pattern Recognition 68, 141-157.
  • Lee, W. Y., and Willmot, G. E. (2016), “The moments of the time to ruin in dependent Sparre Andersen models with Coxian claim sizes,” Scandinavian Actuarial Journal, 550-564.
  • Lee, W. Y., and Willmot, G. E. (2014), “On the moments of the time to ruin in dependent Sparre Andersen models with emphasis on Coxian interclaim times,” Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 59, 1-10.
  • Landriault, D., Lee, W. Y., and Willmot, G. E., Woo, J.-K. (2014), “A note on deficit analysis in dependency models involving Coxian claim amounts,” Scandinavian Actuarial Journal, 405-423.

• Grants
  • “Analysis and Application of Bounds in Insolvency Problem”, University Grants Committee (UGC/FDS14/P03/16), HK$733,800. 2017-2018 (Principal Investigator)
  • “How Climate Change Affects the Insurability of Risks: Challenges and the Way Forward”, Faculty Development Grant, School of Decision Sciences, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, HK$300,000. 2022-23 (Principal Investigator)