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Who She Is:
Inci Gumus is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and a leading voice in climate risk modeling, working at the intersection of actuarial science and environmental policy. She has dedicated her career to developing frameworks to help insurers and governments calculate the long-term financial costs of climate change, including the risks posed by flooding, extreme heat, and sea-level rise. Her work has been recognized internationally as the insurance industry grapples with the reality that climate-related losses are accelerating faster than traditional models anticipated. Gumus represents a new generation of actuaries who are expanding the profession into territory that did not exist a decade ago.
Why She Matters:
Inci Gumus demonstrates that actuarial science is one of the most important tools we have for responding to climate change. Governments and companies cannot prepare financially for a warming world without understanding what it will cost, and that understanding requires exactly the kind of rigorous, long-term risk modeling that actuaries are trained to do. Her career shows young people that choosing a quantitative profession does not mean stepping away from the problems that matter most. It can mean being at the center of them. For students drawn to both mathematics and environmental issues, Gumus is proof that these interests need not pull in different directions.
