The Department of Mathematical Sciences of the University of Copenhagen is pleased to host the 17th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, which will be held at the University of Copenhagen, July 1-3, 2013. The International Congress on Insurance Mathematics and Economics is one of the major international conferences in actuarial science and Insurance. The Congress gives researchers the opportunity to present their research work and exchange research ideas. Topics of interest include (not limited to): insurance risk models, pension mathematics, life and non-life insurance, social insurance, health insurance, reinsurance, insurance products linked to equity, applications of methodologies and/or results to actuarial science from other fields, such as probability and statistics, numerical analysis, finance economics, operations research and risk management.