Dr. Mykhailo Arych is an assistant professor at the Department of Finance, Institute of Economics and Management, National University of Food Technologies (Ukraine). His primary research interests include insurance markets, genetic testing and discrimination in insurance, and agricultural insurance. He was also a co-investigator of the research grant funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for the research entitled 'Comprehensive assessment of the insurance market and development of recommendations for improvements of competitiveness of Ukraine's insurance in the context of European integration' (2017 - 2019). Dr. Arych is a co-author of a book entitled 'Competitiveness of the insurance market of Ukraine in the conditions of intensification of globalization processes: a collective monograph' (2020). Since September 2019, he is also a member of the Academic Council of the Institute of Economics and Management. In June 2020, Dr. Arych received the Fellowship of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for young scientists. Since 2021, he is a member of the international expert panel of Genetic Discrimination Observatory, sitting for Ukraine.