ARIA Listserv Announcement - February 25, 2021

ARIA Excellence in Teaching Award

The Excellence in Teaching Award was initiated in 2007 by the New Awards Committee. This award recognizes excellence in risk management and insurance teaching. Applicants/nominees should have a distinguished record of excellent teaching throughout their academic career. Nominations for the award are welcome. An individual may be nominated by a colleague, who then must confirm with the nominee that they are willing to provide the required materials. A letter outlining the reasons for the nomination will serve as the required letter of recommendation from a colleague.

This award will be presented only in years when an exceptional candidate is identified. The 2021 call for applications and nominations is now open. Download further information and the application here.

Call for Proposals: Les B. Strickler Innovation in Instruction Award 2021

ARIA has opened the call for proposal submissions detailing innovative ideas in risk management, and insurance instruction. The deadline is April 30. For more information on the award and how to submit visit https://www.aria.org/education/les-b-strickler-innovation-in-instruction-award/.

Call for Participation: Huebner / ARIA Virtual 3MT Thesis & Doctoral Colloquium

ARIA and the S.S. Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education are pleased to open a call for participation for the Huebner / ARIA Virtual Three Minute Thesis and Doctoral Colloquium. This program is an opportunity for doctoral students to submit a three-minute video presentation on their research. Huebner Foundation judges will select five winners who will receive a $2,000 cash scholarship and qualify to receive an additional $500 by winning the People's Choice Awards. The five finalists will also participate in the Colloquium held on March 26, 2021. Video submissions are due March 3, 2021. For more information, visit the S.S. Huebner 3MT/Colloquium webpage: https://huebnerfoundation.com/3mt-2/ and download the Call for Participation Fact Sheet. or register at https://gsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8zVQ599z1BPkB6Z

ARIA Early Career Scholarly Achievement Award

Nominations are being accepted for the American Risk and Insurance Association’s Early Career Scholarly Achievement Award. This award was initiated in 2007 to honor the distinguished achievement of Risk Management and Insurance scholars who are within 10 years of award of the PH.D. degree. Applicants should have a significant number of high quality RMI publications relative to the length of their academic career, as the award is intended as a research award. This is a non-monetary award and will be awarded in years when an exceptional candidate is identified. A certificate will be presented at the Award’s luncheon at ARIA’s Annual Meeting. Please send nominations (including a vita) to Greg Niehaus (gregn@moore.sc.edu) by March 15, 2021 at the latest.

2021 Annual Meeting Goes VIRTUAL

After careful deliberation, the ARIA Board of Directors has decided that the annual meeting scheduled to take place August 2-4 in Denver, Colorado will be a virtual meeting.

We regret that we will not have the opportunity to meet and connect with our colleagues in person. However, given the effect of COVID-19 on University budgets and members’ willingness to travel, and to ensure a safe meeting, the board decided that a virtual meeting is the best option. We will continue to post meeting updates on the listserv and encourage members to submit proposals for ARIA 2021. Find more information here.

Western Risk and Insurance Association (WRIA) 2021 Meeting

The Western Risk and Insurance Association (WRIA) 2021 meeting, to be held 3-5:30pm EST on March 4-5, will be a virtual conference to highlight Ph.D. student research. Please see attached registration information and the attached program. Please renew your 2021 WRIA membership (or join us for the first time!) by Monday, March 1, 2021. A link to the meeting will be emailed to all registrants after March 1^st. Payment of annual membership dues constitutes 2021 meeting registration. If you are unable to pay by credit card and/or would like to be a WRIA 2021 sponsor, please contact Tice Sirmans, WRIA Secretary/Treasurer, at etsirma@ilstu.edu for more information. We look forward to seeing you virtually!

National Alliance Program in Risk Management and Insurance at FSU Spring 2021 Virtual Research Seminars

The Dr. William T. Hold/The National Alliance Program in Risk Management and Insurance at Florida State University invites you to its Spring 2021 virtual research seminar series. This semester, our Research Seminar series has a theme focusing on “Emerging topics in natural disaster risk management”. The seminars focus on topics related to the mitigation of natural disaster losses, building resilience, and new approaches to financing natural disaster losses. The seminars will be held on Wednesdays from 3:00 to 4:00 pm EST. Please find registration below.

March 10^th, Joyce Lin (St. John’s), TBD: Registration link
March 24^th, Swenja Surminski (LSE), TBD: Registration link
April 14^th, Nancy Wallace (UC Berkeley), “Mortgage Markets with Climate-Change Risk: Evidence from Wildfires in California”: Registration link
April 21^st, Shi-Ling Hsu (FSU Law), TBD: Registration link
April 28^th, Julian Reif (UIUC), TBD: Registration link
May 12^th, Jeff Czajkowski (NAIC), TBD: Registration link

Temple University Spring Research Seminar Series

The Department of Risk, Insurance and Healthcare Management at Temple University invites you to its virtual spring research seminar series. The series comprises invited lectures from academic experts who present research in insurance, risk management, and actuarial science. The seminars will be held on Mondays from 12:30 to 1:30 pm Eastern. Please find links to register below.

March 8. Anita Mukherjee (Wisconsin-Madison), "Abandoned Retirement Savings," Register
March 22. Emiliano Valdez (UConn), "Cost-sensitive Multi-class AdaBoost for Understanding Driving Behavior with Telematics," Register
April 19. Shan Ge (NYU), tbd, Register

University of Wisconsin Virtual Research Seminars

Mar 5, 9:30-10:30a CST, Anup Malani (UChicago), topic TBD, Register
Mar 26, 9-10a CST, Jens Nielsen (City, University of London), topic TBD, Register
April 9, 2:30-3:30p CST, Peng Shi (UW Madison), topic TBD, Register
April 23, 2:30-3:30p CST, Adam Leive (University of Virginia), “Overpaying and undersaving: Correlated mistakes in retirement saving and health insurance choices”, Register

Full list here: https://wiki.wsb.wisc.edu/display/WRS/Spring+2021%3A+Risk+and+Insurance

Risk Management for Individuals and Enterprises v2.0

The author team of the textbook “Risk Management for Individuals and Enterprises v2.0” by the publisher Flat World Knowledge is proud to announce new adaptations made to the Risk Management textbook support materials that facilitate online teaching and integration of the book materials with Canvas. For more information, Click Here

Calls for Papers

EGRIE Seminar 2021 Call for Papers

The 48th Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (EGRIE) will take place virtually September 16–18, 2021. All presentations will be organized in live sessions between 2 pm and 7 pm CET. Completed papers or detailed abstracts should be submitted by April 15, 2021. Please upload your document in PDF format here. For further information please see the attached call for papers.

16th Longevity Risk and Capital Markets Solutions Conference 2021 Call for Papers

Copenhagen Business School, PerCent & Pensions Institute and the City University of London have issued a call for papers. For more information please click here. The deadline for paper or abstract submission is 30 April 2021. The conference is August 13-14, 2021.

APRIA Call for Papers

The Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association invites you to submit a paper for presentation at it's 25th annual conference in Jerusalem, Israel, from 25-29 July, 2021. The mode of the conference will be announced later. Deadline for submission is March 1, 2021. Learn more here.

Looking to Submit a Journal Article?

Wiley, the publisher of ARIA’s journals: the Journal of Risk and Insurance (JRI) and Risk Management and Insurance Review (RMIR), offers a wealth of author support. Follow this link for insights on avoiding common mistakes, English language editing, improving your discoverability, and more. Find the articles here.

Risk Management and Insurance Review
Risk Management and Insurance Review is currently seeking papers for two Focus issues in 2021. Authors should submit their manuscripts via ScholarOne and indicate in the letter to the editors that they wish to have the paper considered for a Focus issue.

Developing insurance markets. Possible topics include drivers of supply of and/or demand for insurance, innovative insurance products, public-private partnerships, development of regulatory institutions, and risk mitigation efforts. Deadline extended to February 28, 2020.
Replication of risk management and insurance research findings. Papers should provide an update on the findings from a seminal research paper in risk management and insurance. A replication should use new data to show whether the previous findings still hold true – or how the results change – when employing a similar methodology. Deadline: February 28, 2020.

Reviewers play an important role in the production of quality research, ensuring the rigorous standards of the scientific process. RMIR operates on a double-blind peer-review system to maintain integrity. If you would like to serve as a reviewer for the RMIR, please contact Patty Born at pborn@business.fsu.edu.

Journal of Insurance Regulation
Current events have brought to light the racial inequities that exist across the United States. In addition, race, diversity, and inclusion within the insurance industry is one of the current key initiatives of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). As such, the Journal of Insurance Regulation invites papers on the following topics:

Access to insurance products by minorities and historically underrepresented groups.
Current practices and/or barriers that impact access of minorities and historically underrepresented groups to insurance products.
Evaluation of the degree of diversity and inclusion in the insurance sector and/or industry efforts to address this.
Any other topic related to race and insurance.

Papers can be discussion pieces or empirical in nature but must focus on major regulatory and public policy issues. Additional information can be found in the attached call by Clicking Here. Submissions are requested by March 1, 2021 and will undergo an expedited blind peer-review process. If you have an interest in this area or are currently already working on a related project, we hope you will consider submitting your work.

Special Issue on Mutual Insurance – Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management
Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management has recently launched a call for papers of its' Special Issue on Mutual Insurance. The call is open for all scholars. Manuscripts can be submitted to this Special Issue starting immediately and papers will appear online as soon as they are accepted for publication and processed by the publisher. Final deadline for submitting papers is 1 March 2021. For more information, Click Here.

The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Emerging Health Risks and Insurance
The Geneva Association is pleased to announce a special issue of The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance—Issues and Practice on Emerging Health Risks and Insurance. Papers should be submitted electronically via the website of The Geneva Papers (https://www.editorialmanager.com/gpri/default.aspx) by 19 April 2021, at the latest. Click here for details

Journal of Risk Education

The Journal of Risk Education (JRE) requests paper submissions for 2021 issue(s). To submit an article to the Journal of Risk Education, please create an account at http://www.jofriskeducation.org and follow the electronic submission process. Please note that the Journal does not accept paper or email submissions.

The JRE includes several sections for publication:

Articles: double-blind peer reviewed articles related to risk management and insurance teaching and education. Both theoretical and pedagogical pieces are encouraged.

Editorials: editorially-reviewed commentary related to the practice of risk and insurance education.

Book Reviews: editorially-reviewed summaries of books and periodicals that pertain to risk management and insurance, with preference given to those items that have practical classroom applications.

Doctoral Perspectives: double blind peer reviewed articles that are by or for doctoral students planning to become risk educators in the future. Any topic of relevance to doctoral candidates may be submitted.

Teaching Case: each issue will feature one teaching case for use in the risk management classroom. Teaching cases should be founded in the academic and practitioner literature, and will be double-blind peer reviewed.

For questions and inquiries, please contact Dr. Brenda Wells, CPCU, AAI, CRIS Editor, at editor@jofriskeducation.org. For the latest issue of Journal of Risk Education Click Here.

Job Postings

Eastern Kentucky University - Assistant Professor of Risk Management and Insurance

Eastern Kentucky University is seeking applicants for a tenure-track full time faculty position, for an Assistant Professor in RMI. They will begin reviewing applicants shortly. For more information or to apply visit https://jobs.eku.edu/postings/15669

LMU Munich School of Management - Professorship for Behavioral Risk Management and Insurance

The Professorship for Behavioral Risk Management and Insurance at LMU Munich School of Management is currently looking for a research associate. Applicants should see further information here and submit applications to jaspersen@bwl.lmu.de by 3/15/2021.

University of Alabama - Associate Professor / Professor

The holder of the Bickley Chair is expected to become a leader in promoting the insurance program in the College, the University and the State. The Chair should be outstanding in teaching, have a strong relationship with the insurance community, recruit students to the insurance program and aid in the placement of students in insurance internships and insurance careers. The candidate should also demonstrate evidence of applied scholarship, which might take the form of publishing in recognized academic or practitioner journals, organizing or participating in various conferences, or providing advice to insurance-related organizations. The position can be at either the associate or full professor level. The ideal candidate would have a Ph.D. degree or an equivalent terminal degree in an area related to insurance and financial services. The position appointment will start August 16, 2021. Minimum qualifications are a Ph.D. or an equivalent terminal degree in an area related to insurance and financial services in economics. The posting is found at: https://facultyjobs.ua.edu/postings/47979

University of St. Gallen - Associate Professor in Insurance Economics

The University of St. Gallen is creating a new associate professor position in Insurance Economics at the Institute of Insurance Economics (Deadline Feb 28). Please contact the dean of the school of finance (facultyposition@unisg.ch) or Martin Eling (martin.eling@unisg.ch), if you have any questions. Link: https://facultyrecruiting.unisg.ch/positiondetails/7929864

Minnesota State University Mankato - Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
Minnesota State University Mankato is posting a position for a tenure-track assistant professor starting Fall 2021, with preferred specialization in RMI. For more information, please click here.

Missouri State University - Instructor/Clinical Assistant Professor of Risk Management
The Missouri State University Department of Finance and General Business anticipates an August 2021 opening for a non-tenure track position of Instructor or Clinical Assistant Professor of Risk Management and Insurance. For more information, please click here.

University of Iowa - Tenure Track Assistant Professor
The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Iowa invites applications
for a tenure-track assistant professor position in actuarial science starting August 18, 2021. For more information, please click here.

RIHM Department at Temple University - PhD Program Applicants
The Risk, Insurance, & Healthcare Management (RIHM) Department at Temple University is seeking applicants to its Risk Management and Insurance PhD program. For more information, please contact Randy Dumm (randy.dumm@temple.edu) or visit the Fox School’s Risk Management and Insurance doctoral program site. For more information on the RIHM’s department and faculty, please click here.

The Dr. William T. Hold/The National Alliance Program in Risk Management and Insurance in Florida State University's College of Business - Ph.D Program Candidates
The Dr. William T. Hold/The National Alliance Program in Risk Management and Insurance in Florida State University's College of Business is encouraging interested applicants to apply for the Ph.D. program in risk management and insurance. The program is in search of one or two candidates starting during the Fall 2021 semester. For more information, Click Here.

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