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No. 257
What matters more – being a Green Company or offering Green Products?
Jonas Jahnert

No. 256
Consumers’ perceptions and purchasing behavior of sustainable insurance products
Jonas Jahnert, Hato Schmeiser, Meike Zehnle

No. 255
Cyber Risk Research in Business and Actuarial Science
Martin Eling

No. 254
The Impact of Extreme Cyber Events on Capital Markets and Insurers’ Asset Portfolios
Martin Eling, Werner Schnell

No. 253
Willingness to take financial risks and insurance holdings: A European survey
Martin Eling, Omid Ghavibazoo, Katja Hahnewald

No. 252
Cyber Risk Management: History and Future Research Directions
Martin Eling, Michael McShane, Trung Nguyen

No. 251
Insurance Regulation in Europe
Martin Eling

No. 250
Customer Experience Management in Service: An Empirical Exploration of Organizational Determinants and Experience-Related Service Characteristics
Lukas Fischer, Peter Maas

No. 249
Reshaping Experience Concepts: A Multidisciplinary Literature Review, Synthesis, and Research Agenda
Lukas Fischer, Peter Maas

No. 248
Empowering Consumers Increases their Engagement in Complex Services: Why Fostering Perceived Control and Learning Matters
Martin Bieler, Peter Maas

No. 247
Risk Attitude towards On-Demand Insurance: An Experiment Study
Hsiaoyin Chang, Hato Schmeiser

No. 246
Do You Really Want Happy Policyholders? An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship Between the Net Promoter Score and the Insurer’s Profitability
Jonas Jahnert, Hato Schmeiser

No. 245
Does Cyber Risk Pose a Systemic Threat to the Insurance Industry?
Werner Schnell

No. 244
The Relationship between Management Change and Firm Performance: Evidence from the German Property and Casualty Insurance Industry
Martin Lehmann

No. 243
Optimal Labor and Capital Utilization by Financial Firms
Martin Eling, Martin Lehmann, Philipp Schaper

No. 242
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence Along the Insurance Value Chain and on the Insurability of Risks
Martin Eling, David Nuessle, Julian Staubli

No. 241
Cyber Insurance Supply and Performance
Martin Eling, Charles Lee, Xiaoying Xie

No. 240
Financing Long-Term Care: Some Ideas from Switzerland
Martin Eling

No. 239
Extreme Cyber Losses: An Alternative Approach to Estimating Probable Maximum Loss for Data Breach Risk
Kwangmin Jung

No. 238
Loss Aversion Leads to Fatalistic Risk Management in an Interconnected World
Martin Eling, Kwangmin Jung

No. 237
The Value of Choice in Mandatory Health Insurance
Christian Biener, Lan Zou

No. 236
Financing Long-Term Care: Some Ideas from Switzerland
Martin Eling

No. 235
Efficiency and Profitability in the Global Insurance Industry
Martin Eling, Ruo Jia

No. 234
The Economic Impact of Extreme Cyber Risk Scenarios
Martin Eling, Mauro Elvedi, Greg Falco

No. 233
Leading change in context of digital transformation. Complexity leadership theory applied to a case study example
Pascal Bühler

No. 232
Exploring customer value proposition evolution: Digital new ventures between organizational and consumer learning
Pascal Bühler, Peter Maas

No. 231
Sensemaking of digital transformation in service industries. Do executives think of the same idea when they speak of digital transformation?
Pascal Bühler, Peter Maas

No. 230
Investment Guarantees in Financial Products: An Analysis of Consumer Preferences
Daliana Luca, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber

No. 229
The Cross-Section of Expected Insurance Stock Returns
Semir Ben Ammar, Martin Eling, Andreas Milidonis

No. 228
What Drives Policyholders’ Relative Willingness to Pay? Empirical Analysis under Default Probability and Varying Coverage
Florian Klein, Hato Schmeiser

No. 227
Missing the Point? How State Contribution Concerning Policyholders’ Damage Affects the Performance of Insurer and Policyholders
Florian Klein

No. 226
Optimal Management of Counterparty Risk in Reinsurance Contracts
Lukas Reichel, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber

No. 225
Survival Mode: Non-Cognitive Skills After the Storm
Christian Biener, Andreas Landmann

No. 224
Tailing the Tail: Insurance Demand, Default Risk, and a Random Loss Given Default
Lukas Reichel

No. 223
Catastrophe Risk Dynamics and Determinants: An Empirical Analysis
Simone Beer

No. 222
Dynamics of Foreign Exchange Implied Volatility and Implied Correlation Surfaces
Simone Beer, Holger Fink

No. 221
Predicting Longevity: An Analysis of Potential Alternatives to Life Expectancy Reports
Jiahua Xu, Adrian Hoesch

No. 220
A Reduced-Form Model for Market-Consistent Pricing of Catastrophe Risk
Simone Beer, Alexander Braun

No. 219
Pricing Industry Loss Warranties in a Lévy-Frailty Framework
Simone Beer, Alexander Braun

No. 218
Saving Face: A Solution to the Hidden Crisis for Life Insurance Policyholders
Alexander Braun, Lauren Cohen, Christopher Malloy, Jiahua Xu

No. 217
Pricing Life: A Market-Consistent Econometric Model for Senior Settlements
Alexander Braun, Jiahua Xu

No. 216
Research on Long-term Care Insurance: Status Quo and Directions for Future Research
Martin Eling, Omid Ghavibazoo

No. 215
Risk Aggregation in Non-life Insurance: Standard Models vs. Internal Models
Martin Eling, Kwangmin Jung

No. 214
The Impact of Telematics on the Insurability of Risks
Martin Eling, Mirko Kraft

No. 213
Balancing the Desire for Privacy Against the Desire to Hedge Risk
Christian Biener, Martin Eling, Martin Lehmann

No. 212
It’s all About Speed and Cost
Martin Eling, Ruo Jia, Casey Rothschild

No. 211
Extreme Cyber Risks and the Nondiversification Trap
Martin Eling, Werner Schnell

No. 210
Capital Requirements for Cyber Risk and Cyber Risk Insurance
Martin Eling, Werner Schnell

No. 209
Copula Approaches for Modeling Cross-sectional Dependence of Data Breach Losses
Martin Eling, Kwangmin Jung

No. 208
What Do We Know About Cyber Risk and Cyber Risk Insurance?
Martin Eling, Werner Schnell

No. 207
Reform Options for the Swiss Retirement provision: An Analysis from an Insurance-economic Perspective
Martin Eling

No. 206
Which Insurers Write Cyber Insurance? Evidence from U.S. Property & Casualty Insurance
Martin Eling, Jingjing Zhu

No. 205
The Impact of Digitalization on the Insurance Value Chain and the Insurability of Risks
Martin Eling, Martin Lehmann

No. 204
Valuation of Participating Life Insurance Portfolios Under Stochastic Interest Rate Assumptions: Is Fair Pricing Possible?
Carolina Orozco-Garcia

No. 203
Surrender and Liquidity Risk in Life Insurance
Hsiaoyin Chang, Hato Schmeiser

No. 202
Optimal Risk Pools under Changing Volatility and Heterogeneous Risk Classes
Florian Klein, Hato Schmeiser

No. 201
Stock Versus Mutual Insurers: Long-term Convergence or Dominance?
Philipp Schaper

No. 200
The Impact of Capacity on Price and Productivity Change: New Firm-level Evidence
Martin Eling, Robert E. Hoyt, Philipp Schaper

No. 199
Get the Balance Right: A Simultaneous Equation Model to Analyze Growth, Profitability, and Safety
Martin Eling, Ruo Jia, Philipp Schaper

No. 198
Heterogeneous Premiums for Homogeneous Risks? Asset Liability Management under Default Probability and Price-Demand Functions
Florian Klein, Hato Schmeiser

No. 197
The Merits of Pooling Claims: Mutual vs. Stock Insurer
Carolina Orozco-Garcia, Hato Schmeiser

No. 196
Sometimes More, Sometimes Less: Prudence and the Diversification of Risky Insurance Coverage
Lukas Reichel, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber

No. 195
The Many Faces of Sharing: A Conceptual Framework for Collaborative Consumption
Veselina Milanova

No. 194
One Size Does not Fit All: A Typology of Financial Consumer Vulnerability
Veselina Milanova, Florian Schreiber

No. 193
The Price of Delegating Decisions: Effects on Individual Responsibility and Future Decisions
Veselina Milanova, Peter Maas

No. 192
Should I Stay or Should I go? Multiple Option Valuation for Participating Life Insurance Contracts
Hsiaoyin Chang, Hato Schmeiser

No. 191
Dating Death: An Empirical Comparison of Medical Underwriters in the U.S. Life Settlements Market
Jiahua Xu

No. 190
Evolution or Revolution? How Solvency II will Change the Balance between Reinsurance and ILS
Alexander Braun, Joel Weber

No. 189
Data Breaches: Goodness of Fit, Pricing and Risk Measurement
Martin Eling, Nicola Loperfido

No. 188
Liability-Regime-Switching in Multiple Risk-Sharing: An Analysis of Policyholders’ Preferences
Lukas Reichel, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber

No. 187
Return on Risk-Adjusted Capital under Solvency II: Implications for the Asset Management of Insurance Companies
Alexander Braun, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber

No. 186
Can Decision Theory Explain the Demand for Cliquet-Style Options in Life Insurance Contracts?
Alexander Braun, Marius Fischer, Hato Schmeiser

No. 185
Managing Parameter Risk for Life Insurance Embedded Options: The Role of Volatility Target Strategies
Marius Fischer

No. 184
Determinants of the Demand for Political Risk Insurance: Evidence from an International Survey
Alexander Braun, Marius Fischer

No. 183
How to Organize Cyber Risk Transfer?
Jan Hendrik Wirfs

No. 182
Drivers of Satisfaction and Loyalty in the Insurance Industry – A Multinational Analysis
Matthias Rüfenacht

No. 181
The Impact of Time Discretization on Solvency Measurement
Daliana Luca, Hato Schmeiser

No. 180
Posters Versus Lurkers: When do Social Media Community Members Share their Experiences with Others?
Philipp Hendrik Steiner

No. 179
Design Social Media Channels to Meet the Customer Needs
Philipp Hendrik Steiner, Peter Maas

No. 178
Social Media Usage Increases the Probability of Purchasing Online
Philipp Hendrik Steiner, Tobias Schlager, Peter Maas

No. 177
When Customers Are Willing to Disclose Information: The Role of Customer Value And Trust
Philipp Hendrik Steiner, Peter Maas

No. 176
Pricing of Catastrophe Risk and the Implied Volatility Smile
Semir Ben Ammar

No. 175
Asset Pricing and Extreme Event Risk: Common Factors in ILS Fund Returns
Semir Ben Ammar, Alexander Braun, Martin Eling

No. 174
Extreme Value Mixture Models: Are they Able to Cope with Extreme Insurance Losses?
Daniela Laas

No. 173
Bayesian Estimation of Extreme Value Mixture Models: Simplifications and Enhancements
Daniela Laas

No. 172
Individual and Cross-Cultural Differences in Decision Processes Under Risk
Christian Biener, Pascal J. Kieslich, Andreas Landmann

No. 171
What Transaction Costs are Acceptable in Life Insurance Products from the Policyholders’ Viewpoint?
Hato Schmeiser, Joël Wagner

No. 170
How to Derive Optimal Guarantee Levels in Participating Life Insurance Contracts
Alexander Braun, Marius Fischer, Hato Schmeiser

No. 169
Participating Life Insurance Portfolios: Is Fair Pricing Possible?
Carolina Orozco-Garcia, Hato Schmeiser

No. 168
The Liability Regime of Insurance Pools and Its Impact on Pricing
Lukas Reichel, Hato Schmeiser

No. 167
Performance Measurement in the Life Insurance Industry: An Asset-Liability Perspective
Alexander Braun, Florian Schreiber

No. 166
Process Landscape and Efficiency in Non-life Insurance Claims Management: An Industry Benchmark
Nils Mahlow, Joël Wagner

No. 165
Consumption-Based Asset Pricing in Insurance Markets: Yet Another Puzzle?
Alexander Braun, Daliana Luca, Hato Schmeiser

No. 164
Globalization of the Life Insurance Industry: Blessing or Curse?
Christian Biener, Martin Eling, Ruo Jia

No. 163
Business Failure, Efficiency, and Volatility: Evidence from the European Insurance Industry
Martin Eling, Ruo Jia

No. 162
Contract Nonperformance and Ambiguity in Insurance Markets: Evidence From a Field Lab
Christian Biener, Andreas Landmann, Isabel Santana

No. 161
Under Pressure: How the Business Environment Affects Productivity and Efficiency of European Life Insurance Companies
Martin Eling, Philipp Schaper

No. 160
What are the Actual Costs of Cyber Risk Events?
Martin Eling, Jan H. Wirfs

No. 159
Role of Commitment and Information in Multi-Period Insurance Contracting: A Synthesis Review and New Empirical Evidence
Ruo Jia

No. 158
Identification of Customer Groups in the German Term Life Market: A Benefit Segmentation
Florian Schreiber

No. 157
Sophisticated vs. Simple Systemic Risk Measurers
David Pankoke

No. 156
How Sensitive is the Pricing of Look-Back and Interest Rate Guarantees when Changing the Modelling Assumptions?
Carolina Orozco-Garcia, Hato Schmeiser

No. 155
Empiricial Findings on Motor Insurance Pricing in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
Daniela Laas, Hato Schmeiser, Joël Wagner

No. 154
The Structure of the Global Reinsurance Market: An Analysis of Efficiency, Scale, and Scope
Christian Biener, Martin Eling, Ruo Jia

No. 153
The Determinants of Efficiency and Productivity in the Swiss Insurance Industry
Christian Biener, Martin Eling, Jan Wirfs

No. 152
Can Group Incentives Alleviate Moral Hazard? The Role of Pro-social Preferences
Christian Biener, Martin Eling, Andreas Landmann, Shailee Pradhan

No. 151
Insurability of Cyber Risk: An Empirical Analysis
Christian Biener, Martin Eling, Jan Wirfs

No. 150
The Impact of Insurance Games on Insurance Enrollment: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines
Shailee Pradhan

No. 149
Costs and Benefits of Financial Regulation – An Empirical Assessment for Insurance Companies
Martin Eling, David Pankoke

No. 148
Fitting Asset Returns to Skewed Distributions: Are the Skew-Normal and Skew-Student Good Models?
Martin Eling

No. 147
Discontinued Business in Non-Life Insurance: An Empirical Test of the Market Development in the German-Speaking Countries
Martin Eling, David Pankoke

No. 146
Factors that Affect the Performance of Distressed Securities Hedge Funds
Georgi Bontschev, Martin Eling

No. 145
On Consumer Preferences and the Willingness to Pay for Term Life Insurance
Alexander Braun, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber

No. 144
Do Customers Value Cost-Based Price Transparency in Motor Insurance? Effects on Consumers’ Purchase Intentions, Loyalty and Willingness to Pay
Tina Störmer

No. 143
Life Settlement Funds: Current Valuation Practices and Areas for Improvement
Sarah Affolter, Alexander Braun, Hato Schmeiser

No. 142
Risk Culture: What It Is and How It Affects an Insurer’s Risk Management
Angela Zeier Röschmann

No. 141
Between-Group Adverse Selection: Evidence from Group Critical Illness Insurance
Martin Eling, Ruo Jia, Yi Yao

No. 140
Optimizing Insurance Pricing by Incorporating Consumers’ Perceptions of Risk Classification
Tina Störmer

No. 139
A Comparison of Insurers’ Usage and Consumers’ Perception of Price Differentiation Factors
Tina Störmer, Joël Wagner

No. 138
A Performance Analysis of Riester Pension Schemes
Nils Mahlow, Hato Schmeiser, Joël Wagner

No. 137
The Identification of Insurance Fraud – An Empirical Analysis
Katja Müller

No. 136
German Supervisory Board versus Swiss Board of Directors- A Systematic Comparison and Evalutation of the Central Control and Governing Bodies in the German-speaking Insurance Sector
Martin Eling, David Pankoke

No. 135
The Determinants of Microinsurance Demand
Martin Eling, Shailee Pradhan, Joan T. Schmit

No. 134
The Impact of Auditing Strategies on Insurers’ Profitability
Katja Müller, Hato Schmeiser, Joël Wagner

No. 133
Solvency II’s Market Risk Standard Formula: How Credible is the Proclaimed Ruin Probability?
Alexander Braun, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber

No. 132
Basel III versus Solvency II: An Analysis of Regulatory Consistency under the new Capital Standard
Daniela Laas, Caroline Siegel

No.131
Sales Efficiency in Life Insurance: On Growth and Profitability in the German Market
Jonas Lorson, Joël Wagner

No.130
Portfolio Optimization Under Solvency II: Implicit Constraints Imposed by the Market Risk Standard Formula
Alexander Braun, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber

No.129
Common Risk Factors of Infrastructure Firms
Semir Ben Ammar, Martin Eling

No. 128
Basis Risk, Procyclicality, and Systemic Risk in the Solvency II Equity Risk Module
Martin Eling, David Pankoke

No. 127
Regulation in Microinsurance Markets: Principles, Practice, and Directions for Future Development
Christian Biener, Martin Eling, Joan T. Schmit

No. 126
Research on Lapse in Life Insurance – What Has Been Done and What Needs to Be Done?
Martin Eling, Michael Kochanski

No. 125
Who is Changing Health Insurance Coverage? Empirical Evidence on Policyholder Dynamics
Marcus Christiansen, Martin Eling, Jan-Philipp Schmidt, Lorenz Zirkelbach

No. 124
Systemic Risk in the Insurance Sector – What Do we Know?
Martin Eling, David Pankoke

No. 123
The Value of Interest Rate Guarantees in Participating Life Insurance Contracts: Status Quo and Alternative Product Design
Martin Eling, Stefan Holder

No. 122
Skewed Distributions in Finance and Actuarial Science
Chris Adcock, Martin Eling, Nicola Loperfido

No. 121
Maximum Technical Interest Rates in Life Insurance: An International Overview
Martin Eling, Stefan Holder

No. 120
How Skewness Influences Optimal Allocation in a Risky Asset
Martin Eling, Kattumannil Sudheesh, Luisa Tibiletti

No. 119
Modeling Parameter Risk in Premium Risk in Multi-Year Internal Models
Dorothea Diers, Martin Eling, Marc Linde

No. 118
The Pricing of Hedging Longevity Risk with the Help of Annuity Securitzation: An Application to the German Market
Jonas Lorson, Joël Wagner

No. 117
The Impact of Life Insurance Securitization on the Issuer’s Default Risk
Jonas Lorson

No. 116
Pricing in the Primary Market for Cat Bonds: New Empirical Evidence
Alexander Braun

No. 115
Evaluation of Benefits and Costs of Insurance Regulation – A Conceptual Model for Solvency II
Jonas Lorson, Hato Schmeiser, Joël Wagner

No. 114
New Solvency Regulation: What CEOs of Insurance Companies Think
Markus Kreutzer, Joël Wagner

No. 113
What Drives Insurers’ Demand for Cat Bond Investments? Evidence from a Pan-European Survey
Alexander Braun, Katja Müller, Hato Schmeiser

No. 112
Unisex Insurance Pricing: Consumers’ Perception and Market Implications
Hato Schmeiser, Tina Störmer, Joël Wagner

No. 111
A Proposal on How the Regulator Should Set Minimum Interest Rate Guarantees in Participating Life Insurance Contracts
Hato Schmeiser, Joël Wagner

No. 110
Solvency Assessment for Insurance Groups in the United States and Europe – A Comparison of Regulatory Frameworks
Caroline Siegel

No. 109
Understanding CEO’s Short-term Orientation: A Processual Framework on Megatrends
Christine Scheef, Tobias Schlager

No. 108
How to Segment Developing Countries: An International Investigation
Tobias Schlager, Peter Maas

No. 107
Determining Consumer Choice regarding Interaction Points – A Process oriented Approach
Tobias Schlager

No. 106
Pricing in Microinsurance Markets
Christian Biener

No. 105
New Life Insurance Financial Products
Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

No. 104
Market Consistent Embedded Value in Non-Life Insurance: How to Measure It and Why
Martin Eling, Dorothea Diers, Christian Kraus, Andreas Reuß

No. 103
Corporate Governance and Risk Taking: Evidence from European Insurance Markets
Martin Eling, Sebastian Marek

No. 102
Internal and External Drivers for Risk Taking in U.K. and German Insurance Markets
Martin Eling, Sebastian Marek

No. 101
What Do We Know About Market Discipline in Insurance?
Martin Eling

No. 100
Do Underwriting Cycles Matter? An Analysis Based on Dynamic Financial Analysis
Martin Eling, Sebastian Marek

No. 99
Risk Management using the Bernstein Copula: Modeling, Goodness-of-Fit Testing, and Application in Dynamic Financial Analysis
Martin Eling, Dorothea Diers, Sebastian Marek

No. 98
Fitting Insurance Claims to Skewed Distributions: Are Skew-Normal and Skew-Student Good Models?
Martin Eling

No. 97
Organization and Efficiency in the International Insurance Industry: A Cross-frontier Analysis
Christian Biener, Martin Eling

No. 96
The Multi-Year Non-Life Insurance Risk
Martin Eling, Dorothea Diers, Marc Linde, Christian Kraus

No. 95
What Policy Features Determine Life Insurance Lapse? An Analysis of the German Market
Martin Eling, Dieter Kiesenbauer

No. 94
An Efficiency Comparison of the Non-life Insurance Industry in the BRIC Countries
Martin Eling, Wei Huang

No. 93
A Decision-Theoretic Foundation for Two-Parameter Performance Measures
Martin Eling, Frank Schuhmacher

No. 92
Insurance Claims Fraud: Optimal Auditing Strategies in Insurance Companies
Katja Müller, Hato Schmeiser, Joël Wagner

No. 91
The Impact of Private Equity on a Life Insurer’s Capital Charges under Solvency II and the Swiss Solvency Test
Alexander Braun, Caroline Siegel, Hato Schmeiser

No. 90
To Buy or not to Buy Insurance? The Antecedents in the Decision-Making Process and the Influence of Consumer Attitudes and Perceptions
Carin Huber, Tobias Schlager

No. 89
The Effects of Ratings on Financial Decision-Making
Carin Huber

No. 88
Comparison of Stakeholder Perspectives on current Regulatory and Reporting Reforms
Joël Wagner, Alexandra Zemp

No. 87
Stock vs. Mutual Insurers: Who Does and Who Should Charge More?
Alexander Braun, Przemyslaw Rymaszewski, Hato Schmeiser

No. 86
Model Uncertainty and its Impact on Solvency Measurement in Property-Liability Insurance
Hato Schmeiser, Caroline Siegel, Joël Wagner

No. 85
A Proposal for a Capital Market-Based Guaranty Scheme for the Financial Industry
Hato Schmeiser, Joël Wagner, Alexandra Zemp

No. 84
Insurance Guaranty Funds and Their Relation to Solvency Regulation
Przemyslaw Rymaszewski, Hato Schmeiser

No. 83
Risk Comparison of Different Bonus Distribution Approaches in Participating Life Insurance
Alexandra Zemp

No. 82
How Do Price Presentation Effects Influence Consumer Choice? The Case of Life Insurance Products
Nadine Gatzert, Carin Huber, Hato Schmeiser

No. 81
The Merits of Pooling Claims Revisitied
Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

No. 80
The Impact of Introducing Insurance Guaranty Schemes on Pricing and Capital Structures
Hato Schmeiser, Joël Wagner

No. 79
Regulating Insurance Groups: A Comparison of Risk-Based Solvency Models
Hato Schmeiser, Caroline Siegel

No. 78
Pricing Catastrophe Swaps: A Contingent Claims Approach
Alexander Braun

No. 77
A Joint Valuation of Premium Payment and Surrender Options in Particpating Life Insurance Contracts
Hato Schmeiser, Joël Wagner

No. 76
A Benchmark Analysis of Participating Life Insurance Contracts
Roger Faust, Hato Schmeiser, Alexandra Zemp

No. 75
Under What Conditions is an Insurance Guaranty Fund Beneficial for Policyholders?
Przemyslaw Rymaszewski, Hato Schmeiser, Joël Wagner

No. 74
A Traffic Light Approach to Solvency Measurement of Swiss Occupational Pension Funds
Alexander Braun, Przemyslaw Rymaszewski, Hato Schmeiser

No. 73
Performance and Risks of Open-End Life Settlement Funds
Alexander Braun, Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

No. 72
Efficiency in the International Insurance Industry: A Cross-Country Comparison
Martin Eling, Michael Luhnen

No. 71
What Drives the Demand for Industry Loss Warranties?
Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

No. 70
Insurance and the Credit Crisis: Impact and Ten Consequences for Risk Management and Supervision
Martin Eling, Hato Schmeiser

No. 69
On the Valuation of Investment Guarantees in Unit-Linked Life Insurance: A Behavioral Perspective
Nadine Gatzert, Carin Huber, Hato Schmeiser

No. 68
The Influence of Corporate Risk, Debt, and Diversification on Shareholder Value
Roger Faust

No. 67
The Performance of Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds in Emerging Markets
Martin Eling, Roger Faust

No. 66
The Secondary Market for Life Insurance in the U.K., Germany, and the U.S.: Comparison and Overview
Nadine Gatzert

No. 65
Optimal Risk Classification and Underwriting Risk for Substandard Annuities
Nadine Gatzert, Gudrun Hoermann, Hato Schmeiser

No. 64
Creating Customer Value in Participating Life Insurance Contracts
Nadine Gatzert, Ines Holzmueller, Hato Schmeiser

No. 63
Determinants of Efficiency and Productivity in German Property-Liability Insurance: Evidence for 1995-2006
Michael Luhnen

No. 62
Underwriting Cycles in German Property-Liability Insurance
Martin Eling, Michael Luhnen

No. 61
Understanding the Death Benefit Switch Option in Universal Life Policies
Nadine Gatzert, Gudrun Hoermann

No. 60
Is there Market Discipline in the European Insurance Industry? An Analysis of the German Insurance Market
Martin Eling, Joan T. Schmit

No. 59
The United States RBC Standards, Solvency II, and the Swiss Solvency Test: A Comparative Assessment
Ines Holzmüller

No. 58
Understanding Price Competition in German Motor Insurance
Martin Eling, Michael Luhnen

No. 57
An Overview and Comparison of Risk-Based Capital Standards
Martin Eling, Ines Holzmüller

No. 56
Frontier Efficiency Methodologies to Measure Performance in the Insurance Industry
Martin Eling, Michael Luhnen

No. 55
A Discussion of the Risk Assessment Methods for the German Automobile Insurance Industry
Thomas Parnitzke

No. 54
The Impact of the Secondary Market on Life Insurers’ Surrender Profits
Nadine Gatzert, Gudrun Hoermann, Hato Schmeiser

No. 53
The Swiss Solvency Test and its Market Implications
Martin Eling, Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

No. 52
Customer Value from a Customer Perspective: A Comprehensive Review
Albert Graf, Peter Maas

No. 51
Enhanced Annuities and the Impact of Individual Underwriting on an Insurer’s Profit Situation
Gudrun Hoermann, Jochen Russ

No. 50
On the Risk Situation of Financial Conglomerates: Does Diversification Matter?
Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

No. 49
Performance Measurement in the Investment Industry
Martin Eling

No. 48
Minimum Standards for Investment Performance: A New Perspective on Non-Life Insurer Solvency
Martin Eling, Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

No. 47
Where Do Distressed Security Hedge Funds Invest? An Asset-based Style Factor Model
Georgi Bontschev, Martin Eling

No. 46
Combining Fair Pricing and Capital Requirements for Non-Life Insurance Companies
Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

No. 45
Effects of Enhanced Annuities on an Insurer’s Portfolio
Gudrun Hoermann, Jochen Russ

No. 44
The Impact of Solvency II on Insurance Market Competition – An Economic Assessment
Stefan Schuckmann

No. 43
An Analysis of Pricing and Basis Risk for Industry Loss Warranties
Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser, Denis Toplek

No. 42
Integration of Heuristic Management Strategies into Dynamic Financial Analysis
Martin Eling, Thomas Parnitzke, Hato Schmeiser

No. 41
Deferred Annuity Contracts under Stochastic Mortality and Interest Rates: Pricing and Model Risk Assessment
Denis Toplek

No. 40
Pricing and Performance of Mutual Funds: Lookback versus Interest Rate Gurantees
Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

No. 39
Risk Assessment of Life Insurance Contracts: A Comparative Study in a Lévy Framework
Nadine Gatzert, Stefan Kassberger

No. 38
The Swiss Solvency Test: A Role Model for Solvency II?
Martin Eling

No. 37
Does Hedge Fund Performance Persist? Overview and New Empirical Evidence
Martin Eling

No. 36
Customer Value Analysis in Financial Services
Peter Maas, Albert Graf

No. 35
Enterprise Risk Management in Financial Groups: Analysis of Risk Concentration and Default Risk
Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser, Stefan Schuckmann

No. 34
Modeling and Management of Nonlinear Dependencies – Copulas in Dynamic Financial Analysis
Martin Eling, Denis Toplek

No. 33
Implicit Options in Life Insurance: An Overview
Nadine Gatzert

No. 32
Where Are the Limits of Market Growth of Hedge Funds?
Martin Eling

No. 31
The Shareholder Value Principle in the Field of Tension between Theory and Practice
Hato Schmeiser

No. 30
Management Strategies and Dynamic Financial Analysis
Martin Eling, Thomas Parnitzke, Hato Schmeiser

No. 29
Does the Choice of Performance Measure Influence the Evaluation of Hedge Funds?
Martin Eling, Frank Schuhmacher

No. 28
Asset Management and Surplus Distribution Strategies in Life Insurance: An Examination with Respect to Risk Pricing and Risk Measurement
Nadine Gatzert

No. 27
How Insurance Brokers Create Value – a Functional Approach
Peter Maas

No. 26
Implicit Options in Life Insurance: Valuation and Risk Management
Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

No. 25
Performance Measurement of Hedge Funds Using Data Envelopment Analysis
Martin Eling

No. 24
The Influence of Corporate Taxes on Pricing and Capital Structure in Property-Liability Insurance
Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

No. 23
The Market for Hedge Funds in Germany- Experiences Two Years after the Introduction of the Investment Modernization Act
Martin Eling

No. 22
Assessing the Risk Potential of Premium Payment Options in Participating Life Insurance Contracts
Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

No. 21
The German and Swiss Health Insurance System: Cost, Benefits and Incentive Effects from the Perspective of the Insured
Martin Eling, Thomas Parnitzke

No. 20
The Solvency II Process: Overview and Critical Analysis
Martin Eling, Hato Schmeiser, Joan T. Schmit

No. 19
An Analysis of the Time and Market Stability of Hedge Fund Returns
Martin Eling

No. 18
Analysis of Participating Life Insurance Contracts: A Unification Approach
Nadine Gatzert, Alexander Kling

No. 17
Portfolio Management and Retirement: What is the Best Arragement for a Family?
Thomas Post, Helmut Gründl, Hato Schmeiser

No. 16
Dynamic Financial Analysis: Classification, Conception, and Implementation
Martin Eling, Thomas Parnitzke

No. 15
Changing Roles of Customers: Consequences for HRM
Albert Graf

No. 14
Investment Policy and Performance of German Life Insurers in the Area of Conflict between Book Values and Fair Values
Martin Eling

No. 13
Hedge Fund Strategies- Systematization and Overview
Martin Eling

No. 12
Financial Guarantees for Investment Fund Products and their Accounting in Accordance with IFRS
Martin Eling, Hato Schmeiser

No. 11
Internal Risk Management Models from a Scientific Perspective
Anna Osetrova, Hato Schmeiser

No. 10
Does the Choice of Performance Measure Influence the Assessment of Hedge Fund Indices?
Martin Eling, Frank Schuhmacher

No. 9
Does the Management of Financial Services Companies by Capital Allocation make sense?
Helmut Gründl, Hato Schmeiser

No. 8
Autocorrelation, Bias, and Fat Tails – Are Hedge Funds Really Attractive Investments?
Martin Eling

No. 7
Analysis of Embedded Options in Individual Pension Schemes in Germany
Alexander Kling, Jochen Russ, Hato Schmeiser

No. 6
Asset Liability Management in Financial Services Companies
Martin Eling, Thomas Parnitzke

No. 5
Internal Risk Management Models under Solvency II
Hato Schmeiser

No. 4
Credit Scoring and the Sample Selection Bias
Thomas Parnitzke

No. 3
Capital Allocation for Insurance Companies – What Good is it?
Helmut Gründl, Hato Schmeiser

No. 2
The Parent Company Puzzle on the German Stock Market
Martin Eling, Frank Schuhmacher

No. 1
Life Annuity Insurance versus Self-Annuitization: An Analysis from the Perspective of the Family
Hato Schmeiser, Thomas Post

European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (EGRIE), Annual Meeting, 09/2022
Marcel Freyschmidt, Niklas Häusle, Dingchen Ning, Lan Zou

DGF Annual Meeting, Annual Meeting, 09/2022
Niklas Häusle, Dingchen Ning

European Economic Association (EEA), Annual Meeting, 08/2022
Niklas Häusle

UCL Centre for Blockchain Technology 08/2022
Alexander Braun, Niklas Häusle

American Risk & Insurance Association (ARIA), Annual Meeting, 08/2022
Martin Eling, Hato Schmeiser (et al.)

DVfVW Annual Meeting, Online 03/2022
Julia Braun, Jan-Christian Fey, Marcel Freyschmidt, Niklas Häusle

European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (EGRIE), Annual Meeting, 09/2021
Niklas Häusle, Hato Schmeiser

American Risk & Insurance Association (ARIA), Annual Meeting, 08/2021
Alexander Braun, Niklas Häusle (et al.)

DVfVW Annual Meeting, Online, 03/2021
Niklas Häusle, Christoph Jaenicke, Jonas Jahnert

Economic Science Association (ESA) Global Meeting, Online, 09/2020
Christian Biener, Aline Waeber

Annual Meeting of the Central Bank Research Association 2020, London/Online, 09/2020
Christoph Jaenicke

World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress 2020, New York/Online, 08/2020
Christian Biener, Alexander Braun, Martin Eling, Hato Schmeiser, Omid Ghavibazoo, Lan Zou

CEQURA Conference, Munich/Online, 09/2020
Niklas Häusle

European Economic Association, Rotterdam/Online, 08/2020
Alexander Braun, Niklas Häusle

Western Risk and Insurance Association (WRIA), Puerto Vallarta, 1/2020
Niklas Häusle

International FinTech, InsurTech & Blockchain Forum, Zurich, 11/2019
Niklas Häusle

46th Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (EGRIE), Rome, 9/2019
Kwangmin Jung

American Risk & Insurance Association (ARIA), Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 8/2019
Christian Biener, Alexander Braun, Hsiaoyin Chang, Martin Eling, Omid Ghavibazoo, Christoph Jaenicke, Kwangmin Jung, Florian Klein, Lan Zou

Asia-Pacific Risk & Insurance Association (APRIA), Annual Meeting, Seoul, 7/2019
Hsiaoyin Chang, Kwangmin Jung, Lan Zou

23rd International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics 2019 (IME), Munich, 07/2019
Omid Ghavibazoo

cege Research Seminar, Göttingen, 5/2019
Christian Biener

Swiss Society for Financial Market Research Annual Meeting, Zurich, 4/2019
Christian Biener

Annual Conference of the German Association for Insurance Research 2019, Berlin, 3/2019
Hsiaoyin Chang, Martin Eling, Kwangmin Jung, Florian Klein, Hato Schmeiser

American Marketing Association (AMA) Winter Academic Conference, Austin, 2/2019
Martin Bieler, Christopher Schumacher, Peter Maas

ASSA Annual Meeting 2019, Atlanta, 1/2019
Christian Biener

CEPAR Seminar, Sydney, 12/2018
Martin Eling

CEAR/MRIC Behavioral Insurance Workshop 2018, Munich, 12/2018
Martin Lehmann

2nd Frankfurt Insurance Research Workshop, Frankfurt, 11/2018
Markus Haas, Kwangmin Jung, Florian Klein

45th Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (EGRIE), Nuremberg, 9/2018
Alexander Braun, Florian Klein, Hato Schmeiser, Jiahua Xu

American Risk & Insurance Association (ARIA), Annual Meeting, Chicago, 8/2018
Simone Beer, Christian Biener, Alexander Braun, Hsiaoyin Chang, Martin Eling, Kwangmin Jung, Florian Klein, Martin Lehmann, Daliana Luca, Lukas Reichel, Hato Schmeiser, Werner Schnell, Florian Schreiber, Jiahua Xu

Asia-Pacific Risk & Insurance Association (APRIA), Annual Meeting, Singapore, 7/2018
Martin Bieler, Hsiaoyin Chang, Kwangmin Jung, Florian Klein, Jiahua Xu

Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Actuarial Sciences and Finance (MAF 2018), Madrid (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), 4/2018
Kwangmin Jung

Annual Conference of the German Association for Insurance Research 2018, Munich, 3/2018
Simone Beer, Alexander Braun, Hsiaoyin Chang, Martin Eling, Florian Klein, Martin Lehmann, Daliana Luca, Lukas Reichel, Hato Schmeiser, Werner Schnell, Florian Schreiber, Jiahua Xu

Research Seminar University of Ulm, 2/2018
Hato Schmeiser

Western Risk and Insurance Association (WRIA), Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, 1/2018
Hsiaoyin Chang, Florian Klein, Daliana Luca, Jiahua Xu

44th Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (EGRIE), London, 9/2017
Alexander Braun, Martin Eling, Hato Schmeiser, Werner Schnell, Florian Schreiber

American Risk & Insurance Association (ARIA), Annual Meeting, Toronto, 8/2017
Alexander Braun, Martin Eling, Kwangmin Jung, Florian Klein, Daliana Luca, Philipp Schaper, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber

Asia-Pacific Risk & Insurance Association (APRIA), Annual Meeting, Poznań, 7/2017
Hsiaoyin Chang, Florian Klein, Martin Lehmann, Lukas Reichel, Jiahua Xu

Recent Developments in Dependence Mmodelling with Applications in Finance and Insurance, Island of Aegina, Greece, 5/2017
Kwangmin Jung

Innovations in Insurance, Risk- and Asset Management, Munich, 4/2017
Kwangmin Jung

Annual Conference of the German Association for Insurance Research 2017, Berlin, 3/2017
Alexander Braun, Marius Fischer, Veselina Milanova, Lukas Reichel, Hato Schmeiser, Philipp Schaper, Florian Schreiber

Winter AMA-Conference 2017, Orlando, 2/2017
Veselina Milanova, Florian Schreiber

Western Risk and Insurance Association (WRIA), Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, 1/2017
Daniela Laas, Lukas Reichel, Matthias Rüfenacht, Philipp Schaper, Florian Schreiber

62nd Journée de séminaires actuariels de l’ISFA Lyon et le DSA-HEC Lausanne, Lausanne, 11/2016
Daniela Laas

43rd Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (EGRIE), Limassol, 9/2016
Christian Biener, Alexander Braun, Lukas Reichel, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber

DGF German Finance Association 2016, Bonn, 9/2016
Werner Schnell

American Risk & Insurance Association (ARIA), Annual Meeting, Boston, 8/2016
Semir Ben Ammar, Christian Biener, Alexander Braun, Ruo Jia, Werner Schnell, Jan Wirfs

22nd International Conference on Computational Statistics (COMPSTAT), Oviedo, 8/2016
Daniela Laas

Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA) 2016 Annual Conference, Chengdu, 7/2016
Philipp Schaper, Jan Wirfs

LaLonde Service Management Conference, LaLonde les Maures 6/2016
Peter Maas, Niklas Barwitz

ICMI 2016 – International Conference on Marketing in the Insurance Industry, Paris, 6/2016
Peter Maas, Pascal Bühler, Niklas Barwitz

Frontiers in Service Conference, Bergen,6/2016
Peter Maas, Niklas Barwitz

AMA Marketing & Public Policy Conference, San Luis Obispo CA 6/2016
Veselina Milanova

2nd Annual Joint Conference on the Management of Global Catastrophic Risks, Tallahassee, 05/2016
Daniela Laas

19th SGF Conference, Zurich, 4/2016
Alexander Braun, Daliana Luca

GIKA Conference, Valencia, 3/2016
Peter Maas, Veselina Milanova, Niklas Barwitz

Annual Meeting of the German Insurance Association (DVfVW), Wien, 3/2016
Semir Ben Ammar, Alexander Braun, Martin Eling, Ruo Jia, Daniela Laas, Daliana Luca, Carolina Orozco-Garcia, Philipp Schaper, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber

AMA Winter Conference of the American Marketing Association, Las Vegas, 2/2016
Peter Maas, Matthias Rüfenacht

Research Seminar University of Lyon, 2/2016
Hato Schmeiser

40th Mannheim Insurance Annual Conference, University of Mannheim, 2/2016
Hato Schmeiser

Western Risk and Insurance Association (WRIA), Annual Meeting, Maui, 1/2016
Semir Ben Ammar, Alexander Braun, Daniela Laas, Daliana Luca, Matthias Rüfenacht, Florian Schreiber, Jan Wirfs

Research Seminar University of Hamburg, 10/2015
Hato Schmeiser

World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress (WRIEC), Munich, 8/2015
Semir Ben Ammar, Christian Biener, Alexander Braun, Martin Eling, Ruo Jia, Daliana Luca, Lukas Reichel, Philipp Schaper, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber

SIFR Conference on Insurance Economics: New Risks, New Regulation,New Approaches, Stockholm, 8/2015
Daniela Laas

Research Seminar University of Hamburg, 6/2015
Alexander Braun

First International Conference for Marketing in the Insurance Industry (ICMI), Paris 6/2015
Daniela Laas

University of Wisconsin-Madison Research Seminar, Madison USA, 4/2015

Annual Meeting of the German Insurance Association (DVfVW), Berlin, 3/2015
Alexander Braun, Daliana Luca, Lukas Reichel, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber

CEAR/MRIC Behavioral Insurance Workshop 2014, Munich, 12/2014
Christian Biener

21st Annual Meeting of the German Financial Society (DGF), Karlsruhe, 12/2014
Alexander Braun, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber

JII / CSIR Symposium, New York, 10/2014
Alexander Braun, Florian Schreiber

CRO Forum Cyber Risk Seminar, Zurich, 9/2014
Christian Biener

41st Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (EGRIE), St.Gallen 9/2014
Semir Ben Ammar, Christian Biener, Alexander Braun, Martin Eling, Ruo Jia, Daniela Laas, David Pankoke, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber, Jan Wirfs

29th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (EEA),Toulouse, 8/2014
Christian Biener

American Risk & Insurance Association, Annual Meeting, Seattle, 8/2014
Semir Ben Ammar, Christian Biener, Alexander Braun, Martin Eling, Daniela Laas, David Pankoke, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber, Jan Wirfs

SIFR Conference on Insurance Economics: New Risks, New Regulation, New Approaches, Stockholm, 8/2014
Daniela Laas

AMA 2014 Summer Marketing Educators Conference, San Francisco, 8/2014
Peter Maas, Matthias Rüfenacht

17th AMS World Marketing Congress, Lima, 8/2014
Peter Maas, Matthias Rüfenacht

Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA), Annual Meeting, Moskau, 7/2014
Semir Ben Ammar, Christian Biener, Alexander Braun, Ruo Jia, David Pankoke, Shailee Pradhan, Florian Schreiber, Jan Wirfs

50th Annual Seminar der International Insurance Society, London, 6/2014
Christian Biener, Martin Eling, Jan Wirfs

European Marketing Academy, 43rd Annual Conference, Valencia, 6/2014
Peter Maas, Matthias Rüfenacht, Philipp Hendrik Steiner

AMA Servsig 2014, International Service Research Conference,Thessaloniki, 6/2014
Matthias Rüfenacht

Reserach Seminar University of Madison, Wisconsin, 5/2014
Hato Schmeiser

Babson Retail Supply Chain Institute and AMA Retailing & Pricing SIG, 2014 Shopper Marketing & Pricing Conference, Stockholm, 5/2014
Matthias Rüfenacht, Philipp Hendrik Steiner

6th International Conference on Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Actuarial Sciences and Finance (MAF), Vietri sul Mare, 4/2014
Joël Wagner

17th SGF Conference, Zurich, 3/2014
Christian Biener, Jan Wirfs

Annual Conference of the German Association for Insurance Research (DVfVW), Stuttgart, 3/2014
Alexander Braun, Daniela Laas, Martin Eling, Nils Mahlow, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber, Joël Wagner

Research Seminar Swedish Central Bank, Stockholm, 2/2014
Caroline Siegel

ZWE University of Mannheim Experimental Seminar, Mannheim, 2/2014
Christian Biener

Western Risk and Insurance Association, Annual Meeting, Napa, 1/2014
Alexander Braun, Florian Schreiber

9th Chief Risk Officer Assembly, Swiss Re, Zurich, 11/2013
Hato Schmeiser

5th Workshop on Risk Management and Insurance (RISK 2013), San Agustín, 10/2013
Alexander Braun, Florian Schreiber

40th Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (EGRIE), Paris 9/2013
Semir Ben Ammar, Alexander Braun, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber

Bicentenary Conference, Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale, Lecce, 7/2013
Semir Ben Ammar, Caroline Siegel

American Risk & Insurance Association, Annual Meeting, Washington, 8/2013
Semir Ben Ammar, Alexander Braun, Nils Mahlow

Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA), Annual Meeting, New York, 7/2013
Alexander Braun, Katja Müller, Daniela Laas, Florian Schreiber, Caroline Siegel

Innovation in Public Finance, Mailand, 6/2013
Semir Ben Ammar

Special Issue Conference of the Journal of Banking and Finance, ECCE/USB, Kapstadt, 5/2013
Daniela Lass, Caroline Siegel

16th SGF Conference, Zurich, 4/2013
Alexander Braun

Annual Conference of the German Association for Insurance Research (DVfVW), Berlin, 3/2013
Alexander Braun, David Pankoke, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber, Joël Wagner

Western Risk and Insurance Association, Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, 1/2013
Alexander Braun, Katja Müller, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber, Caroline Siegel

39th Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (EGRIE), Palma 9/2012
Katja Müller, Hato Schmeiser

ARIA 2012 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, 8/2012
Christian Biener, David Pankoke

Microinsurance Conference 2012, Enschede, 04/2012
Christian Biener

Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Actuarial Sciences and Finance (MAF) 2012, Venedig, 4/2012
Alexander Braun, Martin Eling

Annual Conference of the German Association for Insurance Research (DVfVW), Hannover, 3/2012
Alexander Braun, Jonas Lorson, Katja Müller, Joël Wagner

15th SGF Conference, Zurich, 3/2012
Alexander Braun, Hato Schmeiser

Western Risk and Insurance Association, Annual Meeting, Kona, 1/2012
Alexander Braun, Katja Müller, Hato Schmeiser, Caroline Siegel

Contemporary Microfinance: Institutions, Policies and Performance, Kairo, 9/2011
Christian Biener

Organizational learning and M&A Performance, Annual Meeting, Rome, 9/2011
Garvin Kruthof, Tobias Schlager

Dealing with Customer desired value change, Annual Meeting, Rome, 9/2011
Tobias Schlager, Garvin Kruthof, Peter Maas

Institutional Money and VVO Conference “Asset Management under Solvency II”, Wien, 9/2011
Martin Eling

American Risk & Insurance Association, Annual Meeting, San Diego, 8/2011
Martin Eling, Carin Huber

14th Passau Finance Workshop, University of Passau, 7/2011
Hato Schmeiser

Research Seminar University of Marburg, 6/2011
Hato Schmeiser

ASTIN/AFIR Annual Conference, Madrid, 6/2011
Alexander Braun, Przemyslaw Rymaszewski, Caroline Siegel, Joël Wagner, Christian Biener

EDHEC-ICFR Conference on “Enterprise Risk Management and Corporate Governance for Insurance Firms”, Roubaix, 5/2011
Martin Eling

Annual Conference of the German Association for Insurance Research, Berlin, 3/2011
Martin Eling, Carin Huber, Pryzemyslaw Rymaszewski, Hato Schmeiser

Research Conference “Recent Advances in Efficiency Measurement in the Insurance Industry”, Ulm, 02/2011
Christian Biener, Martin Eling

Seminar of the Financial Market Authority of Lichtenstein, 1/2011
Martin Eling

Research Seminar, Department of Economy Theory and Economic History, University of Malaga, 12/2010
Martin Eling

Casualty Actuarial Society, Annual Meeting, Washington, 11/2010
Martin Eling

World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress, Singapore, 7/2010
Christian Biener, Martin Eling, Roger Faust, Carin Huber, Hato Schmeiser, Caroline Siegel, Joël Wagner, Alexandra Zemp

Economic Risk Seminar, SFB 649: Economic Risk, Humboldt-University of Berlin, 6/2010
Martin Eling

15th Insurance Expert Discussion, Berlin, 07/2010
Martin Eling

Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), Bern, 6/2010
Martin Eling

Financial Management Association, Plenary Session on “Skewed Distributions in Finance and Actuarial Science”, Hamburg, 6/2010
Martin Eling

Casualty Actuarial Society, Spring Meeting, San Diego, CA, 5/2010
Martin Eling

8th GOR-Working Group Finance and Financial Institutions Workshop, St.Gallen, 5/2010
Martin Eling

Research Training 1100, University of Ulm, 4/2010
Martin Eling

26th PROGRES International Seminar, Montreux, 4/2010
Martin Eling

Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Actuarial Sciences and Finance (MAF) 2010, Ravello, 4/2010
Martin Eling

Geneva Association, 26th Progress International Seminar, Montreux, 4/2010
Hato Schmeiser

Annual Conference of the German Association for Insurance Research, Düsseldorf, 3/2010
Martin Eling, Carin Huber, Pryzemyslaw Rymaszewski, Hato Schmeiser

Research Seminar „Downside Risk Measures“, University of Minho, Braga, 2/2010
Martin Eling

5th International Microinsurance Conference, Dakar, 11/2009
Christian Biener, Martin Eling

International Conference on Solvency II, General Association of the German Insurance Industry, Berlin, 11/2009
Martin Eling

7th Investment University Day, Frankfurt am Main 11/2009
Hato Schmeiser

16th Annual Conference of the German Association for Finance, Frankfurt am Main 10/2009
Hato Schmeiser

AFIR/LIFE Colloquium, Munich, 9/2009
Christian Biener, Martin Eling

American Risk & Insurance Association, Annual Meeting, Providence, 8/2009
Martin Eling, Carin Huber, Hato Schmeiser

8th GOR-Working Group Finance and Financial Institutions Workshop, Hannover, 4/2009
Roger Faust, Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

Annual Conference of the German Association for Insurance Research, Berlin, 3/2009
Martin Eling, Nadine Gatzert, Gudrun Hoermann, Hato Schmeiser

Research Seminar Recent Developments in Flexible Distributions,University of Sannio, 03/2009
Martin Eling

11th Symposium on Finance, Banking, and Insurance, Karlsruhe, 12/2008
Nadine Gatzert, Gudrun Hoermann, Hato Schmeiser

35th Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists, Toulouse, 9/2008
Nadine Gatzert, Gudrun Hoermann, Hato Schmeiser

American Risk & Insurance Association, Annual Meeting, Portland, 8/2008
Martin Eling, Nadine Gatzert, Michael Luhnen, Hato Schmeiser

Journal of Banking and Finance Conference on Performance Measurement in the Financial Services Sector, London, 7/2008
Martin Eling, Michael Luhnen

Annual Meeting of the German Association for Insurance Research, Dresden, 3/2008
Nadine Gatzert, Michael Luhnen, Denis Toplek

34th Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists, Köln, 9/2007
Nadine Gatzert

14th Annual Conference of the German Financial Society, Dresden, 9/2007
Nadine Gatzert, Martin Eling, Hato Schmeiser, Denis Toplek

American Risk & Insurance Association, Annual Meeting, Quebec, 8/2007
Martin Eling, Nadine Gatzert, Gudrun Hoermann, Hato Schmeiser, Denis Toplek

11th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Piräus, 7/2007
Martin Eling, Nadine Gatzert, Denis Toplek

37th ASTIN Colloquium, Orlando, 6/2007
Martin Eling, Nadine Gatzert, Stefan Schuckmann, Denis Toplek

16th Annual Meeting der European Financial Management Association, Wien, 6/2007
Martin Eling

16th International AFIR Colloquium, Stockholm, 6/2007
Nadine Gatzert, Denis Toplek

1st International IAA Life Colloquium, Stockholm, 6/2007
Nadine Gatzert

Organisation for Operations Research (GOR), Workshop 2007, Augsburg, 5/2007
Hato Schmeiser, Denis Toplek

Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, Annual Meeting, St.Gallen, 3/2007
Martin Eling, Nadine Gatzert

Annual Conference of the German Association for Insurance Research, Stuttgart, 3/2007
Martin Eling, Gundrun Hoermann

13th Annual Meeting of the German Financial Society (DGF), Oestrich-Winkel, 10/2006
Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

33th Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists, Barcelona, 9/2006
Nadine Gatzert

Operations Research Annual Meeting, Karlsruhe 9/2006
Martin Eling, Nadine Gatzert, Thomas Parnitzke, Hato Schmeiser

American Risk & Insurance Association, Annual Meeting, Washington, 8/2006
Martin Eling, Nadine Gatzert, Thomas Parnitzke, Hato Schmeiser

Financial Management Association, European Conference, Stockholm, 6/2006
Martin Eling

9th International Research Seminar in Service Management, La Londe les Maures, 6/2006
Albert Graf

Academy of Marketing Science, Annual Conference, San Antonio, 5/2006
Peter Maas, Albert Graf

Research Workshop on Portfolio Performance Evaluation and Asset Management, Madrid, 5/2006
Martin Eling

International Symposium on Insurance and Finance, Bergen, 5/2006
Nadine Gatzert

9th Conference of the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research, Zurich, 4/2006
Martin Eling

Annual Conference of the Association for Insurance Research, Berlin, 3/2006
Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

10th Symposium on Finance, Banking, and Insurance, Karlsruhe, 12/2005
Hato Schmeiser, Martin Eling, Thomas Parnitzke

Operations Research Annual Meeting, Bremen, 9/2005
Hato Schmeiser, Martin Eling, Thomas Parnitzke

World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress, Salt Lake City, 8/2005
Peter Maas

4th SERVSIG American Marketing Association (AMA) Research Conference, Singapore, 6/2005
Peter Maas, Albert Graf, Bruno Käslin

EURAM 2005, Annual Conference of The European Academy of Management, Munich, 5/2005
Peter Maas, Albert Graf

Annual Conference of the German Association for Insurance Research, Berlin, 5/2005
Martin Eling

5th GOR-Working Group Finance and Financial Institutions Workshop, St.Gallen, 4/2005
Martin Eling

2nd Nürnberg Insurance Day 2004, Nürnberg, 11/2004
Hato Schmeiser

11th Annual Meeting of the German Financial Society (DGF), Tübingen, 10/2004
Hato Schmeiser

American Risk & Insurance Association, Annual Meeting, Chicago, 8/2004
Hato Schmeiser

SAM/IFSAM VIIth World Congress, Göteborg, 7/2004
Peter Maas, Albert Graf

University of Hamburg, Research Seminar of the Institute of Insurance Management, Hamburg, 6/2004
Hato Schmeiser

Bank Workshop Münster, Münster, 5/2004
Hato Schmeiser

World Risk and International Symposium „Human Resources and Economic Success“, Paderborn, 2/2004
Peter Maas, Albert Graf

American Risk & Insurance Association, Annual Meeting, Denver, 8/2003
Hato Schmeiser

9th Symposium on Finance, Banking, and Insurance, TH Karlsruhe, 12/2002
Hato Schmeiser

9th Annual Meeting of the German Financial Society (DGF), Köln, 10/2002
Hato Schmeiser

29th Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists, Nottingham, 9/2002
Hato Schmeiser

American Risk & Insurance Association, Annual Meeting, Montreal, 8/2002
Hato Schmeiser

5th Passau Finance Workshop, University of Passau, 7/2002
Hato Schmeiser

Bank Workshop Münster, Münster, 6/2002
Hato Schmeiser

Organisation for Operations Research (GOR), Workshop 2002, Dresden, 5/2002
Hato Schmeiser

Interdisciplinary Seminar, Technical University of Berlin, 5/2002
Hato Schmeiser

24th UK Insurance Economists Conference, Nottingham, 4/2002
Hato Schmeiser

16th Workshop Controlling, organized by the German Insurance Association e.V., Potsdam, 4/2002
Hato Schmeiser

Please have a look at our research projects funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF including Innosuisse) and by the Basic Research Fund (GFF) at the University of St. Gallen.

Is Cyber Risk Insurable?
Schweizerischen Nationalfonds (SNF), 2021-2023
Martin Eling

Social Norms and Insurance Fraud
University of St.Gallen Research Fund (GFF) project funding, 2021-2022
Christian Biener

Limited Information and its Impact on a Policyholder’s Optimal Choice on Deductibles
University of St.Gallen Basic Research Fund (GFF) Research Project, 2021-2022
Hato Schmeiser

Covid-19 Losses in the Insurance Industry and Beyond
Deutscher Verein für Versicherungswissenschaft, 2020-2021
Alexander Braun, Martin Eling

Automation of Cyber Risk Insurance Claims Payments
Innosuisse 40370.1 INNO-ICT, 2020
Alexander Braun, Martin Eling

The Role of the Intestinal Microbiome in Explaining Economic Preferences
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Spark Research Project, 2019-2020
Christian Biener, Thomas Epper, Andrew Macpherson

Identifying Risk and Ambiguity Preferences Free from Context
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Research Project, 2019-2021
Christian Biener, Thomas Epper

Identifying Risk and Ambiguity Preferences Free from Context
University of St.Gallen Research Fund (GFF) start-up funding, 2018-2019
Christian Biener, Thomas Epper

Modelling and Management of Cyber Risk
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Research Project, 2018-2020
Martin Eling

Understanding Valuation and Risk Premiums in the Markets for Insurance-Linked Securities
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Research Project, 2018-2021
Alexander Braun

The Future of Insurance: Are Investment Guarantees and On-Demand Insurance Promising Concepts?
Postdoc-Promotion of the University of St.Gallen Research Fund (GFF), 2018-2019
Florian Schreiber

Life Insurance with Investment Guarantees: Customer Needs, Fair Pricing and Regulatory Requirements
Fundamental Research Project of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2017-2018
Hsianoyin Chang, Daliana Luca, Carolina Orozco-Garcia, Hato Schmeiser

Current Developments in Financial Services Regulation and Consumer Preferences for Term Life Insurance
Postdoc-Promotion of the University of St.Gallen Research Fund (GFF), 2016-2018
Florian Schreiber

Implicit Constraints, Incentives, and Systemic Risk Imposed by New Standards for Insurance Regulation
Fundamental Research Project of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2013-2015
Alexander Braun, Martin Eling, Hato Schmeiser (in Kooperation with Nadine Gatzert)

Catastrophe Bonds, Solvency, and the Asset Management of Insurance Companies
Postdoc-Promotion of the University of St.Gallen Research Fund (GFF), 2012 – 2013
Alexander Braun

Experimental Studies in Microinsurance Markets
Fundamental Research Project of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2012-2015
Christian Biener, Martin Eling

Modeling, Analysis and Simulation in Business Mathematics
Member of the DFG Graduation Training 1100 of the German Research Foundation of the University of Ulm, 2010-2014
Martin Eling

Valuation and Risk Modeling in Private Health Insurance
Project Promotion of the Science Funding Program of the German Association for Insurance Research, 2011-2013
Martin Eling (in cooperation with Marcus Christiansen)

Evaluation of Impacts and Challenges arising from Current Regulatory and Reporting Reforms
Fundamental Research Project of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2011-2013
Katja Müller, Hato Schmeiser, Joël Wagner

Microinsurance and Efficiency in the Insurance Industry
Fundamental Research Project promoted by the German Research Society (DFG); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2010-2012
Martin Eling

Regulation in the Financial Services Industry After the Crisis
Fundamental Research Project No. 129901 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2010-2012
Alexander Braun, Martin Eling, Przemyslaw Rymaszewski, Hato Schmeiser

Challenges in the Life Insurance Industry with Respect to Pricing and Risk Measurement
Fundamental Research Project No. 120730 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2008-2010
Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser (in cooperation with Joan Schmit und Helmut Gründl)

Implicit Options in Life Insurance Contracts: Valuation and Risk Management
Fundamental Research Fund of the University of St.Gallen, 2006-2007
Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

Developing New Risk-Based Capital Standards Across Europe
Fundamental Research Project No. 114080 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2007-2008
Martin Eling, Hato Schmeiser (in cooperation with Joan Schmit)

Research focus «Wealth and Risk»
University of St.Gallen, 2006-2008
Martin Eling, Nadine Gatzert, Hato Schmeiser

Implementing Dynamic Financial Analysis
Fundamental Research of the University of St.Gallen, 2005-2006
Martin Eling, Thomas Parnitzke, Hato Schmeiser

Patrick Brockett & Arnold Shapiro Actuarial Award 2022
Martin Eling, Werner Schnell, ausgezeichnet durch die American Risk and Insurance Association

HSG Impact Award 2020
Alexander Braun, Niklas Häusle

Certificate of Achievement (Top Downloaded Article), Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2019
Alexander Braun, Daliana Luca, Hato Schmeiser

Climate Protection and Sustainability Impact Award, LIFE Climate Foundation Liechtenstein, 2019
Alexander Braun, Sebastian Utz, Jiahua Xu

AFIR-ERM Research Paper Prize 2019
Kwangmin Jung

Best Paper Award 2019 of the International FinTech, InsurTech & Blockchain Forum
Alexander Braun, Niklas Häusle, Stephan Karpischek

Shin Research Excellence Award 2019 (Geneva Association and International Insurance Society), London
Alexander Braun, Sebstian Utz, Jiahua Xu

1st Place Career Award of the DZ Bank Group – Category Master Theses
Arina Brutyan

SCOR Actuarial Prize Winner 2018 at Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA)
Martin Eling, Kwangmin Jung

Highly Commended Award Winner 2018, Journal of Risk Finance. Literati Network Awards for Excellence
Daliana Luca, Hato Schmeiser

Les B. Strickler Innovation in Instruction Award, awarded by the American Risk and Insurance Association 2018
Martin Eling, Martin Lehmann, Vera Lüchinger, Sarah Maria Nordt

Peer-to-Peer Insurance in the Light of Behavioral Economics – Simulation Study Using the Example of Friend Insurance 
3rd Place SCOR-Prize for Actuarial Sciences Actuarial Conference (ICA), Berlin
Markus Haas

Dorfman Award (Best PhD Paper) 2018 of the Western Risk & Insurance Association (WRIA)
Florian Klein

Casualty Actuarial Society Award 2017 of the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA)
Alexander Braun

Dorfman Award (Best PhD Paper) 2017 of the Western Risk & Insurance Association (WRIA)
Lukas Reichel

Nomination for the SCOR/EGRIE Young Economist Best Paper Award (Top 3 Paper), European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists 2016
Semir Ben-Ammar, Alexander Braun, Martin Eling

Les B. Strickler Innovation in Instruction Award, awarded by the American Risk and Insurance Association 2016
Martin Eling, Ruo Jia with a group of 12 HSG Students

JIR Article of the Year, awarded by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for “Basis Risk, Procyclicality, and Systemic Risk in the Solvency II Equity Risk Module,” 2016
Journal of Insurance Regulation, Vol. 33, 2014, No. 1, S. 1–39
Martin Eling, David Pankoke

Spencer L. Kimball Award 2016 (National Association of Insurance Commissioners)
Martin Eling, David Pankoke

Dorfman Award (Best PhD Paper) 2016 of the Western Risk & Insurance Association (WRIA)
Semir Ben Ammar

Early Career Scholarly Achievement Award 2015 of the American Risk and Insurance Associaton (ARIA)
Martin Eling

Journal of Insurance Issues Best Paper Award 2014 (JII/CSIR, New York)
Alexander Braun, Hato Schmeiser, Florian Schreiber

Shin Research Excellence Award 2014 (Geneva Association and International Insurance Society), London
Christian Biener, Martin Eling und Jan Wirfs

Outstanding Paper Award 2013, Journal of Risk Finance (Literati Network Award for Excellence)
Hato Schmeiser, Nadine Gatzert

Highly Commended Award Winner 2013, Journal of Risk Finance (Literati Network Awards for Excellence)
Dorothea Diers, Martin Eling, Christian Kraus, Andreas Reuss

Risk Management & Insurance Review Best Perspective Article Award 2013 of the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA)
Martin Eling

Variance Best Paper Award 2014 of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS)
Martin Eling, Sebastian Marek

Spencer L. Kimball Award 2010 (National Association of Insurance Commissioners)
Martin Eling, Ines Holzmüller

Cooperation Prize for Business 2010 (University of Ulm)
Martin Eling

Teaching Bonus for 2010 (University of Ulm)
Martin Eling

Variance Best Paper Award 2009 of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS)
Hato Schmeiser, Martin Eling, Thomas Parnitzke

Risk Management & Insurance Review Best Perspective Article Award 2008 of the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA)
Martin Eling, Hato Schmeiser, Joan Schmit

Ernst-Meyer Prize 2007 of the International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), Dissertation Award
Nadine Gatzert

Acatis-Value-Prize 2006 (2nd Place, Disseration Award)
Martin Eling

Risk Management & Insurance Review Best Feature Article Award 2005 of the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA)
Hato Schmeiser

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