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Institute of Insurance Economics

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I.VW | Lectures

Course DescriptionCourse-No.HSFS
Risk-Management and Communication3,132X
Service Management 4,144X
Insurance Management5,130 X
Integrative Seminar 6,110X
Marketing: Case Study and Self-Study3,100X
Course DescriptionCourse-No.HSFS
Risk Management and Insurance8,159 X
Asset Liability Management for Insurance Companies 8,178X
Insurance Operations 8,153X
Value Based Management in Insurance 9,154X
Theory of Risk and Insurance 9,168X
Research Seminar Insurance I8,155X
Research Seminar Insurance II9,160X
Business Game Risk Management and Insurance 7,119X
Insurance-Linked Securities 8,163 X
Course DescriptionCourse-No.HSFS
Application Project I7,054X
Application Project II8,054X
Application Project III9,054X
Course DescriptionCourse-No.HSFS
History of Insurance8,601X
History of Finance8,600X
Course DescriptionCourse-No.HSFS
Topics in Insurance Economics10,278 X
Topics in Financial Services10,160 X
Topics in Accounting Research I10,012 X

I.VW | Theses

Current research topics are often the starting point for theses at bachelor and master level. We invite you to search our website for current issues in the field of risk management and insurance.

All Bachelor and Master thesis topics are of high practical relevance and/or address important problems in basic research. Some of the theses are also carried out in direct cooperation with companies. For this reason, we are open to suggestions for the execution of theses in collaboration with companies addressing suitable topics. The best thesis of a year will be awarded the Kessler Award.

Current topics for Bachelor and Master theses are, for example, in the following areas:

– Asset Management in Insurance
– Behavioral Insurance
– Evaluation and management of financial guarantees
– Customer Value und Customer Equity
– Dynamic Financial Analysis and Asset Liability Management
– Emerging Risks
– IFRS 4 and Fair-Value-Accounting
– Innovative Business Models in the Insurance Industry
– Innovative Reinsurance Solutions
– Capital Allocation and Risk-Adjusted Performance Measurement
– Management of Longevity Risks
– Microinsurance
– Pricing Models for Insurance Risks
– Private Retirement Provision
– Product Innovations in the Field of Alternative Risk Transfer
– Risk Theory and (Life) Insurance Mathematics
– Solvency II and Swiss Solvency Test (SST)
– Sales Control and Claims Management
– Value-Oriented Management of Insurance Companies

Please visit the websites of each professor for contact details and current research topics.

I.VW | Dr.-Hans-Kessler-Award

Award winners for the best research papers 2021
cand. Dr. Danjela Guxha

The Dr.-Hans-Kessler-Award for the best Master’s thesis in the field of risk management and insurance is presented annually at the I.VW general assembly in June. The following list shows the winners of the past years:

  • 2021: Felix Maximilian Walthes for the Master’s Thesis «The potential of increased data availability in insurance markets characterized by asymmetric information and biased beliefs»
  • 2020: Gianluca Andaloro for the Master’s Thesis «Pricing of Catastrophe Bonds: Explaining the Yields by Means of Empirical Prices»
  • 2020: Kevin Sterchi for the Master’s Thesis «Optimal Decisions on Investment and Insurance: Theoretical Approach and Numerical Implementation»
  • 2019: Daniel Hopfner for the Master’s Thesis «Determinants of Trust and Engagement in the Life Insurance Industry and Digital Health Monitoring Platforms»
  • 2019: Niklas Spiegel for the Master’s Thesis «The Pricing of Natural Catastrophe Risk in the CDS Market»
  • 2018: Mauro Elvedi for the Master’s Thesis «Analysis of Alternative Financing Concepts for Long-Term Care»
  • 2017: Andrin Marugg for the Master’s Thesis «Modelling Catastrophic and Credit Events in a Marshall-Olkin Framework»
  • 2016: Roland Toth for the Master’s Thesis «An Offspring-Based Contribution Scheme for the Swiss Pay-as-you-go Pension»
  • 2015: Benjamin Schmid for the Master’s Thesis «Behavioral Biases in Insurance and an Experimental Study of Smart Default in Health Insurance»
  • 2014: Alessandra Kübler for the Master’s Thesis «Risk Aversion and Microinsurance – an Experimental Analysis»
  • 2013: Pascal Häderli for the Master’s Thesis «Insurance at the Point of Sale»
  • 2012: Isabelle Hanselmann for the Master’s Thesis «The Ban on Gender as a Risk-Rating Factor in Insurance: A Discussion of the Economical and Legal Aspects»
  • 2011: Pascal Bühler for the Master’s Thesis «Customer Capital-Management – Entwicklung eines neuartigen Konzepts zur wertorientierten Steuerung von Dienstleistungsunternehmen»
  • 2010: Lysiane Clivaz for the Master’s Thesis «Insurance Guaranty Funds – Fundamentals and Implications»
  • 2009: Kaspar Wohnlich for the Master’s Thesis «Das SQA unter spezieller Berücksichtigung des IKS im Spannungsfeld von versicherungsaufsichtsrechtlichen und obligationsrechtlichen Aspekten»
  • 2008: Wen Du for the Master’s Thesis «Management von Katastrophenrisiken: CAT-Bonds und ihre Anwendungsmöglichkeiten in China»

The prize is part of an extensive legacy to promote research in the fields of risk management and the insurance industry, which was generously donated to the I.VW-HSG by the Kessler family in memory of Dr. Hans Kessler (KESSLER & CO AG, Zurich).

I.VW | App for Students

Test yourself!

Gamification Toolbox /
Optimal Insurance Demand for Students

With this app you can learn more about insuance products, theories and models, insurance cases and applications, and play a little game to test your knowledge too.

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