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World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress

Concurrent Session VII

Thursday, 11 August 2005, 8:30 AM - 10 AM

Tentative as of 5 July 2005

 

Presentation Guideline. Each session room is equipped with an overhead projector and an LCD projector linked to a laptop computer. If you plan to use the LCD projector, bring your presentation on either a USB flash drive or CD-rom so that you can access it using the laptop computer that will be provide in your session room. The computer does not have a floppy disk drive. Please refrain yourself from using your own computer. If you plan to use an overhead projector, bring your transparencies to the room. You may also purchase service from the Sheraton Business Center (open 7 am to 7 pm) or a nearby Kinko's (open 24 hours). For effective use of your presentation time, bring 25 copies of handouts.

 
Session 7A
Agriculture Insurance

Moderator: Helmut Gruendl, Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin

 

Author

Affiliation

Paper Title

Discussant

Affiliation

APRIA

Chen Shu

Central U of Finance and Economics

Risk Management Model of China Agriculture Insurance Fund

Liu Xiaojun

Central U of Finance and Economics

ARIA

Keith H. Coble, Robert Dismukes, and Joseph Glauber

Mississippi State University and U.S. Department of Agriculture

Private Crop Insurers and the Reinsurance Fund Allocation Decision

Zhang Hui

Central U of Finance and Economics

APRIA

Saleem Shaik and Joseph Atwood

Mississippi State U and Montana State U

Asymmetric Information with Optional Units in Federal Crop Insurance

R. Vaidyanathan

Indian Institute of Management

 
Session 7B
Automobile Insurance I

Moderator: Yehuda Kahane, Tel Aviv U

 

Author

Affiliation

Paper Title

Discussant

Affiliation

ARIA

Anne Kleffner, Gilles Bernier, and David Chan

U of Calgary and Laval U

Automobile Insurance in Canada: An Analysis of Costs and Premiums across Provinces

Laureen Regan

Temple U

ARIA

Steve D'Arcy

U of Illinois

Predictive Modeling in Automobile Insurance

Jason Jia-Hsing Yeh

Chinese U of Hong Kong

 
Session 7C
Corporate Risk Management IV

Moderator: Christian Laux, Goethe U Frankfurt

 

Author

Affiliation

Paper Title

Discussant

Affiliation

APRIA

Yong-Duck Kim

Soongsil U

An Empirical Analysis of Market Risks in the Korean Insurance Industry by Using the VaR Mo

Christian Laux

Goethe U Frankfurt

ARIA

Mark Browne and Cuncun Luan

U of Wisconsin -Madison

The Bowman Paradox in the U.S. Property and Casualty Insurance Industry

Mariko Nakabayashi

Meiji U

 
Session 7D
Financial Services Consolidation/ Integration

Moderator: Bum Kim, California State U, Bakersfield

 

Author

Affiliation

Paper Title

Discussant

Affiliation

ARIA

Yuan Yuan

Georgia State U

Integration in U.S. Financial System and the Role of Insurers

Qiu Peng

Central U of Finance and Economics

APRIA

Jaehyun Kim, Sukho Lee, and Joongyoung Jeong

Seowon U

Impact of Bancassurance on Life Insurance Companies in Korea: Firm Characteristics and Performance Change

Jing Ai

U of Texas at Austin

APRIA

M. Z. Mamun and Mohammad Aslam

U of Dhaka and Institute of Chartered Accounts of Bangladesh

Possible Synergy of Bank and Insurance in a Developing Economy: Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh

Li-Ming Han

Chinese U of Hong Kong

 
Session 7E
Life Insurance IV

Moderator: Jim Carson, Florida State U

 

Author

Affiliation

Paper Title

Discussant

Affiliation

APRIA

Gene Lai and Lin Yhi Chou

Washington State U

The Impact of Organizational Structure and Business Strategy on Performance and Risk Taking: Evidence from the Life Insurance Industry in Taiwan

Jim Carson

Florida State U

ARIA

Michael K. McShane and Larry Cox

U of Mississippi

Issuance Decisions and Long Term Care Insurance

Wonshik Kim

Konkuk U, Korea

ARIA

Qixiang Sun, Lingyan Suo and Tao Liu

Beijing U

An Empirical Study of China's Life Insurance Demand

Fang Li

ING Asia Pacific Regional Pensions

 
Session 7F
Miscellaneous Risk Management Topics

Moderator: Jennifer Wang, National Cheng-chi U

 

Author

Affiliation

Paper Title

Discussant

Affiliation

APRIA

Koji Kojima, Mahito Okura, and Yen Tong

Kwansei Gakuin U, Nagasaki U and U of Washington

Stock Analyst's Compensation Structure

H.J. Mohd Rasid Hussin

Universiti Teknologi MARA

APRIA

SeungYoung Oh

Samsung Research Institute of Finance

A Simple Approach to Risk-based Deposit Insurance Pricing

Li Zhang

U of Calgary

APRIA

Wenyan Shiu

Feng Chia U

Uninsured Liabilities and Market Discipline in the Property-Liability Insurance Industry

Karen Epermanis

U of Mississippi

Session 7G
Risk Management and Insurance Education I

Moderator: Kathleen McCullough, Florida State U

 

Strickler Award Winning Paper Presentation - Risk Management Case Project 

ARIA