The Kulp-Wright Book Award is presented annually by the American Risk and Insurance Association to the author(s) of a book considered to be the most influential text published on the economics of risk management and insurance. The author(s) of the winning publication will be presented with an award certificate at ARIA 2012 Annual Meeting which will be held on August 5-8 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Kulp-Wright Book Award committee is reviewing publications for the 2012 award. To be eligible for the 2012 Kulp-Wright Book Award, the book must have been published in 2010. The primary contribution of the book should lie in the primary fields of risk management and insurance, and should appeal to a broad cross-section of persons concerned with the fields of risk management and insurance.
The deadline for submissions is May 1, 2012. If you would like to suggest that the committee review a specific book, please send the title, author(s), and publisher information to Tyler Leverty at ty-leverty@uiowa.edu
| 2010 |
Cass R. Sunstein, University of Chicago, Richard H. Thaler, University of Chicago, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness, Yale University Press, 2008
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| 2009 |
Harold D. Skipper, Georgia State University, W. Jean Kwon, St. John’s University
Risk Management and Insurance: Perspectives in a Global Economy (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007) |
| 2008 |
Pierre-Andre Chiappori, Columbia University,Christian Gollier, IDEI,Competitive Failures in Insurance Markets: Theory and Policy Implications (MIT Press, 2006) |
| 2007 |
Louis Eeckhoudt, Christian Gollier, Harris Schlesinger, Economic and Financial Decisions Under Risk (Princeton University Press, 2005) |
| 2006 |
Max Bazerman, Harvard Business School
Michael Watkins, INSEAD
“Predictable Surprises: The Disasters You Should Have Seen Coming and How to Prevent Them”, 2004, Harvard Business School Press
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| 2005 |
Robert J. Shiller, The New Financial Order: Risk in the 21st Century (2003, Princeton University Press)
Wallace H.C. Wang, Reinsurance Regulation: A Contemporary and Comparative Study (2003, Aspen Publishing/Kluwer Law International) |
2004 |
David Moss, When All Else Fails: Government as the Ultimate Risk Manager (Harvard University Press, 2002).
Honourable Mention - Morton Lane (editor), Alternative Risk Strategies (Risk Books, 2002). |
2003 |
Christian Gollier, The Economics of Risk and Time ( MIT Press, 2001) |
2002 |
Georges Dionne, Handbook of Insurance (Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance and Economic Security Volume 22). |
2001 |
Richard J. Butler, Economics of Social Insurance and Employee Benefits . |
2000 |
W. Kip Viscusi , Rational Risk Policy . (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1998)
Dennis E. Logue and Jack S. Rader, Managing Pension Plans: A Comprehensive Guide to Improving Plan Performance . 1998. |
1999 |
Mark V. Pauly, Health Benefits at Work . |
1998 |
Peter L. Bernstein, Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk (New York: John Wiley & Sons), 1996. |
1997 |
Jean Lemaire, Bonus-Malus Systems in Automobile Insurance (Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance and Economic Security) |
1996 |
Mark Rahdert. Covering Accident Costs: Insurance, Liability, and Tort Reforms
Joel Weissman and Arnold Epstein. Falling Through the Safety Net: Insurance Status and Access to Health Care |
1995 |
Thomas O. McGarity and Sidney Shapiro . Workers at Risk: The Failed Promise of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Joseph Newhouse. Free for All? Lessons from RAND Health Insurance Experiment |
1994 |
W. Kip Viscusi. Fatal Tradeoffs: Public and Private Responsibility for Risk
David G. Smith. Paying for Medicare: The Politics of Reform |
1993 |
Arthur Williams, Jr. An International Comparison of Workers' Compensation
W. Kip Viscusi. Reforming Products Liability |
1992 |
Michael Moore, W. Kip Viscusi. Compensation Mechanisms for Job Risks: Wages, Workers' Compensation, and Product Liability
Robert Friedland. Facing the Costs of Long-Term Care. |
1991 |
Banks McDowell. Deregulation & Competition in the Insurance Industry
Robert M. Ball and Thomas N. Bethell. Because We're All in This Together: The Case for a National Long Term Care Insurance Policy |
1990 |
Kenneth J. Meier, The Political Economy of Regulation: The Case of Insurance . (Albany: State University of New York Press), 1988.
Kenneth Huggins. Operations of Life and Health Insurance Companies |
1987 |
Jean Lemaire. Automobile Insurance: Actuarial Models
Patricia M. Danzon. Medical Malpractice: Theory, Evidence and Public Policy |
1986 |
Robert C. Hogg, Stuart A. Klugman. Loss Distribution
Gary S. Fields, Olivia S. Mitchell. Retirement, Pensions and Social Security |
1985 |
I.B. Hossack, J.H. Pollard and B. Zehnwirth. Introductory Statistics with Applications in General Insurance
Viviana A. Rotman Zelizer. Morals & Markets--The Development of Life Insurance in the United States |
1984 |
Teivo Pentikainen and Jukka Rantala, eds. Solvency of Insurer and Equalization Reserves, Volumes I & II. (Helsinki: Insurance Publishing Company Ltd.) 1982.
Klaus Gerathewohl. Reinsurance Principles & Practice, Volumes I & II |
1983 |
Timothy M. Peterson. Loss Reserving Property/Casualty Insurance
Thomas G. McGuire. Financing Psychotherapy: Costs, Effects and Public Policy |
1982 |
Peter S. Barth and H. Allan Hunt , Workers' Compensation and Work-Related Illnesses and Diseases
Alan D. Wolfson and Carolyn J. Tuohy. Opting Out of Medicare: Private Medical Markets in Ontario |
1981 |
Martha Derthick . Policy Making for Social Security
Howard E. Winkelvoss and Dan McGill. Public Pension Plans: Standards of Design, Funding and Reporting. |
1980 |
Robert M. Ball. Social Security: Today and Tomorrow
Jan Blainpain, Luc Delesie and Herman Nys. National Health Insurance and Health Resources: The European Experience |
1979 |
William D. Rowe. An Anatomy of Risk |
1978 |
Leonard E. Freifelder. A Decision Theoretic Approach to Insurance Ratemaking
Avedis Donabedian. Benefits in Medical Care Programs |
1976 |
Karl Borch. The Mathematical Theory of Insurance
Robert W. Cooper . Investment Return and Property-Liability Insurance Ratemaking |
1975 |
George L. Head. Insurance to Value
John D. Long. Ethics, Morality, and Insurance |
1971 |
Daniel Nelson. Unemployment Insurance: The American Experience, 1915-1935
Douglas C. Dacy and Howard Kunreuther. The Economics of National Disasters |
1970 |
Joseph M. Becker. Guaranteed Income for the Unemployed
Joseph A. Pechman, Henry J. Aaron and Michael K. Taussig. Social Security, Perspectives for Reform |
1969 |
Lawrence D. Jones. Investment of Life Insurance Companies |
1968 |
Helen Hershfield Avnet and Mata Kouvari Nikias. Insured Dental Care
Daniel M. Holland. Private Pension Plans: Projected Growth |
1966 |
Robert E. Keeton and Jeffrey O'Connell. Basic Protection for the Traffic Victim.
Joseph M. Belth. Participating Life Insurance Sold by Stock Companies |
1965 |
Alfred E. Conard, James N. Morgan, Robert W. Pratt, Jr., Charles E. Voltz and Robert L. Bombaugh. Automobile Accident Costs and Payment
Merton C. Bernstein. The Future of Private Pensions |
1964 |
Morton Keller. The Life Insurance Enterprise, 1885-1910.
Bob A. Hedges and Robert I. Mehr. Risk Management in the Business Enterprise |
1963 |
Richard A. Lester. The Economics of Unemployment Compensation
Duncan M. MacIntyre. Voluntary Health Insurance and Rate Making |
1962 |
Herman Miles Somers and Anne Somers. Doctors, Patients and Health Insurance |
1961 |
Spencer L. Kimball. Insurance and Public Policy |
1960 |
William C. Greenough. A New Approach to Retirement Income |
1958 |
Dorrance C. Bronson. Concepts of Actuarial Soundness in Pension Planning |
1956 |
C. Arthur Kulp. Casualty Insurance
Robert I. Mehr. Modern Life Insurance |
1955 |
Dan M. McGill. Fundamentals of Private Pensions |
1954 |
Carlyle Buley. The American Life Convention |
1951 |
William Rodda . Inland Marine and Transportation Insurance |
1946 |
Elmer W. Sawyer . Insurance as Interstate Commerce |
1945 |
Alfred N. Guertin. Writings in Connection with the "Guertin Legislation" |
1944 |
Malvin B. Davis. Industrial Life Insurance |
