ARIA listserv announcements #17 - week of April 12, 2010
American Risk & Insurance Association
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Greetings ARIA members: Today’s listserv contains the following:
- Les B. Strickler Innovation in Instruction Award 2010 Call for Proposals WRIEC sites open for full paper submission and conference registration Practitioners and Academics Linking Site (PALS) Becomes a Reality Sixth International Longevity Risk & Capital Markets Solutions Conference Call for Papers deadline reminder
- International Insurance Society (IIS) 46th Annual Seminar deadline reminder
Les B. Strickler Innovation in Instruction Award 2010 Call for Proposals ARIA members and others interested in risk management and insurance education are invited to submit proposals detailing innovative ideas they have developed and used in risk management and insurance education. The deadline for proposals is May 15, 2010. Please see the attached document for additional information or contact Bill Ferguson at ferguson@louisiana.edu
WRIEC We are happy to inform you that the World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress (www.wriec.org)
is ready to accept conference registration and full papers by those authors whose proposals have been accepted by the Scientific Committees. Conference Registration at https://www.scicollege.org.sg/
· Conference Registration. Complete the “online” form by 31 May 2010 to get the benefit of reduced rates (Singapore $300-$600). After the date, the rate becomes Singapore $750 for all registrants. Note that space is limited for “Dine-around Singapore” and the system will delete the restaurants once they reach the maximum capacity (about 50 per restaurant).· Member Rates. Those members who have paid their annual membership to their Society (APRIA, ARIA or EGRIE) pay Singapore $450 (or $300 if student or retiree members) when they complete the online registration by the Early Bird Deadline.· Help Us Use Money Wisely. In addition to your right to access all events and World Congress materials, we offer you Sunday reception, Monday luncheon & dinner, Tuesday luncheon & (optional AXA Presentation Tour), Wednesday luncheon & Dine-around-Singapore, and Thursday luncheon. A number of corporate sponsors and academic institutions have extended their financial support and we can charge you a fee lower than the expected per capita cost of S$900. So, help us use their and your money wisely. We expect your participation in all the events. If, however, you are certain for one reason or another that you will not attend the Sunday reception and/or any other meal events, please leave the event(s) unmarked in the registration form.
· Full Paper Submission. All authors are required to submit their full papers by the deadline, 1 June 2010. Any late submission not only is subject to possible cancellation by the Scientific Committees but also faces the risk that it will not be included in the Conference Package.· Discussant Duty. All authors are expected to discuss one or two papers. You will be notified of your discussant assignment(s) at a later date.· PowerPoint Presentation. All authors and discussants are expected to bring their PowerPoint file to the session room.· Travel Aid Recipients. The Scientific Committees are now informing all applicants of the result.· Other Scholarships and Awards. Go to the “Call for Papers” page or contact your own Society for information.· Volunteer Discussants. The Scientific Committees welcome volunteers who are willing to discuss a research paper. Interested members may contact the Scientific Committee of their preference for more information. · Hotel. You are free to make your own accommodation arrangement while in Singapore. Nevertheless, we have identified three hotels nearby the conference venue. The rates they quote at the World Congress Registration page are inclusive of all taxes, services charges, breakfast and Internet access. Go to the page for more information and a copy of reservation form. Please note that you must directly communicate with the hotel.
If you have any questions related to the World Congress, please email the Secretariat at Secretariat@wriec.org World Congress Organization Committee:
APRIA - Michael Sherris, W. Jean KwonARIA - Gene Lai, Vickie Bajtelsmit EGRIE - Pierre Picard, Achim Wambach The Geneva Association - Patrick Liedtke, Christophe Courbage
PALS (Practitioners and Academics Linking Site) Becomes a Reality Indianapolis, IN, April 12, 2010 — The Society of Insurance Research (SIR) and the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA) announce the introduction of the Practitioner Academic Linking Site (PALS). This one-of-a-kind site provides the ability to link those who need insurance research data with those who have the data. The system is available exclusively to members of SIR and ARIA. Denese Ross, President of the Society of Insurance Research (SIR), noted, “We have been working with the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA) for two years to bring these capabilities to our respective members. Our hope is PALS will help promote academic research that can provide information our members can use as they try to meet the challenges of a changing world. We look forward to this being the first in other member benefits offered in conjunction with ARIA.”PALS will:
- Provide the ability to seek data or to seek someone to work on a project Link insurance professionals and academic researchers in a confidential environment Provide the ability to involve more than one organization, from either side Enable the academic world to conduct industry-level analysis by providing the potential to gain access to multiple carriers’ data
- Provide the insurance professional with additional statistical, modeling and analysis support
Vickie Bajtelsmit, President of
ARIA, says, “We are excited about providing our members the ability to more easily access ‘real-life’ data to use in their research. While we have successfully worked with many carriers in the past, the PALS system should provide us more direct access to companies who have the data we need.”Click on the link below to sign up. http://www.sirnet.org/edu/
Sixth International Longevity Risk & Capital Markets Solutions Conference Call for Papers
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) through the Australian Institute of Population Ageing Research in the Australian School of Business is hosting the Sixth International Longevity Risk and Capital Markets Solutions Conference on the 9th and 10th of September in Sydney, Australia at the Swiss-Grand Resort & Spa, Bondi Beach. The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2010. Please see the attached document for additional information.