ARIA listserv #20 - week of May 3, 2010

American Risk & Insurance Association
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Greetings ARIA members: Today’s listserv contains the following: 

• Lee Gardner, ARIA’s Administrative Assistant’s Recovery ARIA 2010 – 2011 Election Ballot Reminder WRIEC –Early Bird Deadline Reminder International Insurance Society 46th Annual Seminar, Madrid, Spain Bob Hedges Undergraduate Student Award for 2010 announcement Kulp-Wright Book Award for 2010 Les B. Strickler Innovation in Instruction Award 2010 Call for Proposals Sixth International Longevity Risk and Capital Markets Solutions Conference National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Financial Summit
• Networks Financial Institute Dissertation Fellowships

Lee Gardner’s Recovery

Lee has been discharged from the hospital and is doing well. Well wishes can be sent to:

Ms. Lee Gardner15 Bryan AveMalvern, PA 19355

ARIA 2010 0 2011 Election Ballot Electronic ballots and biographies have been distributed to all current ARIA members.  We have a good slate of candidates, so please take a few minutes and cast your vote.  Thank you to members who have voted! The deadline to vote is May 20.

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/WRIEC/regform.asp Full Paper Submission at https://www.scicollege.org.sg/WRIECCOP/Login.aspx Hotel information at http://wriec.org/Registration.htm Early Bird Registration Deadline – 31 May 2010 Full Paper Deadline – 1 June 2010 Secretariat – Secretariat@wriec.org; WRIEC@scidomain.org.sg Please use the links above, which are also found at www.wriec.org for registration and paper submission. We offer below some additional information.

·        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 Kwon ARIA - Gene Lai, Vickie Bajtelsmit EGRIE - Pierre Picard, Achim Wambach

The Geneva Association - Patrick Liedtke, Christophe Courbage

International Insurance Society’s 46^th Annual Seminar The International Insurance Society, Inc. invites you to join them at the IIS Annual Seminar in Madrid for a first-rate program with more than 40 leading speakers participating on the program. For more information see the attached brochure.

Bob Hedges Undergraduate Student Award

Since 2003, ARIA has offered an annual award in honor of Bob Hedges, an ARIA past president and long time active member of our organization.  This tradition will continue for 2010.  The Hedges Award is made to an undergraduate student studying risk management and insurance, or a related field, and is intended to provide expenses for that student to attend the ARIA annual meeting.  This year’s ARIA annual meeting is part of The 2nd World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress (WRIEC) scheduled for July 25-29 in Singapore. 

The Hedges Award contributes to the basic costs of travel, lodging, food and registration fees for the meeting, and is valued at approximately US$1,000 each year.  The selected student will be formally recognized at the awards ceremony at the meeting.  The ARIA annual meeting provides an opportunity for the winning student to attend academic sessions on current topics in risk management and insurance, as well as meet and interact with professors and practitioners involved in the field.  This opportunity would be especially valuable for any student considering obtaining an advanced degree in risk management and insurance.  Proposals are due by May 15, 2010.  Nominated students should be full time undergraduates at the time of nomination.  The winning student will be selected by an awards committee appointed by the ARIA President.
Proposals should include the following:

1.      A brief statement from the student indicating an interest in attending the ARIA    Annual Meeting and describing his/her career plans. 2.      A current copy of the student’s resume. 3.      A letter of recommendation from a faculty member at the student’s college or     university supporting the student’s application.

All proposals should be submitted by email to:

Dr. Etti Baranoff
Hedges Award Committee Chair
Virginia Commonwealth University

ebaranof@vcu.edu

Kulp-Wright Book Award for 2010

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 the 2^nd World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress (WRIEC) to be held July 25-29 in Singapore. The Kulp-Wright Book Award committee is reviewing publications for the 2010 award.  To be eligible for the 2010 award, the book must have been published in 2008.  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. 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

The deadline for submissions is May 14, 2010.

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

Sixth International Longevity Risk and Capital Markets Solutions Conference Sixth International Longevity Risk and Capital Markets Solutions Conference, 9th and 10th of September 2010 in Sydney hosted by AIPAR, Australian School of Business The International Longevity Risk and Capital Markets Solutions Conference is the major international conference bringing together leading international industry and academic minds as well as policy makers to meet and discuss not only the assessment of longevity risk, but also the market and government developments and responses needed by pension funds and insurance companies to manage this risk. The upcoming conference in Sydney Australia on 9 and 10 September is the Sixth following the highly successful events over the last 6 years in London, Chicago, Taipei, Amsterdam, New York and now Sydney. Given the attractive location, attendance at the Sydney conference is expected to be strong including participants from Asia, UK, Europe and North America. The key themes of Longevity 6 are “Reinsurance and Financial Markets Solutions” and “Government Role, Public and Private Market Solutions”. There will be plenary sessions on each of these themes and a Panel discussion on the latter. There will be a number of international plenary speakers including Guy Coughlan (JP Morgan London Life metrics), Morton Lane (LaneFinancial Chicago), Eytan Sheshinksi (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem and Princeton University, Department of Economics and Woodrow Wilson School) and David Blake (Professor of Pensions Economics and Director of the Pensions Institute, Cass Business School). A number of plenary speakers from Treasury/Government are also expected. Details of the conference are at the web site http://www.longevity-risk.org/ Registration for the conference is on-line at http://www.longevity-risk.org/registration.html

ThanksRichard MacMinn

National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Financial Summit

Networks Financial Institute Dissertation FellowshipsNetworks Financial Institute in the Scott College of Business at Indiana State University is pleased to announce their two Dissertation Fellowships for eligible doctoral students. For more information on the Fellowships for Financial Services Research and/or Financial Literacy Research see the attached documents.  

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