ARIA listserv announcements #1 - week of January 2, 2012

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Greetings ARIA members:

Today’s listserv contains the following:

• Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University seeks Research Fellow in Actuarial Science 8^th International Longevity Risk & Capital Markets Solutions Conference Call for Papers ARIA 2012 Annual Meeting Call for Concurrent Session Proposals Position Announcement, Editor of The Journal of Risk and Insurance (JRI) Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA) 16^th Annual Conference Call for Papers
• ARIA News Editor needs your help

 

Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University

 

Nanyang Business School is accepting applications for a Research Fellow in Actuarial Science.  Please see the attached document for additional information.

 

8^th International Longevity Risk & Capital Markets Solutions Conference

 

The 8^th International Longevity Risk and Capital Markets Solutions Conference is scheduled to be held September 7-8 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.  The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2012.  Please see the attached document for additional information.

 

ARIA 2012 Annual Meeting Call for Concurrent Session Proposals

 

ARIA’s 2012 Annual Meeting is scheduled for August 5-8 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

 

In addition to inviting the submission of single papers, the ARIA Program Committee invites members to submit proposals for entire concurrent sessions of one hour to one and one-half hours.  The deadline for submissions is February 18, 2012.  Proposals may be submitted electronically as a file attachment in Acrobat (.pdf) or Word (.doc) format.  Electronic submissions are preferred.  If sending in PDF format, all identifying information must be editable.  If you decide to submit a hardcopy, please send four copies.  Proposals should be submitted to ARIA Vice President and 2012 Program Chair:

 

Laureen Regan

Dept. of Risk, Insurance and Healthcare Management

Fox School of Business & Management

Temple University

Alter Hall 626, 1801 Liacouras Walk

Philadelphia, PA 19122

Telephone:   215-204-7264

Fax:  215-204-4712

Email:  lregan@temple.edu

 

Position Announcement, Editor of The Journal of Risk and Insurance

 

The American Risk and Insurance Association invites applications and nominations for the position of Editor of the Journal of Risk and Insurance. The position description, pertinent information about the Journal, desired Editor qualifications, Editor responsibilities, and application/nomination procedures are as follows:

 

Position Description

The Editor has overall responsibility for assuring the timely and efficient publication of four editions per year of the Journal of Risk and Insurance (Journal hereafter). The Editor will be appointed to a three-year term with the initial appointment to begin in January 2013. The Editor reports to the Board of Directors of the American Risk and Insurance Association. Multiple individuals may submit an application to serve as co-editors.

 

Journal Information

The Journal publishes rigorous, original research in insurance economics and risk management. This includes the following areas of specialization: (1) industrial organization of insurance markets, (2) management of risks in the private and public sectors, (3) insurance finance, financial pricing and financial management, (4) economics of employee benefits, pension plans, and social insurance, (5) utility theory and demand for insurance, (6) asymmetric information, moral hazard, and adverse selection, (7) insurance regulation, (8) econometric, actuarial, and statistical methodology; (9) economics of insurance institutions; and (10) insurance cycles and economic cycles of insurance markets. Both theoretical and empirical submissions are encouraged. Empirical work must provide tests of hypotheses based on sound theoretical foundations.

 

Papers submitted to the Journal are screened by the Editor for suitability before being sent to reviewers. Authorship of papers under consideration is anonymous to the reviewers, and the identities of reviewers are not revealed to the authors.

 

Desired Editor Qualifications

• A strong publication record in leading business and economics journals, including the Journal of Risk and Insurance, established commitment to research in risk management and insurance, and the academic reputation to recruit and retain esteemed Associate Editors

• A commitment to promoting significant scholarly research, and to maintaining and improving upon the Journal’s editorial standards

• A reputation for fairness, objectivity, and integrity

• Managerial and administrative skills necessary to assure the timely publication of the Journal, including the ability to motivate Associate Editors and Reviewers

• Significant editorial experience either as an Editor or an Associate Editor of a major journal (preferred but not required)

 

Editor Responsibilities

The Editor will perform the normal duties associated with the editorship of an academic journal, including, but not limited to, the following specific responsibilities:

• With the guidance of the Editorial Board, determine editorial policies and procedures

• Recruit, appoint and motivate Associate Editors and Reviewers

• Supervise the review of manuscripts submitted for publication in the Journal

• Assure the timely and efficient publication of the Journal

• Provide periodic reports to the ARIA Board on Journal activities

• Develop and implement strategies designed to increase the visibility and impact of the Journal

• Work closely with the publisher, Wiley-Blackwell, to assure the timely publication of each issue

 

Wiley-Blackwell will provide some level of compensation to the Editor. Barring exceptional circumstances, the Editor is limited to two three-year terms by ARIA Board policy.

 

Application/Nomination Procedures

Nominations and letters of interest should be sent by January 15, 2012 to:

Robert E. Hoyt, Ph.D.

Moore Chair and Professor of Risk Management and Insurance

Department Head, Insurance, Legal Studies, & Real Estate

Brooks Hall 206

Terry College of Business

University of Georgia

Athens, GA 30602-6255  USA

Tel. 706-542-4290

Email: rhoyt@uga.edu

 

 

APRIA 2012 Annual Conference Call for Papers

 

APRIA’s annual conference is scheduled for July 22-25, 2012 at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea.  The deadline for submissions is February 12, 2012.  Please see the attached document for additional information.