Les B. Strickler Innovation in Instruction Award - Call For Proposals

The Les B. Strickler Innovation in Instruction Award honors innovative ideas used in risk management and insurance instructions. All ARIA members are encouraged to submit proposals to the selection committee.

The criteria for selection of award winners are creativity, content, transferability of the approach to other institutions, and documented potential for improving the quality of risk and insurance education.

A monetary award of up to $1,000 is associated with the Strickler Award and will be presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting. Persons submitting proposals agree that if selected as the winner, they will attend the ARIA meeting in Orlando, Florida August 2 - 5, 2026, to present their innovative idea.

Proposals are due April 10, 2026, and will be judged by the Les B. Strickler Award Committee. The
reward recipient will be announced by May 7, 2026.

Proposals should include a cover letter that identifies the submitter’s name, address, daytime phone
number, and employer-affiliation. The remaining documentation should in no way identify the author(s)
of the proposal. The proposal should highlight the purpose of the innovation and a description of the
course in which the innovation has been used. The proposals themselves will be evaluated using the
rubric presented at the end of this call. As such, proposals should address all the attributes in the rubric.
External letters or evaluations attesting to any of the required attributes may also be submitted.

Click here for full submission details.

Please submit the cover letter and remaining documentation in two e-mail attachments to the Strickler
Committee chair, Faith Neale: [email protected]. Hard copies will not be accepted.

 

2025 Winner: “Property Catastrophe Insurance Simulation Game"

  • Faith R. Neale (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)

Past Winners

  • 2024: Cameron Ellis, University of Iowa, Meghan Esson, University of Iowa; “Engaging Students through an Experiential Health Insurance Game”
  • 2023: David Cather, Penn State University, "Addressing Insurance Pricing Discrimination in an Era of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion"
  • 2022 - Not awarded
  • 2021 - Mary Kelly, Wilfrid Laurier University, ERM Poster Project
  • 2020 - Not awarded
  • 2019 - Steven Miller, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, David Sommer, St. Mary's University, "Risk Financing Simulation Exercises: From a Single Risk to ERM"
  • 2018 - Martin Eling and students Martin Lehmann, Vera Lüchinger, Sara Maria Nordt, University of St. Gallen, "Toolbox for Gamification in Insurance Education"
  • 2017 - David Eckles, University of Georgia, "Insurance Pub Trivia"
  • 2016 - Faculty & Students, University of St. Gallen: Educational Smartphone App — "Optimal Insurance Demand for Students"
  • 2015 - Vickie Bajtelsmit and Jennifer Coats, Colorado State University, "The Effect of Frequency and Severity on Insurance and Risk Management Decisions: A Classroom Exercise"
  • 2014 - Alexander Braun, University of St. Gallen, "Insurance-Linked Securities"
  • 2013 - David Eckles, University of Georgia, "One Dollar Bob Simulation"
  • 2012 - Joseph Haley, St. Cloud State University, "An Insurance Pricing Game"
  • 2011 - James Hilliard, University of Georgia Ronald Licata, University of Connecticut School of Business, "Brown Dog Brewing Company: Case Study for Risk Management and Insurance"
  • 2010 - Norma Nielson, University of Calgary Brian Kitching, University of Calgary Janet Stein, University of Calgary, "Tabletop Disaster Exercise"
  • 2009 - William and Tamela Ferguson, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, "Strategic Market Entry Project"