ISI Announces Wharton Symposium on Financial Reform
January 27, 2011
Keystone, Colorado (January 27, 2011) – In 2010, the Insurance Studies Institute (ISI) partnered with Professor Kent Smetters of The Wharton School to develop an optimal design for a Systemic Risk Regulator system. The ongoing project examines how the recent economic turmoil exposed gaps in the regulatory system and studies options for constructing an improved [...]
Keystone, Colorado (January 27, 2011) – In 2010, the Insurance Studies Institute (ISI) partnered with Professor Kent Smetters of The Wharton School to develop an optimal design for a Systemic Risk Regulator system. The ongoing project examines how the recent economic turmoil exposed gaps in the regulatory system and studies options for constructing an improved regulatory model that: 1) can be reliably utilized by those responsible for catastrophic risk management; and 2) can promote financial stability among financially interdependent institutions.
Professor Smetters recently hosted a symposium at The Wharton School, entitled, “Financial Reform: What is it? Will it work? Why should you care?” The ISI-sponsored project was showcased as one of the core readings and formed the basis for several student-led research projects.
This intensive, five day “mini” course was held January 3 – 7, 2011 and featured content rich in analysis of the Dodd-Frank Act, which virtually rewrites the regulatory landscape of financial services in the United States. An outstanding array of speakers tackled all angles of this complex subject matter, and presented the issues in an accessible, practical way.
Read the entire press release: ISI Press Release: Wharton Symposium, Jan. 2011
Tags: Economics, Financial Crisis, Risk Management, Smetters, Wharton
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Published Works
August 1, 2008
Tools & Techniques of Life Settlement Planning Paul Siegert was asked to contribute to the first edition of the National Underwriters publication on Life Settlement. Life Settlement Planning delivers a “balanced overview of the life settlement market and covers the full spectrum of the business”. Mr Siegert penned three chapters: What Are Life Settlements – [...]
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How Substantial Are the Benefits of the Life Insurance Secondary Market for Policyholders, and Insurers?
July 1, 2008
ISI provided a $100,000 grant to launch this research project, conducted by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. This study undertakes an empirical and theoretical analysis of the benefits that a market for life settlements offers to current and prospective policyholders. It further examines the potential effects of life settlements on the economics [...]
ISI provided a $100,000 grant to launch this research project, conducted by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. This study undertakes an empirical and theoretical analysis of the benefits that a market for life settlements offers to current and prospective policyholders. It further examines the potential effects of life settlements on the economics of underwriting life insurance; and, it utilizes its theoretical model to estimate the consequences of regulations that limit life settlements on policyholders’ welfare.
How Substantial Are the Benefits of the Life Insurance Secondary Market for Policyholders, and Insurers?
Tags: Benefits, Center for Retirement Research (CRR), Economics, Life Insurance, Life Settlement, Policyholder, Regulations, Underwriting
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Insurance Studies Institute Partners with Boston College
June 16, 2008
Keystone, Colorado ( June 16th, 2008) – The Insurance Studies Institute (ISI) forges a partnership with the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CRR), to study the benefits and impacts of the Life Settlements Market. Read the Press Release: ISI Partners with Boston College
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