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We are happy to announce the upcoming ICIR scientific conference, with a kenote lecture by Alan Auerbach (UC Berkeley)

Article by Nicolaus Grochola & Sebastian Schlütter

published in: The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice (2024)

doi.org/10.1057/s41288-024-00330-3

Discover insights from industry leaders at the ICIR Digital Insurance Forum II 2024 as they delve into "Insurance Recovery and Resolution: Perspectives from the EU and Switzerland," with speakers Monica Mächler, Heinrich Wollny, and moderated by Karel Van Hulle.

Join us for the ICIR Digital Insurance Forum I 2024 on 26th of April, discussing the latest advancements in money laundering prevention in the insurance sector, featuring Paul Schultess and moderated by Manfred Wandt [in german]

ICIR Working Paper 40, co-authored by Helmut Gründl and Fabian Regele, has been accepted for publication in: Journal of Insurance Regulation (2024).

Policy Brief by Christian Kubitza, Nicolaus Grochola, and Helmut Gründl has been published in SUERF Policy Brief No 776, January 24.

13:00 - 14:00 h CET | via Zoom

Jörg Asmussen, CEO, German Insurance Association (GDV)

Monika Queisser, Head of Social Policy Division, OECD

Michel Vellekoop, University of Amsterdam

Moderation:Alexander Ludwig, Goethe-University Frankfurt & ICIR

ICIR Working Paper 51 co-authored by Alexander Ludwig has appeared in Macroeconomic Dynamics, 1-24. (2023)

ICIR Working Paper No. 52 co-authored by Alexander Ludwig is now online available!

Der Förderkreis für die Versicherungslehre der Goethe-Universität lädt Sie herzlich ein zum Frankfurter Vortrag zum Versicherungswesen am 7. November 2023. Um möglichst vielen Interessierten eine Teilnahme zu ermöglichen, finden die Veranstaltung digital statt.

ICIR Working Paper 39 co-authored by Nicolaus Grochola and Helmut Gründl has appeared in Risk Management & Insurance Review, 1–55.

Article by ICIR Executive Board Member Manfred Wandt and ICIR Research Assistant Gerrit Lüders has appeared in Zeitschrift für Versicherungsrecht, Haftungs- und Schadensrecht, Vol. 13, pp. 809–827 (2023).

13:00 - 14:00 h CEST | via Zoom

Kerstin Lopatta, Vice Chair EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board

Michael Menhart, Chief Economist, Munich Re Group

Moderation: Christian Thimann, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Former Chairman EU High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance

ICIR Working Paper No. 50 by Nicolaus Grochola & Sebastian Schlütter now online available!

ICIR Working Paper No. 49 by Kar Man Tan and Helmut Gründl now online available!

Presentation by ICIR Director Alexander Ludwig

The GIS Conference on "Insurance Supervision In A World In Transformation" will be held on 6 and 7 September 2023 at Campus Westend, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main

Registration for this conference will open later in May 2023.

Article by ICIR Executive Board Member Helmut Gründl and ICIR fellow Sebastian Schlütter has appeared in Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft, Vol. 112, Iss. 1, pp. 53–81 (2023).

h CET | via Zoom | German/Deutsch

Kevin Bork, Helvetia Versicherung Deutschland, Leiter Recht und Compliance

Moderation: Manfred Wandt, Goethe University Frankfurt, ICIR, Institut für Versicherungsrecht

ICIR Working Paper No. 46 by Marcel Beyer now online available!

16. February 2023 (09:00 – 18:30)

Executive Education in cooperation with University St. Gallen - Registration Required

For further information please contact: icir@finance.uni-frankfurt.de

On December 14-15 2022, the ICIR held a scientific conference on “The Private and Social Insurance Implications of Demographic Change” at Goethe University. The main idea of the conference is to bring together international scientific experts in the fields of insurance to discuss topics related to…

We are happy to announce our confirmed guest speakers Axel Börsch-Supan, Martin Boyer, Daniela Grunow, Ayse Imrohoroglu, Dirk Krueger, Raimond Maurer and Olivia Mitchell.

23. November 2022

18:30 - 19:30 CET | virtual

Presentation by Manfred Wandt

Helmut Gründl presents and participates in the panel discussion as part of the 31st public event of the "Berliner Verein zur Förderung der Versicherungswissenschaft" (Berlin Association for the Promotion of Insurance Studies); Allianz Forum Berlin - presentation in German

16:00 - 17:00 h CET | via Zoom

Roel Beetsma, University of Amsterdam

James Poterba, MIT Economics

Joshua Rauh, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Moderation: Alexander Ludwig, Goethe University Frankfurt, Chair for Public Finance and Macroeconomic Dynamics

The German Research Association (DFG) appoints ICIR Director Alexander Ludwig as spokesperson and principal investigator for the research unit "Macroeconomic Implications of Intra-Household Decision Making"

Research Presentation by Nicolaus Grochola

Research presentations by Marcel Beyer, Nicolaus Grochola and Kar Man Tan

Kurzfassung des Beitrags in der Börsen-Zeitung vom 26.07.2022

Presentation by Dr. Stefan Sperlich and Dr. Lorenz Kemper from Hannover Re. Moderation: Prof. Dr. Helmut Gründl.

Kar Man Tan has been awarded with funding by SAFE Experiment Center for her joint project with Volker Benndorf "How does information on individual risk affect the demand for insurance?"

Featuring two posts by our new director Alexander Ludwig

Jörg Asmussen, German Insurance Association, CEO

Petra Hielkema, EIOPA, Chairperson

Moderation:

Helmut Gründl, Goethe University Frankfurt, Chair for Insurance, Insurance Supervision and Insurance Regulation

Helmut Gründl und Mirko Kraft: Neue Spielregeln – Wie risikobasiert sind die Reformvorschläge zu Solvency II?, in: Versicherungswirtschaft, Vol. 77 (2022), No. 3, S. 76 – 81.

Im Rahmen eines gemeinsamen Vorschungsprojektes mit dem deutschen Verein für Versicherungswissenschaft (DVfVW) ist Helmut Gründl Gast des Video-Podcasts des DVfVW

ICIR Working Papers No. 40 - 44 on the topics of Asset Concentration, Life Insurance Convexity, Inestor-Driven Corporate Finance and Labour Productivity have been released.

Lecture by Dr. Monica Mächler, chair of the ICIR Advisory Boardy, held at the Europainstitut at the University of Zurich (Slides in German)

Presentation by Helmut Gründl at the Insurance Committee of IHK Frankfurt (Slides in German)

Panel Discussion with Jörg Asmussen, John Carolin and Fausto Parente.

Moderation: Dr. Monica Mächler.

Research Presentation by Nicolaus Grochola

Official Summary is now available!

ICIR Wroking Paper No. 39 by Nicolaus Grochola, Mark Browne, Helmut Gründl and Sebastian Schlütter

Policy Letter by Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan and Alexander Ludwig.

ICIR working paper no. 38 by Alexander Ludwig, Max Groneck and Alexander Zimper.

Research by Prof. Dr. Alexander Ludwig has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Public Economics.

Panel discussion with Dr. Alexander Dotterweich (PwC), Olav Jones (Insurance Europe) and Justin Wray (EIOPA).

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Mirko Kraft (Coburg University of Applied Sciences)