FIN 595
Seminar in Insurance

Credit:  4 hours.


Reviews recent contributions to the insurance literature concentrating upon current issues and research methodology; requires students to review selected recent articles on a variety of topics; gives attention to application of finance and economic theory to insurance issues and to empirical techniques for testing hypotheses. Examples of issues include the application of asset pricing models to insurance pricing, portfolio optimization for insurance companies, capital markets and insurance cycles, moral hazard and adverse selection. Prerequisite: FIN 591.