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Insurance Project Workshop |
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Kenneth
Froot and Howard Kunreuther, Organizers |
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February
18, 2005 |
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NBER |
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1050
Massachusetts Avenue |
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Cambridge,
Massachusetts |
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PRELIMINARY
PROGRAM |
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17: |
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6:30 p.m. |
Group Dinner |
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Legal Sea Foods |
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Charles Square |
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20 University Road |
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Cambridge, MA |
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18: |
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8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:45 a.m. |
Introductions |
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9:00 a.m. |
AMY FINKELSTEIN, Harvard
University and NBER |
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JAMES POTERBA, MIT and NBER |
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CASEY ROTHSCHILD, MIT |
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Redistribution by Insurance Market Regulation: |
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The Effect of Banning Gender-Based Retirement Annuities |
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Discussant: JEFFREY BROWN, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign and NBER |
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10:00 a.m. |
Break |
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10:15 a.m. |
GEORGE ZANJANI, Federal Reserve
Bank of New York |
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Regulation, Capital, and the Evolution of Organizational Form in U.S. |
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Life Insurance |
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Discussant: DAVID
MOSS, Harvard University |
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11:15 a.m. |
ALEXANDER MUERMANN and STEPHEN
SHORE, University of Pennsylvania |
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Spot Market Power and Futures Market Trading |
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Discussant:
CHRISTIAN LAUX, Goethe-University Frankfurt |
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12:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
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12:45 p.m. |
Panel on Future of Terrorism Insurance: TRIA and Beyond |
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Moderator: HOWARD KUNREUTHER, University of
Pennsylvania and NBER |
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Panelists: DWIGHT JAFFEE, UC, Berkeley |
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KENT SMETTERS, University of Pennsylvania and NBER |
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RICHARD THOMAS, American International Group |
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BRIAN MELAS, Liberty Mutual |
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1:30 p.m. |
Panel on Role of Brokers in
Insurance and Reinsurance Markets |
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Moderator: KENNETH FROOT, Harvard University and NBER |
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Panelists: WILLIAM BERKLEY, W.R. Berkley
Corporation |
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NEIL DOHERTY,
University of Pennsylvania |
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GORDON STEWART, Insurance Information Institute |
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2:15 p.m. |
STEPHEN DARCY, University of
Illinois |
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RICHARD DERRIG, Automotive
Insurers Bureau of Massachusetts |
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HERBERT WEISBERG, Correlation
Research, Inc. |
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The Economics of Insurance Fraud Investigation: |
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Evidence of a Nash Equilibrium |
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Discussant: RICHARD PHILLLIPS, Georgia State
University |
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3:15 p.m. |
Break |
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3:30 p.m. |
DAVID DRANOVE and ANNE GRON,
Northwestern University |
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Has the Malpractice Crisis in Florida Really Affected Access to Care? |
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Discussant: KATHLEEN
MCGARRY, UC, Los Angeles and NBER |
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4:30 p.m. |
JAMES TYLER LEVERTY and MARTIN
GRACE, Georgia State University |
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Dupes or Incompetents? |
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An Examination of Managements Impact on Property Liability Insurer
Distress |
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Discussant: ARTHUR MURTON, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation |
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5:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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2/1/05 |
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