Associate Professor and Welch Family Professor in Business

Department of Risk and Insurance

Wisconsin School of Business

University of Wisconsin-Madison

ben.collier@wisc.edu

My research examines sustainability and climate risk. My recent projects analyze:

• • Home insurance pricing, catastrophe models, and reinsurance supply

  • Household and business use of the U.S. Federal Disaster Loan Program

  • Households’ decisions in the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program

  • Effects of Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Harvey on  businesses' finances