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About Me
About Me
I am an Assistant Professor of Risk Management and Insurance at the University of Georgia (UGA). My research focuses on how individuals and organizations make decisions under risk and uncertainty, both from a normative and descriptive perspective. I also study risk management practices in life insurance companies and explore insurance-based solutions for natural disasters. I received my PhD in Finance and Insurance from LMU Munich in 2020. Before joining UGA, I worked as a consultant at Allianz (2021–2024) and as an Assistant Professor at UNSW Sydney (2024–2025).
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Working Papers
Working Papers
Homeowners' willingness to insure flood risks as prices increase (with Benjamin Collier, Johannes Jaspersen, and Andreas Richter).
Pricing climate risk: Hurricane models and home insurance over the last two decades (with Judson Boomhower, Patricia Born, and Benjamin Collier)
Published Papers
Published Papers
On the change of risk aversion in wealth: A field experiment in a closed economic system (with Johannes Jaspersen, Andreas Richter, and Dennis Strümpel) [Experimental Economics, Volume 26, Issue 1, pp. 1–26, 2023].
Comparative risk aversion in two periods: An application to self-insurance and self-protection (single-authored) [Journal of Risk and Insurance, Volume 89, Issue 1, pp. 97–130, 2022].
Estimating extreme cancellation rates in life insurance (with Francesca Biagini, Johannes Jaspersen, and Andrea Mazzon) [Journal of Risk and Insurance, Volume 88, Issue 4, pp. 971–1000, 2021].
Awards
Awards
Verein zur Förderung der Versicherungswissenschaft in Hamburg: Excellence Award, Prize for a doctoral thesis with significant contribution to the insurance industry
The Geneva Association: Ernst Meyer Prize, Award for a doctoral thesis with significant and original contribution to the study of risk and insurance economics
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich: Merit scholarship for outstanding academic achievements during doctoral studies
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich: Job Market Fellowship Program of the Munich School of Management
Presentations
Presentations
2026: American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Meeting (Orlando, USA), University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia), Chicago Fed’s Inaugural Annual Conference on Insurance (Chicago, USA)
2025: Southern Risk and Insurance Association (Charleston, USA), St. John's University (New York City, USA), University of Georgia (Athens, USA)
2024: American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Meeting (Denver, USA), International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics (Chicago, USA)
2023: Leipzig University (Leipzig, Germany), University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)
2021: Coburg University of Applied Sciences (remote presentation)
2020: Allied Social Sciences Annual Meeting (San Diego, USA), American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Meeting (remote presentation)
2019: American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Meeting (San Francisco, USA), St. John's University (New York City, USA), Temple University (Philadelphia, USA), University of Georgia (Athens, USA)
2018: American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Meeting (Chicago, USA), CEAR/MRIC Behavioral Insurance Workshop (Munich, Germany), European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists Seminar (Nürnberg, Germany), International Congress of Actuaries (Berlin, Germany)
2017: American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Meeting (Toronto, Canada), Annual Meeting of the German Insurance Association (Berlin, Germany), Frankfurt Insurance Research Workshop (Frankfurt, Germany)
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