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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 (Orlando, USA), University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia), Chicago Fed’s Inaugural Annual Conference on Insurance (Chicago, USA, scheduled), Southern Risk and Insurance Association (Nashville, USA, scheduled).
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 (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 (remote presentation)
2019: American Risk and Insurance Association (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 (Chicago, USA), CEAR/MRIC Behavioral Insurance Workshop (Munich, Germany), European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (Nürnberg, Germany), International Congress of Actuaries (Berlin, Germany)
2017: American Risk and Insurance Association (Toronto, Canada), German Insurance Association (Berlin, Germany), Frankfurt Insurance Research Workshop (Frankfurt, Germany)
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