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The Dr. William T. Hold/The Alliance’s Program in Risk Management and Insurance at Florida State University College of Business is holding its fourth annual research symposium at The Westin Tampa Waterside in Tampa, Florida on January 22-24, 2026. The location is a short drive from Tampa International Airport.
The goal of the symposium is to facilitate a setting where authors can present their work in detail and receive helpful and critical feedback from a group of risk and insurance economists. Authors of accepted papers will be given approximately one hour to present their work, and each paper also will be assigned a discussant to provide detailed feedback on their paper. The Dr. William T. Hold/The Alliance’s Program in Risk Management and Insurance will provide hotel accommodations for one author of each accepted paper.
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Agenda with set times will be distributed at a later date.
Catastrophic Climate Risk and The Limits of Private Markets
Adam Solomon (New York University)
The Hidden Effects of Climate Risk: Rising Insurance Premiums Increase Mortgage Delinquency and Drive Relocation to Safer Areas
Shan Ge (New York University), Stephanie Johnson (Rice University), and Nitzan Tzur-Ilan (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
Disentangling Risk and Time for Optimal Prevention
Yichun Chi (Central University of Finance and Economics), Richard Peter (University of Iowa), and Mengjia Qi (Central University of Finance and Economics)
Community Rating and Vertical Price Distortions in Insurance Menus
Honglin Li (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Chenyuan Liu (Tsinghua University), and Justin Sydnor (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Risk Management, Product Offerings, and Consumer Surplus: Evidence from the Insurance Industry
Cameron M. Ellis (University of Iowa), Andrew Ellul (Indiana University), Chotibhak Jotikasthira (Southern Methodist University), and Jianren Xu (University of North Texas)
Does Charitable Care Crowd Out Insurance?
Meghan I. Esson (University of Iowa) and Johannes G. Jaspersen (LMU Munich)
Enhancing Corporate Transparency: The Influence of Information Mandates on Disclosures in Property-Liability Insurers’ MD&As
Jian Zhang (Le Moyne College) and Martin F. Grace (University of Iowa)
Pricing Government Contract Risk Premia: Evidence from the 2025 Federal Lease Terminations
Soon Hyeok Choi (Rochester Institute of Technology) and Cameron LaPoint (Yale)
Unrealized Trading Gains: An Accounting-Based Explanation of Market Inelasticity
Chuck Fang (Drexel University)
Please note that attendance at this symposium is by invitation only. In addition to presenters, co-authors of presented papers, discussants and FSU faculty, additional invitations may be extended at the discretion of the conference organizers.
For questions about the symposium, contact us at RMI-ResearchSymposium@business.fsu.edu.
View conference programs from prior years below:
