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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC. |
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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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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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Discussant:
JEFFREY BROWN, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER |
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10:00
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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. 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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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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PHIL
EDMUNDSON, William Gallagher Associates |
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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: 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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2/9/05 |
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