The 2026 Risk Theory Society Annual Seminar will be held at Florida State University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Business in its newly opened, state-of-the-art Herbert Wertheim Center for Business Excellence on April 24–26.
The Risk Theory Society, originally founded in August 1963 as the Risk Theory Seminar, is a self-administered organization within the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA), whose purpose is to foster research into topics in risk theory and risk management. The Society accomplishes its mission by hosting an annual meeting where papers distributed to members before the meeting are presented and critically discussed in an extended format.
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*Deadline to register for the seminar is April 10.
HERBERT WERTHEIM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Herbert Wertheim Center for Business Excellence
402 W. Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Agenda
Friday, April 24, 2026 |
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| WELCOME RECEPTION (Sasser Commons) | |
| 5:00 – 6:00 PM | Informal Reception and Refreshments |
| PAPER PRESENTATIONS (Cash Lecture Hall – G600) | |
| 6:00 – 7:15 PM | “The Source of Nonprofit Risk Aversion: Theory and Evidence from Hospitals” Meghan I. Esson (University of Iowa), Jingshu Luo (University of Mississippi) and Cameron M. Ellis (University of Iowa) |
| 7:25 – 8:40 PM | “Health Insurance and Entrepreneurship Lock” Ziyang Jia (University of Iowa) |
Saturday, April 25, 2026 |
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| 7:00 – 8:30 AM | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Brian & Renee Murphy Forum – G500) |
| PAPER PRESENTATIONS (Cash Lecture Hall) | |
| 8:30 – 9:45 AM |
“Homeowners Insurance and Housing Prices” Evan M. Eastman (Florida State University), Kyeonghee Kim (Florida State University), and Tingyu Zhou (Florida State University) |
| 9:50 – 11:05 AM |
“When Insurance Markets Fail: Catastrophe-Risk Frictions and Public Reinsurance” Adam Solomon (NYU) |
| 11:05 – 11:20 AM |
Refreshment Break (Brian & Renee Murphy Forum) |
| PAPER PRESENTATIONS (Cash Lecture Hall) | |
| 11:20 AM – 12:35 PM |
“Economics of Property Insurance” Hyeyoon Jung (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) and Jaehoon (Kyle) Jung (NYU) |
| 12:35 – 1:35 PM |
Lunch (Brian & Renee Murphy Forum) |
| PAPER PRESENTATIONS (Cash Lecture Hall) | |
| 1:45 – 3:00 PM |
“Regulating Inaction: The Case of Price Walking” Jamie Coen (Imperial College London), Alessandro Gavazza (LSE), Daniel Gottlieb (LSE) and Tarun Ramadorai (LSE) |
| 3:00 – 3:15 PM | Refreshment Break (Brian & Renee Murphy Forum) |
| PAPER PRESENTATIONS (Cash Lecture Hall) | |
| 3:15 – 4:30 PM |
“Experience Rating and Moral Hazard in Insurance Markets” Honglin Li (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Hao Zheng (University of International Business and Economics) |
| 4:30 – 5:30 PM | Annual Business Meeting |
| 6:00 PM | DINNER (The Edison Restaurant, 470 Suwannee Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301) |
Sunday, April 26, 2026 |
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| 7:30 – 8:30 AM | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Brian & Renee Murphy Forum) |
| PAPER PRESENTATIONS (Cash Lecture Hall) | |
| 8:30 – 9:45 AM |
“Optimal Privacy with Coarse Labels in Screening Markets” Niklas Haeusle (Leipzig University), Daniel Quigley (University of Oxford), Casey Rothschild (Wellesley College), Yanwei Sun (Imperial College London) and Andre Veiga (Imperial College London) |
| 9:50 – 11:05 AM | “Benchmark-Based Stochastic Dominance” Rachel Huang (National Central University), Larry Tzeng (National Taiwan University) and Lin Zhao (Southwestern University of Economics and Finance) |
Papers
To review the nine papers for this seminar, please visit the Risk Theory Society webpage.
Room Blocks
Room blocks have been reserved for the meeting dates of April 24–26, 2026 at the following hotels until their respective deadlines:
Hyatt House Tallahassee Capitol–University
Booking link: Risk Theory Society | Hyatt House Tallahassee Capitol–University
Booking deadline: April 11, 2026
Hampton Inn & Suites Tallahassee Capitol–University
Booking link: Risk Theory Society | Hampton Inn & Suites Tallahassee Capitol–University
Booking deadline: April 10, 2026
