IRMAS PROFESSOR SELECTED AS HUEBNER PANELIST Dr. George Zanjani, Frank Park Samford Chairholder in Insurance, was selected as a panelist for the 2018 S.S. Huebner Foundation Doctoral Colloquium. This selection is a real honor and credits Zanjani as a prominent researcher in his field of economics. The Huebner Doctoral Colloquium supports four outstanding Ph.D. candidates nationally and internationally with scholarship in the areas of risk and insurance. The colloquium will be held on Sunday, August 5, 2018, in Chicago, in conjunction with the American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Meeting. Other panelists include Michael Hoy from the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, and Casey Rothschild of Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
IIS NAMES BICKLEY AND HALL OF FAME LAUREATES The International Insurance Society recently announced Shuzo Sumi, Chairman of the Board of Tokio Marine Holdings, as the 2018 Insurance Hall of Fame Laureate. IIS has also named Dr. Andrew Kuper, Founder and CEO of LeapFrog Investments, as the 2018 John S. Bickley Founder's Award recipient. These Awards – the Insurance Hall of Fame and the John S. Bickley Founder’s Award – are presented annually in conjunction with the IIS Global Insurance Forum.