Insurance Working Group Meeting

Benjamin R. Handel and Motohiro Yogo, Organizers

May 17, 2024

FORMAT: 25 min presentation, 20 min discussant, 15 min audience.

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, May 17
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Judson Boomhower, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Meredith Fowlie, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jacob Gellman, University of Alaska Anchorage
Andrew Plantinga, University of California, Santa Barbara

How Are Insurance Markets Adapting to Climate Change? Risk Selection and Regulation in the Market for Homeowners Insurance
Discussant: Benjamin L. Collier, Temple University
Break
9:40 am
Parinitha R. Sastry, Columbia University
Ishita Sen, Harvard University
Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva, Federal Reserve Board

When Insurers Exit: Climate Losses, Fragile Insurers, and Mortgage Markets
Discussant: Shan Ge, New York University
Break
10:50 am
Derek T. Wenning, Princeton University

Equal Prices, Unequal Access: The Effects of National Pricing in the US Life Insurance Industry
Discussant: Naoki Aizawa, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER
Lunch - Muse B
12:50 pm
Anran Li, Northwestern University

Commitment, Competition, and Preventive Care Provision
Discussant: Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Break
2:00 pm
Eduardo M. Azevedo, University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan P. Beauchamp, George Mason University
Karlsson Linner, Leiden University

Genetic Prediction and Adverse Selection
Discussant: Patrick Turley, University of Southern California
Break
3:10 pm
Martin Eling, University of St. Gallen
Anastasia Kartasheva, University of St. Gallen
Dingchen Ning, University of St. Gallen

The Supply of Cyber Risk Insurance
Discussant: Martin Boyer, HEC Montréal
Adjourn