Leading experts will present the latest and most compelling ideas in insurance during a series of online presentations sponsored by the Insurance Law Center at the University of Connecticut School of Law.<\/p>\n
The 2022 New Ideas in Insurance series will begin on Jan. 20 with a lecture by Hannah Farber of Columbia University about how insurance shaped the founding of the United States. The weekly series will continue on Thursdays from 4 to 5 p.m. through April with presentations by scholars, lawyers and industry experts.<\/p>\n
A session on Race and Insurance will be held March 31, featuring Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew Mais, Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman, and My Chi To, executive deputy superintendent of insurance for the New York State Department of Financial Services. Other topics will include ransomware insurance, firearm safety, third party moral hazard, adverse selection and the transfer of financial risk from government and businesses onto individual households.<\/p>\n
\u201dWe\u2019re really thrilled with the intellectually diverse lineup of scholars and practitioners that will be presenting this year,\u201d said Travis Pantin, director of the Insurance Law Center. \u201cThis is the second year that we\u2019re doing this, and we\u2019ve learned that organizing fully remote workshops is a great way to bring together the geographically dispersed community of insurance law scholars and practitioners. Our goal is to make this the place that insurance law nerds gather to discuss the most interesting academic ideas circulating today.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to this series, which promises to be very informative and thought-provoking,\u201d Dean Eboni S. Nelson said. \u201cI applaud Insurance Law Center Director Travis Pantin for building upon the excellence of the center by assembling such a stellar roster of participants who will present on timely and interesting topics.\u201d<\/p>\n