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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
Children’s Health Insurance Program [SCHIP] that was rolled out in 1997. Its goal was to insure children who were not covered by private insurance, but whose family income disqualified them from Medicaid.... View Details
Peter B. Lewis
a market segment that was considered uninsurable. By marketing to high risk drivers, Lewis was able to separate his company from others, and in so doing, he was able to charge higher premiums. Lewis invested heavily in technology to... View Details
Keywords: Finance
George J. Mecherle
differential rates, Mecherle started his own firm, State Farm Insurance and began a career that would revolutionize the insurance business – introducing low risk rates, safe... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 17 Jun 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco - Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience
systemic resilience. Panelist Dave Jones (JD/MPP ’88), Director of the Climate Risk Initiative at UC Berkeley School of Law, brought extensive experience in public service and regulatory leadership, having served two terms as California’s... View Details
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Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco - Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience - Blog - Business & Environment
intersection of risk, equity, and systemic resilience. Panelist Dave Jones (JD/MPP ’88) , Director of the Climate Risk Initiative at UC Berkeley School of Law, brought extensive experience in public service and regulatory leadership,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Terrorism, Insurance, and Uncle Sam
In the wake of the September 11 attacks, business in general and the insurance industry in particular are examining ways to manage the high cost of insurance against acts of terrorism. Appearing before the... View Details
- Career Coach
Gail Chang
Gail wants to help students who are interested in the following industries: investment banking, private equity, insurance, corporate finance, risk management and pricing. Prior to her MBA, Gail worked in the corporate finance division of... View Details
- 28 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation
deviate from commonly accepted treatments. By that line of thought, medical malpractice lawsuits would put a damper on innovation, and tort reform laws that limit exposure would spur it. But, there is another potential effect. “When... View Details
- May 2021 (Revised June 2021)
- Supplement
'GEnron'? Markopolos versus General Electric (B)
By: Jonas Heese and David Lane
Supplement to the (A) case that offers an assessment of the August 2019 Markopolos report on General Electric. View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Communication; Energy; Financial Condition; Insurance; Performance; Planning; Business and Shareholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Value; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry
Heese, Jonas, and David Lane. "'GEnron'? Markopolos versus General Electric (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 121-033, May 2021. (Revised June 2021.)
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
China Harvard Business School Case 209-021 The Chubb Corporation, headquartered in the U.S., was the holding company for a number of property and casualty insurance companies which operated in 29 countries. In 1979, the Chinese... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Books
prisons, and garbage collection among them — has been attempted, When All Else Fails argues that government has been and will inevitably continue to be the nation's ultimate risk manager and insurer of last... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger
care system into a consumer-driven model. What, in a nutshell, are the advantages to your proposal? And the risks? Herzlinger: The pros of consumer-driven health care: Unlike today's cookie-cutter insurance policies, under consumer-driven... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
risks of business ownership and relaxing credit constraints," Olds writes in the 2014 paper "Entrepreneurship and Public Health Insurance." Studying The Social Safety Net Olds grew up on Medicaid, a Federal health View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
help improve saving and financial decision-making, but much more can be done to improve the effectiveness of these programs. Download the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13824 Contract Rights and Risk Aversion:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
systemic risks need more oversight and management, the minority response strongly rejects the majority’s call for identifying systemically risky institutions and subjecting them to new capital and liquidity requirements and View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: A Fair Share
was extremely challenging. Nobody wanted to take a risk on this. But since then I’ve had a lot of dialogue with insurers that are looking at the sharing economy as an opportunity—some out of necessity.... View Details
- Profile
Aaron Chadbourne
explains. "So much was involved in every transaction. When things stalled, it was usually because we were waiting for lawyers. It made me think about the framework for business. The law surrounds so much of what we do, yet so many of us are unaware of its broader... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
Falato, Antonio, and David Scharfstein Abstract—We present evidence that pressure to maximize short-term stock prices and earnings leads banks to increase risk. We start by showing that banks increase risk when they transition from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Lucasz S. Babiarz
down the road will improve therapies." Exposure to a broad range of clinical and business models At Johns Hopkins, Lukasz had double-majored in neuroscience and economics. The move to the HBS MD/MBA "just made sense," he... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
the service. But that’s not going to happen because the largest investors in bonds — banks, insurance companies, and mutual funds — aren’t willing to pay because they think they do a much better job than the rating agencies. What I... View Details