Insurance Market Regulation - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

Commission, chaired by Brooksley Born, issued a "Concept Release" inviting public comment on the relevance and appropriateness of existing regulation of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market, a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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... View Details

Keywords: Finance

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

Be that as it may, Christensen asserts, market forces will prevail. "If high-quality, more cost-effective patient care is the ultimate goal," Christensen concludes, "medical schools, practitioners, hospitals, and View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

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Annual Cost of Attendance | MBA

for the 2025–2026 Academic Year 9-Month Total Cost Single Tuition $78,700 Course & Program Materials Fee $2,800 HUHS Student Health Fee (SHF) $1,800 Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) $4,308 HUSHP for Student Spouses/Dependents $0... View Details

29 Apr 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks

charging people egregious amounts for insurance that they didn't necessarily need," she says. "They were placing insurance at five times the cost they told regulators... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

01 Jun 2002
News

Books

While Enron made the headlines, Mills says, these other actors were culpable as well. The title of Mills' book derives from a comment made by former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt regarding the actions of teenager Jonathan Lebed who broke federal View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

11 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 11

United States, expanding coverage and regulating insurers. However, it was not clear that expanding coverage would resolve a longstanding dilemma of rising costs for insurance and care. As the Department of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco - Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience - Blog - Business & Environment

He discussed the growing fragility of the insurance market in the face of worsening climate events and called attention to the increasing number of U.S. regions becoming "uninsurable." Jones advocated for... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

An Economy Undermined

anger, and shifting ideologies. Then, in 1982, the bull market in stocks began. It changed the way companies were managed. CEOs focused on getting the stock price up. There was a takeover movement, then junk bonds, and then leveraged... View Details

Keywords: Jeff Madrick; Finance

09 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices

The widespread use of pricing algorithms is reshaping the nature of competition in online markets and potentially driving up the prices of retail goods, according to recent research. These automated, price-adjusting software programs may... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

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Previous Year | MBA

Previous Year Cost of Attendance Incoming Class Cost of Attendance 2024–2025 MBA Student Budget Class 2025 (EC) and Class of 2026 (RC) - 9 Months 9-Month Total Cost Single Tuition $76,410 Course & Program Materials Fee $2,650 HUHS Student Health Fee (SHF) $1,592... View Details

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

ensure that the excesses of the 2000s aren't repeated. "Shadow banks"—the non-bank entities such as money market funds, hedge funds, and insurance companies that provide banking-like services—still... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

22 Apr 2020
Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

by the time the bond matures, suggesting greater economic vulnerability of this region. “This was our first indication that we were on to something, that the capital markets had not paid attention to this yet,” Cromwell said. Heeding the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

04 Dec 2000
What Do You Think?

Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?

the California power industry, for example, she questioned the deregulation of wholesale markets first. Second, in response to consumer confusion, an anonymous respondent suggested that government could play a role in View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Career Coach

Jing Lin Lee

clear recruiting roadmap from personal branding, networking, resume building, to preparing for interviews and negotiating / deciding between offers. Jing Lin’s industry experience spans across management consulting, tech, and financial services. She is experienced in... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets

28 Aug 2014
Op-Ed

Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit

regulators and bank examiners are inconsistent, which leads to confusion and an aversion to taking on more risk from bankers. During the most difficult part of the crisis, the Federal Deposit Insurance... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking

22 May 2020
In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

employer-based insurance will return Amitabh Chandra: More demand for insurance exchanges Recessions and pandemics create job losses that highlight the problems of tying health View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

Harold J. Hudson, Jr.

Hudson, as CEO of General Reinsurance, led the company in retaining its position as the largest distributor of wholesale insurance to the overall insurance industry. During his tenure, General Reinsurance... View Details