Alexander Braun

Natural Catastrophe Risk

Insurance-Linked Securities

Climate Risk

Sustainable Insurance

Digital Insurance Transformation

InsurTech

• 2000: Abitur at Immanuel-Kant-Gymnasium, Tuttlingen, Germany
• 2001-2003: Undergrad. Studies, University of Mannheim, Germany 
• 2004: Study Abroad Program, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia 
• 2003-2007: Studies in Business Administration (Dipl.-Kfm.), University of Mannheim, Germany (Majors: Banking & Finance, International Management, Marketing; Thesis: Regulatory Capital Arbitrage Under Basel II, supervision by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bühler)
• 2010: ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Research Methods, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (Advanced Regression, Time Series Analysis)
• 2009-2011: PhD in Finance, University of St. Gallen (Thesis: Essays on Insurance-Linked Capital Market Instruments, Solvency Measurement, and Insurance Pricing, supervision by Prof. Dr. Hato Schmeiser and Prof. Dr. Manuel Ammann)
• 2012: Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex, Colchester, UK (Panel Data Analysis, Logit and Probit Models)
• 2013: Summer School in Empirical Research Methods (SSERM), University of St. Gallen (Bayesian Estimation and Inference)
• 2011-2016: Habilitation at the University of St. Gallen (Thesis: Essays on Insurance-Linked Securities, Financial Regulation and Consumer Preferences)
• 2016: Venia Legendi in Business Administration (with special emphasis on Risk Management)  

• Bachelor's and Master's Theses 
• Risk Management (MBF, MAccFin)
• Insurance-Linked Securities (MBF)
• Reinsurance (Executive Education)
• Insurance-Linked Securities Workshop (Executive Education) 
  
• Asset Management (Executive Education)
• InsuranceTech Workshop (Executive Education)
• Current Topics in Nonlife Insurance (Executive Education)
• Current Topics in Life Insurance (Executive Education)
• Changing Customer Behavior (Executive Education)
• Introduction to Finance (Executive Education)

• American Risk & Insurance Association (ARIA)
• Western Risk and Insurance Association (WRIA)
• European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (EGRIE)
• Deutscher Verein für Versicherungswissenschaft (DVfVW)

• 05/2010: 9th GOR Workshop "Financial Markets and Institutions", St. Gallen
  
• 12/2010: Research Seminar Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
  
• 06/2011: 20th International AFIR Colloquium, Madrid, Spain
• 09/2011: 10th Swiss Re Private Equity Forum, Rüschlikon
• 01/2012: 46th WRIA Annual Meeting, Kailua-Kona, USA
• 03/2012: DVfVW Annual Meeting, Hannover, Germany
• 03/2012: 15th SGF Conference, Zurich
• 04/2012: 5th MAF Conference, Venice, Italy
• 01/2013: 47th WRIA Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, USA
• 03/2013: DVfVW Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany
• 04/2013: 16th SGF Conference, Zurich
• 07/2013: 17th APRIA Conference, New York, USA
• 08/2013: Annual Meeting of ARIA, Washington D.C., USA
• 09/2013: 40th EGRIE Seminar, Paris, France
• 10/2013: 5th RISK Workshop, San Agustín, Spain
• 01/2014: 48th WRIA Annual Meeting, Napa, USA
• 01/2014: I.VW Future Talk on Insurance-Linked Securities, Rüschlikon
• 03/2014: DVfVW Annual Meeting, Stuttgart, Germany
• 06/2014: 5th Anniversary Symposium of ELSA, London, UK
• 07/2014: 18th APRIA Conference, Moscow, Russia
• 08/2014: Annual Meeting of ARIA, Seattle, USA
• 09/2014: 41st EGRIE Seminar, St. Gallen
• 09/2014: BVZL/ELSA International Life Settlement Conference, Munich, Germany
• 10/2014: CSIR Research Seminar, New York, USA
• 12/2014: 21st Annual Meeting of DGF, Karlsruhe, Germany
• 01/2015: AA-Partners Life Settlements Roundtable, Zurich
• 02/2015: ILS Seminar, Financial Market Authority Liechtenstein, Vaduz
• 03/2015: DVfVW Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany 
• 04/2015: ELSA Spring Symposium, London, UK
• 05/2015: I.VW Future Talk on Insurance Pricing, Basel 
• 06/2015: Research Seminar University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
• 06/2015: Standard Life Campus Days 2015: The Way Forward, Munich, Germany
• 08/2015: World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress (WRIEC), Munich, Germany
• 10/2015: ELSA/BVZL Investor Summit, London, UK
• 01/2016: 50th WRIA Annual Meeting, Wailea, USA 
• 01/2016: AA-Partners Life Settlements Roundtable, Zurich 
• 03/2016: DVfVW Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria
• 04/2016: 19th SGF Conference, Zurich
• 06/2016: Funk RMCE Arbeitskreis Automobilzulieferer, Friedrichshafen, Germany
• 08/2016: Annual Meeting of ARIA, Boston, USA  
• 09/2016: HSG Freshers' Week, St. Gallen, Switzerland
• 09/2016: 43rd EGRIE Seminar, Limassol, Cyprus 
• 09/2016: BVZL/ELSA International Life Settlement Conference, Munich, Germany 
• 10/2016: Swiss Re Asia Executive Dialogue, Zurich
• 10/2016: SVV Tag der Versicherungswirtschaft (Swiss Insurance Association), Zurich
• 01/2017: Life Settlements Seminar, Financial Market Authority Liechtenstein, Vaduz  
• 01/2017: AA-Partners Life Settlements Roundtable, Zurich
• 03/2017: DVfVW Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany
• 03/2017: London School of Economics (LSE) Political Risk Symposium, London, UK  
• 03/2017: START Summit 2017, St. Gallen
• 03/2017: Hamburger Risikomanagement-Forum, Hamburg, Germany
• 05/2017: I.VW Future Talk on InsurTech, Rüschlikon
• 06/2017: Research Seminar University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany 
• 07/2017: Swiss Re Africa Executive Dialogue
• 08/2017: Annual Meeting of ARIA, Toronto, Canada 
• 09/2017: HSG Freshers' Week, St. Gallen, Switzerland
• 09/2017: Swiss Re Asia Executive Dialogue, Rüschlikon
• 10/2017: Innovation Award of the Swiss Insurance Industry
• 11/2017: Bernstein Research Investor Call
• 03/2018: START Summit 2018, St. Gallen
• 06/2018: I.VW Future Talk on InsurTech, Schlieren
• 07/2018: Swiss Re Africa Executive Dialogue,
• 08/2018: Annual Meeting of ARIA, Chicago, USA
  
• 09/2018: Swiss Re Asia Executive Dialogue, Rüschlikon 
• 10/2018: International FinTech, InsurTech & Blockchain Forum 
• 11/2018: Innovation Award of the Swiss Insurance Industry
• 11/2018: I.VW Future Talk on Blockchain, Zug
• 02/2019: ASTIN Workshop on Cyber Risk, Zurich
• 03/2019: START Summit 2019, St. Gallen
• 03/2019: I.VW Future Value Partner and Alumni Meeting, Zurich
• 05/2019: Research Seminar University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 05/2019: HSG Robotic Law Day, St. Gallen
• 05/2019: HSG Spotlight Webinar Series, St. Gallen
• 05/2019: HSG Alumni Blockchain Club Event, Zurich
• 06/2019: HSG Diploma Program Insurance Management, St. Gallen
• 06/2019: RISK and the Insurance Business in History, Seville, Spain
• 06/2019: I.VW Future Talk on Artificial Intelligence, Zurich
• 07/2019: Swiss Re P&C Executive Dialogue
• 08/2019: Annual Meeting of ARIA, San Francisco, USA
• 09/2019: Robert A. Hedges Seminar Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
• 10/2019: Brownbag Seminar Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
• 10/2019: Research Seminar Wharton Risk Center, Philadelphia, USA
• 11/2019: Research Seminar University of Georgia, Athens, USA
• 12/2019: The Role of Insurance in Coastal Adaptation, The Wharton School, Philadelphia, USA 
• 12/2019: Cyber Risk Workshop Penn Law, Philadelphia, USA

Referee Activities:
 

• American Risk & Insurance Association (ARIA) 
• Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance (APJRI)  
• ASTIN Bulletin - The Journal of the International Actuarial Association 
• AXA Research Fund
• European Actuarial Journal (EUAJ)
• European Journal of Finance (EJF)
• European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR)
• Finance Research Letters (FRL) 
• Financial Innovation (FINI) 
• Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice (GPP) 
• Geneva Risk and Insurance Review (GRIR)
• German Insurance Science Association (DVfVW) 
• IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
• Insurance: Mathematics and Economics (IME) 
• International Journal of Finance and Economics (IJFE)
• International Journal of Financial Studies (IJFS)
• International Journal of Health Policy and Management (IJHPM)
• International Journal of Services and Operations Management (IJSOM) 
• International Review of Economics and Finance (IREF)
• Journal of Banking and Finance (JBF)
• Journal of Business Economics (JBEC)   
• Journal of Computational Science (JOCS) 
• Journal of Derivatives (JoD)
• Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (JEBO)
• Journal of Insurance Regulation (JIR)
• Journal of Marketing Management (JMM)  
• Journal of Mathematical Finance (JMF) 
• Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (JMCB)
• Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity (JOITMC) 
• Journal of Risk (JOR) 
• Journal of Risk and Financial Management (JRFM) 
• Journal of Risk and Insurance (JRI) 
• Journal of Risk Finance (JRF)
• Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment (JSFI) 
• Management Science (MS) 
• North American Actuarial Journal (NAAJ)
• Risk Management and Insurance Review (RMIR)
• Risks - An Open-Access Journal from MDPI 
• Scandinavian Actuarial Journal (SACT)  
• Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung (zfbf)
• Sustainability - An Open-Access Journal from MDPI
• Swiss Society for Financial Market Research (SGF) 
• Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy
• Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft (ZVersWiss)  

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Third Party Funding:

• 2020-2022: German Insurance Science Association (DVfVW) - Grant for the research project,“COVID-19 Losses in the Insurance Industry and Beyond” (with M. Eling) 
• 2020: Innosuisse - Grant #40370.1 INNO-ICT for the applied research project "Automation of Cyber Risk Insurance Claims Payments" (with Martin Eling)
• 2018-2021: Swiss National Science Foundation - Grant #179003 for the fundamental research project "Understanding Valuation and Risk Premiums in the Markets for Insurance-Linked Securities"
• 2018: Dr.-Hans-Kessler Fund (St. Gallen) - Grant for the applied research project "Run-Off in der Lebensversicherung: Eine Einführung" (with Jovan Bogdanovic)
• 2016-2017: Funk Foundation (Hamburg) - Grant for the applied research project "Handbook of Political Risk Insurance" (with Marius Fischer)
• 2015-2016: HSG Research Fund - Postdoctoral Grant for the fundamental research project "Insurance-Linked Securities, Risk-Adjusted Performance Measurement, and Behavioral Insurance"
• 2015: Dr.-Hans-Kessler Fund (St. Gallen)- Grant for the fundamental research project: "Consumption-Based Asset Pricing in Insurance Markets: Yet Another Puzzle?" (with Daliana Luca and Hato Schmeiser)
• 2012-2014: Swiss National Science Foundation - Grant #144549 for the fundamental research project "Implicit Constraints, Incentives, and Systemic Risk Imposed by New Standards for Insurance Regulation" (with Martin Eling, Nadine Gatzert and Hato Schmeiser)
• 2012-2013: HSG Research Fund - Postdoctoral Grant for the fundamental research project "Catastrophe Bonds, Solvency Regulation, and the Asset Management of Insurance Companies"
• 2010-2012: Swiss National Science Foundation - Grant #129901 for the fundamental research project "Regulation in the Financial Services Industry After the Crisis" (with Martin Eling, Przemyslaw Rymaszewski and Hato Schmeiser)
• 2010: Dr.-Hans-Kessler Fund (St. Gallen) - Grant for the fundamental research project: "Stock vs. Mutual Insurers: Who Should and Who Does Charge More?" (with Przemyslaw Rymaszewski and Hato Schmeiser)
• 2010: Swiss National Fund Science Foundation - Academic Exchange Grant for the ICPSR Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research at the University of Michigan