Christian Biener
Christian Biener
Prof. Dr.
Ständiger Gast
I.VW-HSG
Tannenstrasse 19
9000 St Gallen
Tannenstrasse 19
9000 St Gallen
Publikationen
Forschungsgebiete
Psychology and economics
Decision-making under risk and uncertainty
Normative and behavioral insurance economics
Health Insurance
Inclusive insurance
Weitere Forschungsgebiete
Behavioral implications of technology
Lehraktivitäten
Current:
- Decision Making under Risk and Uncertainty (MA, University of St.Gallen)
- History of Finance (MA, University of St.Gallen)
- Impact and Welfare Consequences of Insurance (MA, University of St.Gallen)
- Topics in Behavioral and Experimental Research (PhD, University of St.Gallen)
- Psychology of Risk (BC, University of St.Gallen)
- CAS Customer and Sales Excellence in Insurance (executive, academic director)
- St.Galler AssekuranzForum (executive, University of St.Gallen, academic director)
- DAS Insurance Management (executive, University of St.Gallen, module lead)
- Executive Master HSG Insurance and Financial Services (executive, University of St.Gallen)
- CAS Management for the Legal Profession (executive, University of St.Gallen)
- Various inhouse executive programs (executive, University of St.Gallen)
Past:
- Experimental Research in Risk and Insurance (PhD, University of St.Gallen), guest lecturer
- Value Based Management in Insurance (MA, University of St.Gallen)
- Vulnerability of Financial Systems (MA, University of St.Gallen), guest lecturer
Projekte
Basic research projects:
- Insuring Health: Individual Decision-Making and Insurer Competition (funded by Swiss National Science Foundation)
- The Role of the Intestinal Microbiome in Explaining Economic Preferences (funded by Swiss National Science Foundation)
- Identifying Risk and Ambiguity Preferences Free from Context (funded by Swiss National Science Foundation)
- Identifying Risk and Ambiguity Preferences Free from Context (funded by University of St. Gallen Research Fund)
- Experimental Studies in Microinsurance Markets (funded by Swiss National Science Foundation)
- Driving Growth: The Role of Insurance in Poverty Reduction and the Impact of Regulation on Insurance Market Development (funded by Swiss National Science Foundation)
- Microinsurance and Efficiency in the Insurance Industry (funded by German Research Foundation)
- Risky Choice in a Non-WEIRD Sample: A Model Comparison Study
- Risk Premium Project (funded by Casualty Actuarial Society)
- Productivity and Efficiency in the Swiss Insurance Industry (funded by University of St. Gallen Research Fund)
Practice-based projects:
- The Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health utilization, commissioned for Santésuisse
- «Skills der Zukunft» für die Assekuranz, commissioned for Swiss Insurance Association (SIA)
- Heterogeneity in Behavioral Biases - A Review of the Literature (for Swiss Re)
- An Earth obseRvation Model based ricE smart information Service (ERMES) (within European Union FP7)
- Strategic Outcome Monitoring Concept for the RIICE Programme (for Allianz Re, SDC, and GIZ)
- Cyber Risk: Risikomanagement und Versicherbarkeit (for Kessler & Co. AG)
- Generationensolidarität in der Krankenversicherung: Die Auswirkungen der demografischen Entwicklung auf die Krankenversicherung in der Schweiz (for Swiss Insurance Association)
- Der Generationenvertrag in Gefahr: Eine Analyse der Transfers von Jung nach Alt in der Schweiz (for Swiss Insurance Association)
Auszeichnungen
- 2016 Inclusion in 40-Years Anniversary Collection of most relevant publications in the Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance (paper: Insurability in Microinsurance Markets: An Analysis of Problems and Potential Solutions, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, 37(1): 77–107).
- 2014 Shin Research Excellence Award, awarded by the Geneva Association and the International Insurance Society (IIS) for “Insurability of Cyber Risk: An Empirical Analysis” (with Martin Eling and Jan Wirfs)
- 2012 Dissertation Award, awarded by University of Ulm Society (UUG)
for “Essays on Microinsurance: Efficiency, Insurability, and Pricing”
Weitere Informationen
Referee activity:
- European Journal of Finance
- European Journal of Law and Economics
- European Journal of Operational Research
- Experimental Economics
- Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance
- Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
- Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
- Journal of the Economics of Ageing
- Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
- Journal of the European Economic Association
- Journal of Insurance Issues
- Journal of Public Economics
- Journal of Risk and Insurance
- Risk Management and Insurance Review
- Transactions on Internet Technology
Program committees:
- World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress (WRIEC)
- Annual Conference of the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research
Third-party funding:
- 2023-2026: Insuring Health: Individual Decision-Making and Insurer Competition, fundamental research project funding of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
- 2022: Social Norms and Insurance Fraud, fundamental research project funding of the University of St. Gallen Research Fund (GFF)
- 2019-2023: Identifying Risk and Ambiguity Preferences Free from Context, fundamental research project funding of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), with Thomas Epper
- 2018: Identifying Risk and Ambiguity Preferences Free from Context, fundamental research project funding of the University of St. Gallen Research Fund (GFF), with Thomas Epper
- 2015: Driving Growth: The Role of Insurance in Poverty Reduction and the Impact of Regulation on Insurance Market Development, scholarship for research visit funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
- 2012-2015: Experimental Studies in Microinsurance Markets, fundamental research project funding of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), with Martin Eling
- 2012-2013: Productivity and Efficiency in the Swiss Insurance Industry, fundamental research project funding of the University of St. Gallen Research Fund (GFF), with Martin Eling