UA Grad named CEO of Albuquerque hospital
Troy Greer has been named chief executive officer of the Lovelace Westside Hospital. Read More
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Majestic Insurance Appoints UA Grad New Senior Vice President
James C. Kilduff, a 1981 graduate of the Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been named senior vice president of underwriting at Majestic Insurance Co., the U.S.-based primary insurance subsidiary of CRM Holdings, Ltd. Read More
Economics grad wins prestigious Ernst Meyer Prize in risk management
Wenan Fei, who received his doctoral degree in economics in May from The University of Alabama, has been awarded the highly prestigious 2007 Ernst Meyer Prize by the Geneva Association for the best dissertation in the area of risk management and insurance.
“This is a world-wide competition,” said Dr. Harris Schlesinger, UA professor of finance and Frank Park Samford Chair of Insurance. “Past winners include, among many others, Christian Gollier, professor of economics at the University of Toulouse, and Amy Finkelstein, associate professor of economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,who was recently profiled by BusinessWeek because for her work in healthcare economics.”
Schlesinger, who nominated Fei for the award, said Fei will share the prize as co-winner for 2007.
“I think this is quite an honor and it also speaks very well for the University, Schlesinger said. “His dissertation, ‘Secondary Risks in Insurance Markets,’ was one of the best I had directed since arriving at UA in 1987.
The prize is presented for research work, usually in the form of a doctoral thesis, which makes a significant and original contribution to the study of risk and insurance economics.
The Geneva Association was established to promote economic research in the sector of risk and insurance.
UA marketing Ph.D. named new dean at Mississippi State
Lynne Richardson, who received her Ph.D. in marketing from The University of Alabama in 1989, is the new dean of Mississippi State’s College of Business and Industry. Read More
Culverhouse grad named VP, controller at Coke
The Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company yesterday has elected Harry Anderson, a 1983 graduate of The University of Alabama, as vice president and controller of the Company.
Majestic Insurance Appoints UA Grad New Senior Vice President
James C. Kilduff, a 1981 graduate of the Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been named senior vice president of underwriting at Majestic Insurance Co., the U.S.-based primary insurance subsidiary of CRM Holdings, Ltd. Read More
Economics grad wins prestigious Ernst Meyer Prize in risk management
Wenan Fei, who received his doctoral degree in economics in May from The University of Alabama, has been awarded the highly prestigious 2007 Ernst Meyer Prize by the Geneva Association for the best dissertation in the area of risk management and insurance.
“This is a world-wide competition,” said Dr. Harris Schlesinger, UA professor of finance and Frank Park Samford Chair of Insurance. “Past winners include, among many others, Christian Gollier, professor of economics at the University of Toulouse, and Amy Finkelstein, associate professor of economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,who was recently profiled by BusinessWeek because for her work in healthcare economics.”
Schlesinger, who nominated Fei for the award, said Fei will share the prize as co-winner for 2007.
“I think this is quite an honor and it also speaks very well for the University, Schlesinger said. “His dissertation, ‘Secondary Risks in Insurance Markets,’ was one of the best I had directed since arriving at UA in 1987.
The prize is presented for research work, usually in the form of a doctoral thesis, which makes a significant and original contribution to the study of risk and insurance economics.
The Geneva Association was established to promote economic research in the sector of risk and insurance.
UA marketing Ph.D. named new dean at Mississippi State
Lynne Richardson, who received her Ph.D. in marketing from The University of Alabama in 1989, is the new dean of Mississippi State’s College of Business and Industry. Read More
Culverhouse grad named VP, controller at Coke
The Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company yesterday has elected Harry Anderson, a 1983 graduate of The University of Alabama, as vice president and controller of the Company.