Dr. Yayuan Ren
Associate Professor
Finance, Insurance and Law
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SFHB State Farm Hall of Business 418
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Biography
Dr. Ren's research interests include insurance company operations, corporate risk management, and corporate governance. Her research has published in Journal of Risk and Insurance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, and Journal of Insurance Issue, etc.
Current Courses
355.001Insurance Company Operations
250.006Introduction to Risk Management in Business
354.001Risk Management
354.002Risk Management
Teaching Interests & Areas
Risk Management and Insurance, Insurance Company Operation, Life Insurance.
Research Interests & Areas
Insurance company operations, corporate risk management, corporate governance, and insurance regulation.
PhD Risk Management & Insurance
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
MA Finance
Peking University
Beijing, China
BA Economics
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
FIL Department Outstanding Researcher
Illinois State University
2012
Educating Illinois In Action Award
Illinois State University
2009
Conference Proceeding
Ren, Y. Institutional Ownership and Earnings Management: Evidence from U.S. Property-Casualty Insurance Companies. no. Conference Proceedings of 2024 China International Conference on Insurance and Risk Management (CICIRM 2024) (2024)
Ren, Y. An Examination of Herding Behavior in Insurer Underwriting. China International Conference on Insurance and Risk Management (2016)
Ma, Y., & Ren, Y. Is Catering Rewarded?: Evidence from the Insurance Industry. World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress (2015)
Ren, Y. Herding and Rationality of Insurance Pricing. Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA) (2012)
Ren, Y. Rationality of Insurance Pricing: Do Insurers Herd?. International Conference on Risk Management and Insurance (2012)
Journal Article
Yu Luen Ma, Yayuan Ren, 2023, InsurTech—Promise, threat or hype? Insights from stock market reaction to InsurTech innovation,Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 80
Ma, Y.L. and Ren, Y., 2021. Insurer risk and performance before, during, and after the 2008 financial crisis: The role of monitoring institutional ownership. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 88(2), pp.351-380.
Ren, Y., 2020. A New Measure of Insurer Franchise Value. Journal of Insurance Issues, 43(1), pp.1-21.
Chang, S.C., Ren, Y. and Yeh, J., 2018. The role of information: when is directors’ and officers’ insurance value-added?. Journal of Banking & Finance, 97, pp.189-197.
Ma, Y.L. and Ren, Y., 2018. Is catering rewarded?: Evidence from the insurance industry. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance-Issues and Practice, 43, pp.539-559.
Presentations
“Climate Change and Cost of Equity for Property Liability Insurers”. American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA) Annual Conference. American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA). (2024)
Institutional Ownership and Earnings Management: Evidence from U.S. Property-Liability Insurance Companies. 2024 China International Conference on Insurance and Risk Management. (2024)
Institutional Ownership and Earnings Management: Evidence from U.S. Property-Liability Insurance Companies. Department Research Seminar. St. John's University. (2023)
Institutional Ownership and Earnings Management: Evidence from U.S. Property-Liability Insurance Companies. Asian-Pacific Risk Managemenet and Insurance Association Annual Conference. Asian-Pacific Risk Managemenet and Insurance Association. (2023)
Life Annuity Puzzle?. MSR Research Seminar. Modern Risk Society. (2023)
Life Annuity Puzzle?. RMI Department Research Seminar. Temple University. (2023)
“Institutional Ownership and Earnings Management: Evidence from U.S. Property-Casualty Insurance Companies”. American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA) Annual Conference. American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA). (2022)
“Promise or Threat? Insights from Stock Market Reaction to InsurTech Innovation”. FIL Brown Bag Seminar. FIL Department. (2020)
Stock Market Reaction to InsurTech Innovations. American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Conference. American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA). (2019)
Stock Market Reaction to InsurTech Innovations. Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA). Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA). (2019)
Grants & Contracts
Katie School Research Grant. Katie School of Risk Management and Insurance. Local. (2024)
Katie School Research Grant. Katie School of Risk Management and Insurance. Local. (2023)
Katie School Research Grant. Katie School of Risk Management and Insurance. Local. (2022)
Katie School Research Grant. Katie School of Risk Management and Insurance. Local. (2021)
University Research Grant. Illinois State University. Local. (2021)