Dr. Yayuan Ren
Associate Professor
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SFHB State Farm Hall of Business 418
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- About
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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
FIL 355.001 Insurance Company Operations
FIL 354.001 Risk Management
FIL 354.002 Risk 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
Grants and Contracts
Katie School Research Grant
Yayuan Ren.
Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management. July 2025 - July 2025
Katie School Research Grant
Yayuan Ren.
Katie School of Risk Management and Insurance. August 2024 - August 2024
Katie School Research Grant
Yayuan Ren.
Katie School of Risk Management and Insurance. July 2023 - July 2023
Katie School Research Grant
Yayuan Ren.
Katie School of Risk Management and Insurance. July 2022 - July 2022
Katie School Research Grant
Yayuan Ren.
Katie School of Risk Management and Insurance. July 2021 - July 2021
University Research Grant
Yayuan Ren.
Illinois State University. September 2021 - October 2021
Katie School Faculty Development Grant
Yayuan Ren.
Katie School of Risk Management and Insurance Service. July 1 2020 - July 30 2021
Katie School Research Grant
Yayuan Ren.
Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management. 2019 - 2019
Katie Research Grant
Yayuan Ren.
2018 - 2018
Katie School Research Grant
Yayuan Ren.
2017 - 2017
Katie School Research Grant
Yayuan Ren, Yuluen Ma.
2016 - 2016
Katie School Faculty Development Grant
Yayuan Ren.
2015 - 2015
Katie School Research Grant
Yayuan Ren, Yuluen Ma.
2014 - 2014
Katie School Faculty Development Grant
Yayuan Ren.
2013 - 2013
Katie School Faculty Development Grant
Yayuan Ren.
2011 - 2011
University Research Grant
Yayuan Ren.
2011 - 2011
Katie School Research Grant
Yayuan Ren.
2010 - 2010
Katie School Research Grant
Yayuan Ren, Yuluen Ma.
2009 - 2009
Katie School Faculty Development Grant
Yayuan Ren.
2008 - 2008
Katie School Research Grant
Yayuan Ren.
2007 - 2007
Conference Proceeding
Institutional Ownership and Earnings Management: Evidence from U.S. Property-Casualty Insurance Companies
Yayuan Ren, Yuluen Ma.
Conference Proceedings of 2024 China International Conference on Insurance and Risk Management (CICIRM 2024), (2024), 10.26914/c.cnkihy.2024.043813
An Examination of Herding Behavior in Insurer Underwriting
Yayuan Ren.
China International Conference on Insurance and Risk Management, (2016)
Is Catering Rewarded?: Evidence from the Insurance Industry
Yuluen Ma, Yayuan Ren.
World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress, (2015)
Herding and Rationality of Insurance Pricing
Yayuan Ren.
Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA), (2012)
Rationality of Insurance Pricing: Do Insurers Herd?
Yayuan Ren.
International Conference on Risk Management and Insurance, (2012)
Investment Cycles In the Insurance Industry
Yayuan Ren, Qixiang Sun, Zhenzhen Sun, Tong Yu.
Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA), (2009)
Are High-Franchise-Value Firms More Prudent?-Evidence from the Property and Casualty Industry
Yayuan Ren, Joan Schmit.
Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA), (2008)
Presentations
Assessing the Vulnerability of U.S. Property-liability Insurers to Catastrophe Risk
Yayuan Ren.
2025 World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress (WRIEC), Calgary, August 6, 2025
Assessing the Vulnerability of U.S. Property-liability Insurers to Catastrophe Risk
Yayuan Ren.
2025 China Conference on Insurance and Risk Management (CCIRM 2025), Urumqi, July 10, 2025
“Climate Change and Cost of Equity for Property Liability Insurers”
Yayuan Ren.
American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA) Annual Conference, Denver, CO, August 7, 2024
Institutional Ownership and Earnings Management: Evidence from U.S. Property-Liability Insurance Companies
Yayuan Ren.
2024 China International Conference on Insurance and Risk Management, Ningbo, July 18, 2024
Institutional Ownership and Earnings Management: Evidence from U.S. Property-Liability Insurance Companies
Yayuan Ren.
Department Research Seminar, New York, NY, November 14, 2023
Institutional Ownership and Earnings Management: Evidence from U.S. Property-Liability Insurance Companies
Yayuan Ren.
Asian-Pacific Risk Managemenet and Insurance Association Annual Conference, Osaka, August 2, 2023
Life Annuity Puzzle?
Yayuan Ren.
MSR Research Seminar, Online, April 28, 2023
Life Annuity Puzzle?
Yayuan Ren.
RMI Department Research Seminar, Philadelphia, PA, March 30, 2023
“Institutional Ownership and Earnings Management: Evidence from U.S. Property-Casualty Insurance Companies”
Yayuan Ren.
American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA) Annual Conference, Long Beach, CA, August, 2022
“Promise or Threat? Insights from Stock Market Reaction to InsurTech Innovation”
Yayuan Ren.
FIL Brown Bag Seminar, Normal, October 30, 2020
Stock Market Reaction to InsurTech Innovations
Yuluen Ma, Yayuan Ren.
American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Conference, San Francisco California, August, 2019
Stock Market Reaction to InsurTech Innovations
Yuluen Ma, Yayuan Ren.
Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA), Seoul Republic of Korea, July, 2019
Stock Market Reaction to InsurTech Innovations
Yuluen Ma, Yayuan Ren.
China International Conference on Insurance and Risk Management, Chengdu China-PRC, July, 2019
Insurer Risk and Performance During and After the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis: The Role of Monitoring Institutional Ownership
Yuluen Ma, Yayuan Ren.
Singapore Singapore, , 2018
Insurer Risk and Performance During and After the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis: The Role of Monitoring Institutional Ownership
Yuluen Ma, Yayuan Ren.
Chicago Illinois, , 2018
Machine Learning and its Application in Insurance
Yayuan Ren.
Baoding China, , 2018
Insurer Risk and Performance During the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis: The Role of Monitoring Institutional Ownership
Yayuan Ren.
Guilin China-PRC, , 2017
Machine Learning and its Application in Insurance
Yayuan Ren.
Philadelphia Pennsylvania, , 2017
Machine Learning and its Application in Insurance
Yayuan Ren.
Chicago Illinois, , 2017
"An Examination of Herding Behavior in Insurer Underwriting"
Yayuan Ren.
Beijing China-PRC, , 2016
"An Examination of Herding Behavior in Insurer Underwriting"
Yayuan Ren.
Shanghai China-PRC, , 2016
An Examination of Herding Behavior in Insurer Underwriting.
Yayuan Ren.
Xi'an China, , 2016
Institutional Ownership and the Impact of Financial Shocks on Insurers
Yayuan Ren.
Maui Hawaii, , 2016
Is Catering Rewarded?: Evidence from the Insurance Industry
Yuluen Ma, Yayuan Ren.
Munich Germany, , 2015
Move With the Market or Not: Real Options and Risk Implications
Yayuan Ren.
Moscow Russia, , 2014