13th Annual APRIA Conference 

 
The Friendship Hotel, Beijing s July 19~22, 2009
Hosted by Peking University, Beijing, China

Call for Papers

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Program Committee

Bill Rabel, Chair
John and Mary Louise Loftis Bickley Endowed Chair in Insurance and Financial Services
University of Alabama
USA

The Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA) invites you to submit a paper for presentation at its 13th annual conference in Beijing, China. Peking University is the host of the conference. The Association welcomes theoretical or applied research papers on risk or insurance topics, including insurance law and regulation/supervision, insurance economics and finance, insurance practice and policy, social insurance, employee benefits, pensions, risk management, financial planning, international insurance issues and insurance education.
 
        The deadline for proposal submission is 13 February 2009.

Your proposal should be in the proposal submission format given below, and must include:

[1] a cover page containing the proposal title and the contact information of the author (name, affiliation, title, position or student status, postal address, e-mail address and phone/fax number); and

[2] a full paper or a minimum 500-word proposal covering the purpose and importance of the research, research methodology and expected results. 

The proposal/paper in MS Word or PDF format should be e-mailed to:  

         Professor Bill Rabel
         2009 APRIA Program Committee Chair
       Conference_paper@apria.org

All proposal submissions will be subject to double blind review and successful proposals notified around 30 April 2009.

Full Paper Deadline. Papers for those whose proposals are accepted must submit the full paper in MS Word or PDF format by 1 June 2009 to the Program Committee Chair to be included in the conference proceedings. Only full papers submitted by the deadline will be included. Authors of accepted papers are required to present their papers at the conference.
 
Junior Scholar Awards. The Association, with the financial support from the conference organizers, provides limited travel aid to selected junior author-presenters who receive “no” financial support from their universities, government or other entities. The aid assists the recipients with meeting the conference registration fee (excluding APRIA membership fee) and accommodation expenses on twin-sharing basis for four nights. The aid does not cover travel expenses. Applicants for the aid must indicate their desire to apply for the aid and e-mail the Program Committee Chair [1] a full paper or a detailed proposal meeting the above proposal submission requirements, and [2] their curricular vitae, by the proposal deadline.
 
Harold D. Skipper Best Paper Award for International Insurance. Applicants for this Best Paper Award must submit completed papers by 1 June 2009. Award winner(s) will be announced at the conference. Depending on the number and quality of papers, the Program Committee may consider a separate Best Paper Award for doctoral research students.