Representative Publications
Automobile Insurance. Boston, MA: Kluwer, 1985.
Bonus-Malus Systems in Automobile Insurance. Boston, MA: Kluwer, 1995
"Estimating Adverse Selection Costs in an Insurance Market with Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer". Journal of Risk and Insurance (1999).
"The Cost of Firearm Deaths in the United States: Reduced Life Expectancies and Increased Insurance Costs." Journal of Risk and Insurance (2005).
Education
PhD, Free University of Brussels, 1973; MS, Free University of Brussels, 1972; Certificate of Operations Research, Free University of Brussels, 1972; MS, Free University of Brussels, 1969; Agregation de l'enseignement moyen de degre superieur, Free University of Brussels, 1969
Recent Consulting
Court testimonies on Workers’ Compensation insurance policies involving retrospective rating.
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Wharton Undergraduate Excellence in Teaching Award, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008; Wharton Hauck Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Tenured Faculty Member, 2008; Ernst Meyer Prize, Geneva Association, 1986; Clarence Arthur Kulp Memorial Award, American Risk and Insurance Association, 1987, 1997; International INA-Lincei Prize, Italian Academy of Sciences, 1988; Best feature paper award, Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2000
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1987-present (named Harry J. Loman Professor of Insurance and Risk Management, 2007; named the Julian Aresty Professor, 2005-07; Chairperson, Insurance and Risk Management Department, 1994-2003). Previous appointment: University of Brussels. Visiting appointments: Universite Nationale du Zaire; Universities of California, Berkeley; Paris; Laval, Quebec; Brazzaville, Congo; Tokyo; Zurich; Tsinghua, Beijing; Karlsruhe; Nankai, Tianjin; La Sapienza, Rome
Other Positions
Vice President/Chief Actuary, La Prevoyance Sociale, 1983-87
Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Editorial Board, Lifetime Honary Chairman, ASTIN, 2008-present