The 5^th World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress will take place in Calgary, Canada, from August 3-7, 2025.The conference will be organized by the American Risk and Insurance Association and co-organized by the Asia Pacific Risk Insurance Association and the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists.

Submissions of full papers and sufficiently developed proposals are warmly welcomed. In addition to individual paper, submission of full sessions will also be considered. To submit a full session, session chairs propose up to three papers based on a specific topic. The deadline for either type of submission is February 15, 2025.

Who Should Submit: Academics, doctoral students, government and non-governmental agency personnel, regulators, professionals, and other researchers are encouraged to submit a proposal to present their research. Papers on any risk or insurance related topics are welcome. Specific subject areas include, but are not limited to the following:

• Accounting
• Actuarial Science
• Big Data/Analytics/Insurtech
• Auto Insurance
• Behavioral Insurance
• Catastrophe Risk/Resilience
• Climate Change
• Cyber/Technology
• ERM
• Health
• Insurance Economics: Adverse Selection, Moral Hazard
• Insurance Economics: Utility, Agent Preferences
• Insurance Company Operations
• Liability and Tort Reform
• Life Insurance/Annuities
• Loss Reserves/Reserving
• Property/Casualty (including Workers’ Compensation)
• Regulation
• Reinsurance
• Retirement/Long Term Care/Longevity
• Resilience/Sustainability/ESG Risks
• Solvency, Capital Management
• Risk and Insurance Teaching Society (RITS) for RMI Education and Pedagogy

What to Submit: Completed papers or sufficiently developed proposals may be submitted. Complete papers are preferred. Submissions from doctoral students are encouraged. Papers already accepted for publication should not be submitted.

How to Submit: Please remove all author information from your submission (and double check document properties) as this is a double-blind review process. Documents may be uploaded in either Acrobat (.pdf) or Word (.docx) format. Please note that you will need to indicate your preferred organization (APRIA, ARIA, or EGRIE) during the submission process, who will review your paper and notify you of the decisions after the review process.  

Please read more about WRIEC and about the American Risk and Insurance Association.

Find detailed Instructions HERE.