Professor
University of St. Gallen
Biographical Sketch: He is the Professor for Insurance Management and Director of the Institute of Insurance Economics at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). From 2009 to 2011 he was the Professor for Insurance and Director of the Institute of Insurance Science at the University of Ulm (Germany). He received his doctoral degree in 2005 from the University of Münster and his post doctoral lecture qualification (Habilitation) in 2009 from the University of St. Gallen. In 2008 he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. For his research he received several awards from the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA), the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).