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Human Capital and Talent Management Issues in the Insurance Market: Public Policy, Industry and Collegiate Education Perspectives

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W. Jean Kwon, Ph.D., CPCU

Faculty Chair and Professor

The School of Risk Management, St. John's University, USA

Professor Kwon studied risk management and insurance at The College of Insurance (now the School of Risk Management of St. John’s University) (MBA) and Georgia State University (Ph.D.). He is also a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and is listed in the Fulbright Senior Specialist Pool. Prior to joining the School of Risk Management in 2002, he gained experience as an educator with Georgia State University and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), as an insurance regulator with Monetary Authority of Singapore and as an industry specialist with the American Institute for CPCU/IIA. In summer, he visits overseas institutions, including in the recent past, and Hitotsubashi University, Waseda University and Meiji University (all three in Tokyo, Japan), National Chengchi University (Taipei, Taiwan) and Singapore College of Insurance. He holds the Edwin A.G. Manton/AIG Endowed Chair Professorship in International Insurance and Risk Management.

He helped to establish Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA) in 1997. He played a key role in the creation of the World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress (WRIEC), a once-in-five year academic forum jointly organized by APRIA, ARIA, EGRIE and The Geneva Association. Professor Kwon organized its inaugural 2005 Salt Lake City meeting and the second 2010 Singapore meeting. He has authored several books. The book co-authored with Harold D. Skipper, “Risk Management and Insurance: Perspectives in a Global Economy” (Wiley/Blackwell) won the 2009 Kulp-Wright Book Award and has been used by professors in about 15 countries. He continues to publish papers in academic and professional journals, present research findings at various conferences, and offer services to several academic journals. He delivers consulting services and special lectures for institutions in the public and private sectors in the U.S. and abroad. He specializes in insurance market and country analysis, insurer financial and operation analysis, insurance regulation and other international issues.

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