Journal of Risk and Insurance

Published on behalf of the American Risk and Insurance Association

Edited by:
Georges Dionne, HEC Montréal

Print ISSN: 0022-4367
Online ISSN: 1539-6975
Frequency: Quarterly
Current Volume: 77 / 2010
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 21/48 Business, Finance; 83/209 Economics
Impact Factor: 0.914

TopAuthor Guidelines

Editorial Policy

The Journal of Risk and Insurance publishes rigorous, original research in insurance economics and risk management. This includes the following areas of specialization: (1) industrial organization of insurance markets; (2) management of risks in the private and public sectors; (3) insurance finance, financial pricing, financial management; (4) economics of employee benefits, pension plans and social insurance; (5) utility theory, demand for insurance, moral hazard, and adverse selection; (6) insurance regulation; (7) actuarial and statistical methodology; and (8) economics of insurance institutions. Both theoretical and empirical submissions are encouraged. Empirical work should provide tests of hypotheses based on sound theoretical foundations.

Review Process

The editors screen manuscripts submitted to The Journal of Risk and Insurance for suitability. Papers passing this initial screen are sent to referees. Based on the referee reports, the editor makes one of the following decisions: (1) accept, (2) return for minor revisions, (3) return for major revisions and subsequent re-consideration, or (4) reject. The editor communicates the decision to the author(s) along with the referee reports.

Authorship of papers under consideration is anonymous to the reviewers, and the identities of reviewers are not revealed to the authors.

Communications

Communications relating to editorial matters should be addressed to Professor Georges Dionne, Editor, Attn: Ms. Claire Boisvert, Assistant Editor, Journal of Risk and Insurance, HEC Montreal, 3000, Chemin Cote-Ste-Catherine, room 4454, Montreal (Qc), Canada, H3T 2A7. E-mail may be sent at jri@hec.ca.

The submission fee is $135US, which is waived for ARIA members. The submission fee can be applied to an ARIA membership upon completion of the required forms. Please contact ARIA with questions. Payment must be payable to American Risk and Insurance Association. The preferred form of payment is by credit card. Use the ARIA website for instructions. Manuscripts should be submitted as PDF documents. See the submissions instructions page on the Internet at the following address:

http://journalofriskandinsurance.org

For more information, please contact the editorial office at jri@hec.ca.

Books for review and book review submissions should be addressed to David Cather, Book Review Editor, at:

Insurance & Real Estate Department
Smeal College of Business
The Pennsylvania State University
210 Business Building
University Park, PA 16802

E-mail: book.editor@journalofriskandinsurance.org

Authors will be required to assign copyright in their paper to the American Risk and Insurance Association. Copyright assignment is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production unless copyright has been assigned. (Papers subject to government or Crown copyright are exempt from this requirement). To assist authors an appropriate copyright assignment form will be supplied by the editorial office.

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