Building resilient catastrophe insurance programs: Faculty Research

App State's Department of Finance, Banking & Insurance Chair Dr. Lori Medders, with co‑authors M. Kelly and A. Kleffner, recently published a global study in The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance – Issues and Practice examining catastrophe insurance programs supported through public‑private partnerships.

The research highlights the importance of government involvement in sustaining catastrophe finance markets, alongside private insurers’ role in providing risk expertise and cost sharing.

The findings offer insights into designing resilient insurance systems amid increasing catastrophe risk.

Read more about Dr. Medders’s research.

Dr. Lori Medders
Published: Mar 19, 2026 4:14pm

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