39th Seminar, Palma de Mallorca, 17-19 September 2012

The 39th Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (EGRIE) will take place in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on 17-19 September 2012.

Richard Watt (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) is the local organiser.

Papers can be on any topic in Economics, Finance or Management Science as related to risk and insurance.

On the occasion of the seminar, the 2012 Geneva Risk Economics Lecture will be delivered by Neil Doherty.

The scientific programme committee for this meeting is composed of Hato Schmeiser (chairman), Henry Chiu and Larry Tzeng.

Completed papers or detailed abstracts should be submitted by 15 April 2012 in WinWord or PDF format to Hato Schmeiser by e-mail (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or by standard mail at the following address:

Hato Schmeiser

Institut für Versicherungswirtschaft (IVW)

Kirchlistrasse 2

9010 St. Gallen

Switzerland

Acceptance or refusal of papers will be communicated by the end of May 2012.

The seminar is sponsored by The Geneva Association.

Conference Location

The seminar 2012 will be held at the "Centre de Culura - Sa Nostra".

Centre de Cultura "SA NOSTRA"

c/ de la Concepció, 12. 07012 Palma

Spain

Tel. +34 971 725 210

Fax +34 971 713 757

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Homepage: www.obrasocialsanostra.com/conoce/centro/id/1/lang/ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsor

Our local sponsor is "Sa Nostra" Caixa de Balears. This is a local savings bank and an insurance company.

 

Accomodation

There are two possibilities this year.

1. The Mirador hotel (http://www.hotelmirador.es/es/) has two hotels that we can choose from. One (the Mirador itself) is located immediately across the road from the bay. Some of the rooms have a view of the ocean, but not all. This hotel apparently tends to be a little noisier with regards to traffic etc. The other hotel (the Armadams) that they have is located right behind the first one (literally only across the road), and thus is one block from the main seaside road. The Armadams hotel is newer (i.e. has slightly better rooms), and is less noisy. Both have exactly the same price, and each of us can solicit their room booking according to preference. If one of the two fills up, then there will be no choice. If no choice is indicated, the hotel will put people wherever best suits their reservation list. It is a 20 minute leisurely walk to the conference venue, but there is also a bus going from the hotel to the conference venue. The prices are:

-        double room with two occupants             110 Euros

-        double room with single occupant             85 Euros

Breakfast is included. To make a reservation, contact Marcos Gil on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and mention the EGRIE seminar 2012.

2. The Almudaina (http://www.hotelalmudaina.com/) is only some 200 meters from the conference venue, but does not have any nice views. The prices are:

-        double room with two occupants             116 Euros

-        double room with single occupant             85 Euros

-        single room                                            78 Euros

Breakfast is included. To make a reservation, contact Miguel Pons on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and mention the EGRIE seminar 2012.

 

Progamme

The preliminary programme can be found here. The detailed programme including the papers will soon be available here.

 

Registration

Participation at the conference is open to all EGRIE members. To become a member please click here (http://www.palgrave-journals.com/grir/egrie_membership.html) and follow the instructions. To register for the conference please send an email to Richard Peter (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) indicating the activities you plan on attending (welcome reception, gala dinner, boat trip) and whether you will be accompanied by a partner.

 

Where is Palma de Mallorca? How to get there?

Palma de Mallorca (Palma) is the capital of the Balearic islands, an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea. The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital city. The current Statute of Autonomy declares the Balearic Islands as one nationality of Spain.

The co-official languages in the Balearic Islands are Catalan and Spanish.

Mallorca is a busy holiday destination, providing traditional beach holidays almost all year round. With a busy international airport, flights to Mallorca are available from many European travel destinations, with several countries operating multiple flights every day.

There are also many flights from/to Barcelona (30 minutes trip) or Madrid (60 minutes trip).

A list of airlines:

http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/csee/Satellite/Aeropuerto-Palma-Mallorca/en/Page/1046276292785/

Mallorca enjoys a typically Mediterranean weather. In September we expect temperatures between 25-30ºC.