Institute for Risk Management and Insurance

The Institute of Risk Management and Insurance is committed to research and teaching with a focus on insurance economics, as well as insurance and risk management.

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Course overview

The institute offers a wide range of courses that cover both the fundamentals of economics and insurance as well as current economic and business problems related to risk management and insurance. In addition to the academic aspect, the institute places great emphasis on industry contacts. Therefore, the course offerings are supplemented by applied courses taught by executives from the insurance industry.

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Research

The research focuses of the institute include insurance theory, disaster risk and climate risk management, risk classification, insurance fraud, and risk aversion. We provide a wide range of seminars and services for interested researchers.

Munich Risk and Insurance Center

News and events

28 May

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16 Jul

28/05/2025 - 16/07/2025 Finance & Risk Seminar Summer 2025
The Finance & Risk Seminar aims to facilitate the scientific interaction between professors, postdocs and Ph.D. students about current research questions on finance and risk management.
15 May

15/05/2025 Interaktiver Workshop mit Deloitte München
Zukunftsmodell der Sachversicherung @ Deloitte München
17 Dec

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18 Dec

17/12/2024 - 18/12/2024 CEAR/MRIC Behavioral Insurance Workshop 2024
The workshop will be hosted by the Munich Risk and Insurance Center (MRIC) at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich, Germany, and organized by Andreas Richter and Jörg Schiller.
18/10/2024 New study on the value of lifelong pensions in old-age provision
A recent study by MRIC sheds light on the value of such a lifelong annuity (life annuity) and why its customer benefits are often underestimated in the market.
01/10/2024 2025 Student Risk Management Challenge
Apply until 28 October 2024 for the 2025 Student Risk Management Challenge - a global competition for student teams to develop and present the most comprehensive Risk Management report based on a case study.
12/06/2023 New Publication in the Journal of Risk and Insurance
The paper "Mitigating moral hazard with usage-based insurance" by Julia Holzapfel, Richard Peter, and Andreas Richter was published in the Journal of Risk and Insurance.
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