Mary A. Weiss

Temple University

Professor

Fox School of Business and Management

1801 Liacouras Walk

Philadelphia, PA 19122

United States

http://www.sbm.temple.edu/~rmidept/weiss.html

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Consolidation in the European Insurance Industry: Do Mergers and Acquisitions Create Value for Shareholders?

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 01 Jul 2004
J David Cummins and Mary A. Weiss
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science and Temple University
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Insurance, European insurance industry, mergers, event study

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Convergence of Insurance and Financial Markets: Hybrid and Securitized Risk Transfer Solutions

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 01 Sep 2008
J David Cummins and Mary A. Weiss
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science and Temple University
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CAT bonds, catastrophic risk, insurance-linked securities, industry loss warranties, CAT options

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The Incentive Effects of No Fault Automobile Insurance

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 12 Apr 2001
J David Cummins, Mary A. Weiss and Richard D. Phillips
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, Temple University and Georgia State University - Risk Management & Insurance Department
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No fault, insurance, fatality rates

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Systemic Risk and the U.S. Insurance Sector

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2014
J David Cummins and Mary A. Weiss
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science and Temple University
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Insurance, Reinsurance, Systemic Risk, Contagion

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Systemic Risk and Regulation of the U.S. Insurance Industry

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Systemic Risk and Regulation of the U.S. Insurance Industry

Forthcoming, Journal of Risk and Insurance
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 26 Feb 2014
J David Cummins and Mary A. Weiss
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science and Temple University
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insurance regulation, systemic risk, reinsurance, SRISK, systemically important financial institution, insurance insolvencies

Systemic Risk and Regulation of the U.S. Insurance Industry

Networks Financial Institute Policy Brief 2013-PB-02
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2014
J David Cummins and Mary A. Weiss
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science and Temple University
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Systemic risk, Insurance regulation, Financial Stability Oversight Council

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Conglomeration Versus Strategic Focus: Evidence from the Insurance Industry

July 1999
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 13 Mar 2000
Allen N. Berger, J David Cummins, Mary A. Weiss and Hongmin Zi
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, Temple University and Hong-Ik University
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Mergers and Acquisitions in the Global Insurance Industry: Valuation Effects

Fox School of Business Research Paper No. 15-064
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 04 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2018
J David Cummins, Paul J. M. Klumpes and Mary A. Weiss
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, Aalborg University Business School and Temple University
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Mergers, acquisitions, insurance industry, event study

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Reinsurance Counterparty Relationships and Firm Performance In the U.S. Property-Liability Insurance Industry

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 31 May 2012
J David Cummins, Zhijian Feng and Mary A. Weiss
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, Independent and Temple University
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Reinsurance, property-liability insurance, efficiency, data envelopment analysis

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Organizational Form and Efficiency: An Analysis of Stock and Mutual Property-Liability Insurers

WFIC 97-02
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 24 Jun 1997
J David Cummins, Mary A. Weiss and Hongmin Zi
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, Temple University and Hong-Ik University
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Analyzing Firm Performance in the Insurance Industry Using Frontier Efficiency and Productivity Methods

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 03 Feb 2012
J David Cummins and Mary A. Weiss
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science and Temple University
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Insurance, insurance firms, efficiency, productivity, data envelopment analysis, stochastic frontier analysis

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Systemic Risk and the Inter-Connectedness between Banks and Insurers: An Econometric Analysis

Journal of Risk and Insurance, Forthcoming, Fox School of Business Research Paper No. 14-023
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 03 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2014
Hua Chen, J David Cummins, Krupa S. Viswanathan and Mary A. Weiss
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, Temple University - Department of Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare and Temple University
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Insurance, banks, systemic risk, probability of default, Granger causality, inter-connectedness

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Economies of Scope in Financial Services: A DEA Efficiency Analysis of the US Insurance Industry

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Apr 2010
J David Cummins, Mary A. Weiss, Xiaoying Xie and Hongmin Zi
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, Temple University, California State University, Fullerton and Hong-Ik University
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Scope economies, Conglomeration, Strategic Focus, Insurance, Efficiency, Data Envelopment Analysis

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Economies of Scope, Organizational Form, and Insolvency Risk: Evidence from the Takaful Insurance Industry

Fox School of Business Research Paper No. 15-050
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2016
Khalid Amri, J David Cummins and Mary A. Weiss
Sultan Qaboos University, Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science and Temple University
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Insolvency, Takaful, efficiency, organizational form, economies of scope, data envelopment analysis

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The Reinsurance Network Among U.S. Property-Casualty Insurers: Microstructure, Insolvency Risk, and Contagion

Journal of Risk and Insurance, 87(2): 253-284, June 2020
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 08 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 11 May 2020
Hua Chen, J David Cummins, Tao Sun and Mary A. Weiss
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, Lingnan University and Temple University
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Reinsurance, network analysis, insolvency, contagion, systemic risk, property-casualty insurance

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The Incentive Effects of No-Fault Automobile Insurance

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Oct 1999
J David Cummins, Mary A. Weiss and Richard D. Phillips
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, Temple University and Georgia State University - Risk Management & Insurance Department
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Equity Capital, Internal Capital Markets, and Optimal Capital Structure in the U.S. Property-Casualty Insurance Industry

Fox School of Business Research Paper No. 16-030
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 20 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2016
J David Cummins and Mary A. Weiss
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science and Temple University
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property-casualty insurance, optimal capital structure, internal capital markets, underwriting cycles, reinsurance

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Information Risk and the Cost of Equity Capital Revisited: Evidence from the U.S. Property-Casualty Insurance Industry

Fox School of Business Research Paper No. 17-034
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 02 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 02 May 2018
Hua Chen, Yingrui Lu and Mary A. Weiss
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Temple University - Department of Risk, Insurance and Healthcare Management and Temple University
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Cost of Equity Capital, Information Risk, Accruals Quality

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The Pension Option in Labor Insurance and Its Effect on Household Saving and Consumption: Evidence from Taiwan

Journal of Risk and Insurance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2014
Hua Chen, Wenyen Hsu and Mary A. Weiss
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Feng Chia University - Department of Risk Management and Insurance and Temple University
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pension benefits, precautionary savings, difference-in-differences estimator

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The Role of RBC, Hurricane Exposure, Bond Portfolio Duration, and Macroeconomic and Industry-Wide Factors in Property-Liability Insolvency Prediction

Networks Financial Institute Working Paper No. 2011-WP-17
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Jul 2011
Jiang Cheng and Mary A. Weiss
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and Temple University
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Risk-Based Capital Ratios, Insolvency, Hurricane Exposure, Duration, Macroeconomic Factors

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Equity Capital, Internal Capital Markets, and Optimal Capital Structure in the US Property-Casualty Insurance Industry

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 8, pp. 121-153, 2016
Posted: 18 Nov 2016
J David Cummins and Mary A. Weiss
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science and Temple University

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Efficiency, Scale Economies and Consolidation in the U.S. Life Insurance Industry

WFIC Working Paper No. 98-08
Posted: 03 Aug 1998
J David Cummins, Sharon L. Tennyson and Mary A. Weiss
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, Cornell University - Brooks School of Public Policy and Temple University

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The Coexistence of Multiple Distribution Systems for Financial Services: The Case of Property-Liability Insurance

Posted: 26 May 1998
Allen N. Berger, J David Cummins and Mary A. Weiss
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science and Temple University

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International Insurance Cycles: Rational Expectations/Institutional Intervention

Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 64, No. 3, September 1997
Posted: 06 Apr 1998
Joan Lamm-Tennant and Mary A. Weiss
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Accounting Conservatism in the Property-Liability Insurance Industry

Fox School of Business Research Paper No. 17-008
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 13 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2023
J David Cummins, Mary A. Weiss and Juan Zhang
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, Temple University and Eastern Kentucky University - College of Business & Technology
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Ex-ante conservatism, Ex-post conservatism, Loss reserves, Nonlinear relationship, Opportunity cost