Insurance Law
Center
Leading the world in the study of
insurance law and risk regulation.
The Insurance Law Center at the University of Connecticut School of Law is recognized around the world for the study of law, insurance and risk. Located in Hartford, the historic insurance capital of the United States, we are unique in our interdisciplinary research on the role of insurance in society. We support the nation's only LLM (Master of Laws) program in Insurance Law and offer an insurance law research collection unmatched by any other U.S. university.
As the preeminent academic center for insurance law and risk regulation, the Insurance Law Center attracts lawyers, professors and insurance regulators from the United States and the world for graduate studies. Our full-time faculty brings a wide array of disciplines to the study of financial services law, including economics, finance, history, sociology, linguistics and philosophy.
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ILC to Welcome Dr. Oliver Brand for Lunchtime Lecture
The Insurance Law Center at UConn Law is pleased to invite you to a lunchtime lecture by Dr. Oliver Brand Martin Flynn Global Law Faculty Chair of Private Law, Insurance Law, Business Law & Comparative Law at the University of Mannheim, Germany on the topic of Misuse of Insurance by Totalitarian Systems: A Cautionary Tale […]
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Conference: AI, Insurance Law, and Regulation
A Conference Presented by the Insurance Law Center at UConn Law & the University of Minnesota Law School AI, Insurance Law, and Regulation Friday, May 30, 2025 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET UConn School of Law, Hartford Campus Virtual and In-Person The Insurance Law Center at UConn Law, in conjunction with the University of […]
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Today at 4 PM ET: Laurence Barry (PARI/@Sciencespo–CREST-@ENSAEparis) explores catastrophe insurance as a public good—arguing it's less a market product than a commons requiring collective action and polycentric governance.
📋 Register: http://ilc.law.uconn.edu/insurance-law-workshop/
April 17: Dr. Oliver Brand’s lecture at @UConnLaw will investigate how insurance law was weaponized by the Nazi regime–and what we can learn from the story.
Lunch provided and remote participation available for registrants.
Register by April 15: https://ilc.law.uconn.edu/2025/04/03/ilc-to-welcome-dr-oliver-brand-for-lunchtime-lecture/
Today, 4–5 PM ET: @Columbia_Biz Professor Pari Sastry (@parisastry) on how insurer exits in climate-risk zones like Florida lead to fragile entrants, dubious ratings, and rising governmental risk exposure.
📋 Register and download the paper: http://ilc.law.uconn.edu/insurance-law-workshop/
Join Rebecca Elliott @RebsFE today from 4–5 PM ET for a discussion of how flood insurance technologies can actually generate new forms of economic, political, and social vulnerability that residents must navigate.
📋 Register + reading: https://ilc.law.uconn.edu/insurance-law-workshop/