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.
Insurance Law Workshop
News
Advisory Committee Appointed for the Insurance Law Journal
The Connecticut Insurance Law Journal is proud to announce the creation of an Advisory Committee for the Journal. The Committee is composed of preeminent insurance scholars from around the country. The current members of the Advisory Committee are: Kenneth Abraham, University of Virginia School of Law, David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law Tom […]
[Read More]ILC to Host Fall 2024 Insurance Law Workshop
The Insurance Law Center will host its virtual Insurance Law Workshop again in Fall 2024. The schedule of upcoming presentations is available here. We are excited to welcome you back as we gather top experts from academia, the legal community, and the insurance industry to explore innovative ideas in the field.
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Join the ILC today at 4 PM ET for a lecture by @DrArnoldDwyer at @ucl on “Leveraging Insurance Contracts for Climate Action.” She explains how insurers can guide policyholders to reduce harmful activities and build resilience to climate risks. | 1/2
📅 November 21, 2024
🕓 4:00 – 5:00 PM ET
📍Register here: https://ilc.law.uconn.edu/insurance-law-workshop/
Recommended Reading: Franziska Arnold-Dwyer, A Legal Framework for Net Zero Aligned Insurance Products, 29 Conn. Ins. L.J. 1 (2022-3).
@UConnLaw @ucl @DrArnoldDwyer | 2/2
Join the ILC today at 4 PM ET for a lecture by Roy Baharad, JSD Candidate at @UChicagoLaw, on “Reliability Insurance.” Baharad explores how liability builds trust and credibility—and how insurance may unintentionally weaken these signals. | 1/2
📅 November 7, 2024
🕓 4:00 – 5:00 PM ET
📍Register here: https://ilc.law.uconn.edu/insurance-law-workshop/
Recommended Reading: Roy Baharad, Reliability Insurance https://ilc-law.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3281/2024/08/Reliability-Insurance-Baharad.pdf @UConn @UConnLaw @HebrewU | 2/2
Did you miss our October 24 Insurance Law Workshop? Prof. @RickSwedloff presented "Insurers as Contract Influencers," co-authored with Prof. @HoffProf, exploring how insurers shape boilerplate terms in consumer contracts. The session recording is now available on YouTube. | 1/2
Watch the presentation here: https://youtu.be/hbQJ2lo2GO0
Download "Insurers as Contract Influencers": https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4909398
Learn more about the Insurance Law Workshop: https://ilc.law.uconn.edu/insurance-law-workshop/
@PennLaw @RutgersLaw @UConnLaw | 2/2
Join us today for a discussion of @ProfHMField’s paper “Tax Enforcement by the Private Sector: Deputizing Tax Insurers.” | 1/3
.@UCLaw_SF's @ProfHMField argues that the IRS can convert tax insurers into private enforcers of the tax code by treating the positions that they cover as having been “sustained” in a private “audit.” Lots of interesting implications! | 2/3
📅 Today, October 10, 2024
🕓 4:00 – 5:00 PM
📍Remote – Register Here: https://ilc.law.uconn.edu/insurance-law-workshop/
📄Download the paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4818408
#TaxLaw #InsuranceLaw #UConnLaw
@UCHastingsTax @uclaw_sf @UofCalifornia @Harvard_Law @vataxreview @TaxNotes @usdslr @USanDiegoLaw | 3/3