PROFESSOR W. JEAN KWON
Professor W. Jean Kwon holds the Edwin A.G. Manton Endowed Chair Professorship in International Insurance and Risk Management, the Greenberg School of Risk Management (GSRM), St. John’s University, New York. Additionally, he works with GSRM’s Center for the Study of Insurance Regulation and is the editor-in-chief of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance. He has authored several books (including “Risk Management and Insurance: Perspectives in a Global Economy”), actively publishes academic and policy-related papers, and speaks at various conferences for academic, private and public sector audiences. He visits overseas universities and research institutions. He specializes in international insurance & regulation, country insurance market analysis, insurer performance analysis, insurance innovations as well as emerging risks and insurance solutions. Before joining the GSRM, he was with, among others, Georgia State University (US), Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Institutes (US). He also worked with several regional and global institutions including the Geneva Association, Singapore College of Insurance, Financial Accreditation Agency (Malaysia), Networks Financial Institute (US), Shanghai Forum, Singapore Economic Forum, Lloyd’s and the OECD.
