Insurance and Financial Risk Management
Insurance and Financial Risk Management is a research topic within Economics and Econometrics. Science Explorer counts 38k research works in it since 1950. 16.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the economic implications of insurance market dynamics, including the relationship between insurance and economic growth, risk management strategies, catastrophe bonds, market efficiency, reinsurance practices, financial performance of insurance companies, regulatory impact, and capital allocation.
- Insurance
- Economic Growth
- Risk Management
- Catastrophe Bonds
- Market Structure
- Efficiency
- Reinsurance
- Financial Performance
- Regulation
- Capital Allocation
- Research works
- 38k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +22% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Insurance and Financial Risk Management research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.3k works
- 2 United States 1.3k works
- 3 India 877 works
- 4 Indonesia 646 works
- 5 United Kingdom 376 works
- 6 Nigeria 275 works
- 7 Germany 215 works
- 8 Türkiye 192 works
- 9 Italy 183 works
- 10 Malaysia 165 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Insurance and Financial Risk Management research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tribhuvan University publishes the most Insurance and Financial Risk Management research, followed by Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and University of Indonesia.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tribhuvan University Nepal 53 works
- 2 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Kenya 40 works
- 3 University of Indonesia Indonesia 40 works
- 4 Kenyatta University Kenya 33 works
- 5 Padjadjaran University Indonesia 31 works
- 6 Central University of Finance and Economics China 30 works
- 7 Southwestern University of Finance and Economics China 26 works
- 8 Nanjing University of Finance and Economics China 25 works
- 9 Renmin University of China China 22 works
- 10 Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia 21 works
Who are the leading researchers in Insurance and Financial Risk Management?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Insurance and Financial Risk Management include Robert F. Engle, René M. Stulz and Allen N. Berger.
- 1 Robert F. Engle 8.7k citations
- 2 René M. Stulz 4.4k citations
- 3 Allen N. Berger 3.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Insurance and Financial Risk Management research done?
The largest centres of Insurance and Financial Risk Management research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Nairobi (Kenya). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nairobi.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- NairobiKE · 113.6 works15×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Insurance and Financial Risk Management than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Insurance and Financial Risk Management?
Among universities, judged by research, Northern University of Malaysia, Tribhuvan University and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern University of Malaysia Malaysia | 63.1 | 19.1% | 10.4× | 16 | +225.6% |
| 2 | Tribhuvan University Nepal | 62.8 | 8.2% | 14.0× | 53 | +129.5% |
| 3 | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Kenya | 61.9 | 4.4% | 38.9× | 40 | +1572.8% |
| 4 | Central University of Finance and Economics China | 59.9 | 29.3% | 30.0× | 30 | -36.5% |
| 5 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics China | 58.5 | 29.7% | 20.9× | 26 | -70.8% |
| 6 | University of Bahrain Bahrain | 58.2 | 38.0% | 14.4× | 9 | +8.9% |
| 7 | University of International Business and Economics China | 56.4 | 32.3% | 21.7× | 18 | -52.3% |
| 8 | University of Zambia Zambia | 53.2 | 15.5% | 10.2× | 13 | — |
| 9 | Lagos State University Nigeria | 51.7 | 1.7% | 22.9× | 17 | +349.4% |
| 10 | Kenyatta University Kenya | 51.2 | 6.0% | 27.3× | 33 | — |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Insurance and Financial Risk Management research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Insurance and Financial Risk Management.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.