Prof. Alexander Braun

Alexander Braun is Associate Professor of Insurance and Capital Markets and Director at the Institute of Insurance Economics of the University of St.Gallen. Before his academic career, Professor Braun worked within the capital market division of Lehman Brothers in London. His research and teaching activities have been awarded, among others, by the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA), the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA), the Geneva Association, the International Insurance Society (IIS), the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), and the International Actuarial Association (IAA).

Professor Braun focuses on natural catastrophe risk, insurance-linked securities, digital insurance, and sustainable insurance. He has recently begun to study how natural disaster risk is priced in the capital market, how it impacts firms' cost of equity, and which factors can explain the expected excess returns on catastrophe bonds. He also works on the impact of new digital insurance models such as on-demand insurance for risk classification and decentralized insurance. Finally, his work identifies ways the insurance industry can help mitigate climate change and its impact.

• Portfolio Management and Asset Classes
  • Asset Pricing
  • Fixed Income
• Financial Institutions
  • Insurance Companies
• Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Financial Risk and Risk Management
  • Financial Valuation
• Frontier Topics
  • Big Data and Fintech
  • Sustainable Finance