Seminar Description
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Title | Seminar Insurance Customer Behavior |
| Course number | 374045 |
| Term | WiSe 26/27 |
| Offer rhythm | Only WiSe |
| Framework topic (content) | Natural Disasters in Developing Countries |
| Target group / Assignment | MSc PO 2018: Area Finance, Banking and Insurance |
| Number of places | 20 |
| Language | English |
| Location | Internal Seminar |
| Event frequency | Block event |
| Writing the term paper | During the semester |
| Requirements and support | |
| Objective | Students write a seminar paper (group work) on the topics development economics, insurance and decision making and present their work in a final block session that also includes a group discussion |
| Required previous knowledge | An brief introduction to doing panel data analysis will be given, but previous knowledge in the use of statistical software (e.g., R, Stata, or Python) is highly recommended. We also highly encourage the use of LaTeX. |
| Supporting course for the introduction to scientific work | Mandatory (all three take place on the day of the kick-off): Introduction to Scientific Work at IVBL for MSc., Introduction to Panel Data Analysis, Introduction to using supporting AI for Scientific Work. |
| Formal requirements | Guidelines for Scientific Work |
| General literature | Please see topic overview |
| Basic literature for introduction per topic | Yes, to be used as support |
| Methodology | An empirical analysis (mandatory) |
| Special software used | Statistical software (R, Stata, Python, etc.) |
| Recommended word processing software | LaTeX |
| Number of pages for the term paper | depending on group size, Guidelines for Scientific Work |
| Outline meetings | Multiple possible |
| Performance requirements / assessment incl. weighting | Compulsory attendance for kick-off and presentation sessions. Final grade consists of a written part (60%) and a presentation part (40%). Both parts must individually receive a sufficient grade to pass. Only passing one part is not sufficient. |
| Examiner | Prof. Judith Christiane Schneider |
| Contact | M.Sc. Koen van Boxel |
| Group work and topic assignment | |
| Group work | Yes |
| Group size | 1-2 (if individual, you may be randomly allocated to form a group based on topic availability). |
| Procedure for the composition of the groups | Based on the preference of the students, allocation if no preference |
| Topics | KickOff Topics |
| Procedure for topic assignment | You may indicate a top three for topic preference in your application email (1 = most desired topic, 3 = most desired topic after preference 1 and 2). After confirmation of seminar participation, topics will be allocated following preferences as well as possible |
| Timeline | |
| Pre-registration / Application | Registration is open until 21.10.2026, 23:59. Please send an E-Mail to koen.vanboxel@insurance.uni-hannover.de with any group and topic preferences as described above. |
| Kick-off meeting | 22.10.2026, 10:00, Room 1503.001.101 |
| Topic Assignment | 23.10.2026, 23:59. You will receive an e-mail containing the form to fill in. This needs to be done before the binding registration deadline. |
| Binding registration | Only possible after topic assignment. 28.10.2026, 23:59. per e-mail to Claudia Pfeiffer (cp@ivbl.uni-hannover.de ). |
| Start of term paper | with binding registration |
| Term paper submission | 10.12.2026, 23:59, per e-mail to the respective supervisor. |
| Presentation event | 21.12.2026, 09:00, Room 1501.001.112. |
