Christophe Courbage, The Geneva Association

Senara Eggleton, University of Cambridge

This special issue is organized on the back of the 21st Joint Seminar of the European Association of Law and Economics (EALE) and the Geneva Association that took place on 18–19 June 2026 in Cambridge. The special issue focuses on legal and economic issues related to emerging liability risks and insurance, bringing together scholarly work presented and discussed at this seminar.

Potential topics

• Legal aspects of emerging liability risks
• Economic analysis of emerging risks
• Insurance coverage for emerging risks
• Liability risk assessment and management

Timeline

• September 1, 2026: Submission deadline

Anja Grujovic-Vischer, The Geneva Association

Ruo Jia, Peking University

Zhiyu Quan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Digital technologies, artificial intelligence, data science, InsurTechs, and automation are reshaping how risks are identified, priced, mitigated, transferred, managed, and regulated. These developments raise important questions not only for re/insurers and regulators, but also for the wider research community.

This special issue welcomes high-quality empirical, experimental, policy-oriented, and practice-based contributions that deepen our understanding of digital and AI transformation in insurance and related risk-transfer markets. We particularly encourage submissions that speak to broad academic debates while offering clear implications for insurance markets, insurers, consumers, regulators, and society.

Potential topics

• Digital technologies and their impact on insurance
• Artificial intelligence applications in insurance
• Data science in risk identification and pricing
• InsurTechs and automation in insurance
• Risk mitigation and transfer in digital contexts
• Insurance regulation in the digital age
• Consumer implications of digital transformation
• Societal impacts of AI in insurance

Timeline

• March 31, 2027: Submission deadline

Hélène Schernberg, The Geneva Association

Cheng Wan, ETH Zurich

Rising longevity and declining fertility are widening the pensions gap. The decline of defined-benefit pensions and pressures on public finances have shifted complex long-term risks onto households that are often ill-prepared to manage them. This special issue explores the economics of the pensions gap as well as market and policy responses to it, with a particular focus on insurance-based solutions.

Potential topics

• Economics of the pensions gap
• Market responses to longevity and pension risks
• Policy responses to longevity and pension risks
• Insurance-based solutions to the pensions gap
• Long-term risk management by households
• Defined-benefit pensions decline and alternatives
• Public finance pressures and pension systems
• Longevity risk transfer mechanisms

Timeline

• September 25, 2026: Submission deadline

Rosella Giacometti, University of Bergamo

Aaron Kim, Stony Brook University

Sergio Ortobelli Lozza, University of Bergamo

Svetlozar Rachev, Texas Tech University

Gabriele Torri, University of Bergamo

This special issue is open to all researchers working in quantitative finance and aims to collect cutting-edge contributions that push forward the theoretical, methodological, and applied frontiers of the field. While it originates from the Workshop on Quantitative Finance 2026 (QFW 2026, Bergamo, Italy), submissions are not limited to workshop participants.

This special issue aims to serve as a reference point for recent advances in quantitative finance, insurance and risk modeling, promoting contributions with strong methodological rigor and high relevance for both academia and practice.

Potential topics

• Advanced risk measures
• Portfolio optimization and asset allocation under uncertainty
• Stochastic control and dynamic portfolio choice
• Insurance and actuarial modeling
• Machine learning and artificial intelligence in finance
• Market microstructure
• Agent-based and behavioral finance models
• ESG and climate risk modeling
• Systemic risk, financial networks, and stability

Timeline

• January 15, 2027: Submission deadline