Education
Postdoctoral Fellow, Risk and Insurance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D. Finance, University of Florida
M.B.A. Finance and International Finance, University of Florida
B.A. Economics, Brigham Young University and George Mason University
Additional Information
Prior to joining CRA as a senior advisor and director of the Insurance Economics practice, Dr. Babbel was a senior financial economist in the Financial Sector Development Department of the World Bank, and a vice president in the Pension and Insurance Department and senior advisor to Goldman Sachs. With over one hundred articles and publications to his credit, along with a number of books and monographs, Dr. Babbel is an expert in the fields of finance, investments, risk management, insurance, pensions, and international business. His specialties within these fields are life insurance, annuities, asset/liability management, fixed income securities, and valuation. In addition, Dr. Babbel is Professor of Insurance and Risk Management, and also Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, having previously served on the faculty at the Haas School of the University of California at Berkeley. During his more than 25-year career as an educator, Dr. Babbel has taught courses in finance, investments, fixed income, insurance, and risk management at the undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and executive level. He has also been invited to speak before many conferences, conventions, and seminars, both in the United States and abroad. |