James Jones
Director, Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management
Insurance & Financial Services
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall of Business 432D
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
FIL 287.003 Independent Study
FIL 398.001 Professional Practice: Insurance Internship
FIL 298.001 Professional Practice: Insurance Internship/Coop Education
MBA
St. Louis University
St. Louis, Mo
BS Finance and Accounting
university of Missouri
Columbia
Gottheimer Malecki Memorial Award
CPCU Society
2015
Best Paper
Journal Of Insurance Issues
2015
Innovation in Business Education
AACSB: Mid-Continent Business School Deans Conference.
2011
Strickler International Award for Innovation in Insurance Education.
American Risk and Insurance Association ARIA
2007
Grants & Contracts
Wearable Technology and Reducing Worker Injury. Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Company. Private. (2023)
Provost Innovation and Enhancement Grant: Design Thinking @ ISU Collaboration Space. Provost's Office. Illinois State University. (2022)
Establishing of Index Insurance for Crop Insurance in Northern Ghana. International Labour Organization. Other.
Conference Proceeding
Jones, J., & Ostaszewski,, K. I'm just an industry whose intentions are good, Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood!". Jose Maria Sarabia, Faustino Prieto, and Montserrat Gullen (EDs), Contributions to Risk Analysis: RISK 2018, Cuadernos de la Fundacion C/223, edited by Jose Maria Sarabia, Faustino Prieto, and Montserrat Gullen, Mapfre Foundation, Madrid, Spain, 2018.. Cuadernos de la Fundacion (2018): pp. 197-205.
Jones, J., & Ostaszewski, . Illinois State University: Creating Actuarial Capacity in Rare Harmony. Promoting Microinsurance in Ghana, published by the National Insurance Commission of Ghana and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit. National Insurance Commission of Ghana and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (2012): Chapter 3.5, pp. 81-86,.
Journal Article
Kaufman, P., Hartman, N., Valentin, R., Hunter, G., Jones, J., Zamudio, M., LaMont, R., & Baldauf, K. Design Thinking in the University and the Business Classroom: A Collaborative Search for Solutions. Peter Billington (EDs). Business Education Innovation Journal 16.1 (2024): 222-235.
Trombley, T., Jones, J., & Trombley, M. Impact of cultural tightness on vaccination rate. Risk Management and Insurance Review 25.3 (2022): 367-389.
Elango, B., Jones, J., Healy, P., & Assan-Sackey , B. What Differentiates Firms Led by Female CEOs?. Journal of Applied Leadership and Management 9 (2021): 32-40.
Choudhury, A., Jones, J., & Opare-Addo, M. Perceived Risk and Willingness to Provide Loan to Smallholder Farmers in Ghana. Journal of African Business 21.1 (2020): 1-18.
Elango, B., Chen, S., & Jones, J. Sticking to the Social Mission: Microinsurance in Bottom of the Pyramid Markets. Journal of General Management 44.4 (2019): 209-219.
Kaufman, P., Hartman, N., Jones, J., Saripalle, R., & Smudde, P. The Use of Extracurricular Interdisciplinary Project-Based Teams in Higher Education as a Catalyst for Actionable Knowledge. Business Education Innovation Journal 11.1 (2019): 126-136.
Jones, J., & Ostaszewski, K. Insurance and Environmental Sustainability,". Society of Actuaries Summer (2018): 10.
Choudhury, A., Jones, J., & Okine, A. “Drought-Triggered Index Insurance Using Cluster Analysis of Rainfall Affected by Climate Change,”. Barese, James (EDs). Journal of Insurance Issues 39(2).fall (2016): 169-186.
Choudhury, A., Jones, J., & Spaulding, A. Association of Rainfall and Detrended Crop Yield Based on Piecewise Regression for Agricultural Insuranc. Jordan Whitney Enterprises, 16.2 (2015): 31-43.
Choudhury, A., & Jones, J. Crop Yield Prediction Using Time Series Models,”. Grady Perdue, University of Houston-Clear Lake Martin Milkman, Murray State University John Marcis, Coastal Carolina University (EDs). Jordan Whitney Enterprises, 15.3 (2014): 53-67.
Kevin, A., & Jones, J. Insurance rating games: Strikes, spares, and bags 17(2) (2014): 297-313.
B., E., & Jones, J. Drivers of Insurance Demand in Emerging Markets. Journal of Service Sciences 3(2) (2011): 186-204.
Jones, J., & Askar , C. Structural Change In The CPCU Curriculum And Its Effect On The Completion Time. Academy of Educational Leadership Journal, 12 Number 2 (2008): pp. 95-108..
Magazine/Trade Publication
Sirmans, E., Morr, R., & Jones, J. Health Insurance Markets in the State of Illinois. Illinois Life and Health Council (2024)
Sirmans, E., Jones, J., & Morr, R. The Beneficial Role of the Insurance Industry in the State of Illinois (2023)
Jones, J. The Catastrophe of Racial Injustice and Inequality. CPCU Insights. The Institutes/CPCU Society (2021): 5.
Presentations
Diamond Safety Webinar on Wearable Tech and Worker Safety. Diamond Safety Webinar on Wearable Tech and Worker Safety. Diamond Safety. (2024)
Illinois and the Insurance Industry. Illinois Life and Health Insurance Council Podcast. (2024)
Inside Illinois Insurance: A Closer Look at the Industry. Illinois Life and Health Insurance Council Podcast. (2024)
The Economic Impact of the Insurance Industry in the State of Illinois. Annual Meeting of Illinois Life and Health Insurance Council. Illinois Life and Health Insurance Coucil. (2024)
Enhanced Information Disclosure for Consumers: Policy Implications for Insurance Industry. WRIA. Western Risk and Insurance Association. (2023)
Impact of Cultural Tightness on Vaccination Rates. CNR-ISMed. (2023)
The Beneficial Role of the Insurance Industry in the State of Illinois. Illinois Life and Health Council Annual Meeting. Illinois Life and Health Council. (2023)
Using Wearable Technology to Increase Resilience Around Workers. Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter Annual Meeting. Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter Association. (2023)
Ethical Implications Of Monitoring Remote Workers. CPCU Society Ethics Meeting. CPCU Society. (2021)
Ethics of Using Big Data to Rate and Price Insurance. In2Risk. Institutes/CPCU Society. (2021)
Developing Co-Curricular Experiential Learning Programs. Western Risk and Insurance. WRIA. (2020)
Female Leaders in Top Management Teams. Western Risk and Insurance Assn. WRIA. (2020)
The Use of Big Data in Insurance. CPCU All Industry Conference. Washington CPCU Society and Bar Association. (2020)
A classroom simulation in flood risk and resilience. Western Risk and Insurance Assn. WRIA. (2019)
Employment Trends in Insurance. CPCU Katie School Symposium. CPCU SOciety. (2019)
Necessary Conditions for Social Enterprise in Emerging Markets: The Case of Microinsurance. Academy of International Business Annual Meeting. (2019)
Hoops risk: A problem-based learning activity in insurance. Western Risk and Insurance Assn. wriA. (2018)
Association of NDVI and Crop Yield for Agricultural Index Insurance. Western Risk and Insurance Assn. WRIA. (2016)
Historical Loss Ratios and State Specific Uncertainty. Western Risk and Insurance Assn. WRIA. (2014)
What Drives Social Performance of MicroInsurers in Emerging Markets?. Western Risk and Insurance Assn. WRIA. (2014)