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Dr. Tice Sirmans PhD

Interim Department Chair
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Selected Research

Current Courses

FIL 299.001 Independent Honor Study

FIL 499.001 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

FIL 287.002 Independent Study

FIL 344.001 International Financial Management

FIL 444.001 International Financial Management

FIL 340.001 Short-Term Financial Management

FIL 440.001 Short-Term Financial Management

FIL 299.001 Independent Honor Study

FIL 287.003 Independent Study

FIL 250.002 Introduction to Risk Management in Business

FIL 250.003 Introduction to Risk Management in Business

FIL 251.001 Personal Risk Management

PhD Risk Management and Insurance

Florida State University

BS Economics

University of Utah

BS Sociology

University of Utah

FIL Department Outstanding Researcher

FIL Department
2023

Risk Management and Insurance Review Best Paper Award

American Risk and Insurance Association
2021

2020 Donald Hardigree Memorial Outstanding Paper Award

Western Risk and Insurance Association
2021

FIL Department Outstanding Teacher Award

FIL Department
2020

Edmonson-Miller Katie School Faculty Development

Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management
2019

Eggers Scholarship

Florida State University
2015

Waters Scholarship

Florida State University
2014

Hold Scholarship

2013

Grants and Contracts

Illinois State University Research Grant
E. Sirmans
Illinois State University. 2024 - 2024
Katie School Summer Research Grant
E. Sirmans
Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management. 2024 - 2024
External Research Grant Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Co.
E. Sirmans
Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Co.. 2023 - 2024
Illinois State University Research Grant
E. Sirmans
College of Business. 2023
Katie School Summer Research Grant
E. Sirmans
Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management. 2023
Wearable Technology and Reducing Worker Injury
E. Sirmans, Jim Jones
Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Company. 2023
Illinois State University Research Grant
E. Sirmans
College of Business. June 2022
Katie School Research Grant
E. Tice Sirmans
Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management. 2020 - 2020

Journal Article

The Impact of Monitor Choice on Loss Reserves
Bisco, J., Sirmans, E., McCullough, K., & Moises Montesinos Yufa, H.
Risk Management and Insurance Review, 26 (1), 83-105, (2023)
Restrictive Rating and Adverse Selection in Health Insurance
Sirmans, E., & Born, P.
Journal Of Risk And Insurance, 87 (4), 919-933, (2020)
Are health insurers in multiple lines of business less profitable? An examination of scope economies in health insurance
Sirmans, E., Born, P., & Cook, A.
Journal of Risk and Insurance, 90 (1), 185-212
Does Cannabis Legalization Impact Private Health Insurer Prescription Drug Expenditures?
Sirmans, E., Cook, A., & Wells, B.
The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice
Health Insurers' Use of Quality Improvement Expenses to Achieve a Minimum Medical Loss Ratio Requirement
Sirmans, T., Born, P., & Steinorth, P.
Journal of Risk and Insurance, 90 (1), 123-154
Medical Cannabis Lowers Individual Market Health Insurance Premiums
Sirmans, E., Cook, A., & Stype, A.
The International Journal of Drug Policy, 119, 104-143
Prevalence and Profits of Insurers in the Administrative Services Only Market Serving Self-Insured Employers, 2010-2022
Sirmans, E., Cook, A., & Abraham, J.
Health Affairs, 43 (12), 1655-1663
The Effects of Medical and Recreational Cannabis Laws on Prescription Drug Claims in Private Group Insurance Markets
Sirmans, E., Cook, A., & Smith, R.
Health Economics

Magazine/Trade Publication

Health Insurance Markets in the State of Illinois
Sirmans, E., Morr, R., & Jones, J.
Illinois Life and Health Council, (2024)
The Beneficial Role of the Insurance Industry in the State of Illinois
Sirmans, E., Jones, J., & Morr, R.
(2023)

Presentations

When Health Insurers are Not Insuring: Insurer Based Third Party Administrators
E. Tice Sirmans
World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress, Calgary, August, 2025
Tax Management and Insurer Investments in Municipal Bonds
E. Tice Sirmans, Krzysztof Ostaszewski
Casualty Actuarial Society Spring Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, May, 2025
Tax Management and Insurer Investments in Municipal Bonds
E. Tice Sirmans
Midwest Business Administration Association, Chicago IL, April, 2025
Risk Management and Random Shocks to Company Wealth: A Game to Introduce Foundational Concepts of Risk Management
E. Tice Sirmans
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, February, 2025
Tax Management and Insurer Investments in Municipal Bonds
E. Sirmans
Midwest Economics Association, Kansas City MO, February, 2025
Fundamentals of Risk Management and Insurance
E. Tice Sirmans
The Institutes Griffith Foundation, Online, February, 2025
Panel on Journal Editorship
E. Tice Sirmans
University of Georgia PhD Student Symposium, Athens, GA, February, 2025
Tax Management and Insurer Investments in Municipal Bonds
E. Tice Sirmans
Western Risk and Insurance Association, Puerto Vallarta, January, 2025
Inside Illinois Insurance: A Closer Look at the Industry
E. Sirmans, Ruby Morr, Jim Jones
Illinois Life and Health Insurance Council Podcast, Online, November, 2024
When Health Insurers are Not Insuring Administrative Services Contracting
E. Sirmans
COB URG Presentation Seminar, Normal, IL, October, 2024
A Quarterly Analysis of Loss Reserves
Jill Bisco, Tice Sirmans, Kathleen McCullough
Great Lakes Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Akron, OH, October 25, 2024
The Economic Impact of the Insurance Industry in the State of Illinois
E. Sirmans, Ruby Morr, Jim Jones
Annual Meeting of Illinois Life and Health Insurance Council, Naperville, IL, August, 2024
Injury Prevention Wearable Technology To Power Worker Safety
E. Sirmans
Annual Meeting of the International Risk Management Institute, Inc., Houston, TX, June, 2024
When Health Insurers are Not Insuring: Insurer Based Third Party Administrators
E. Sirmans
Katie School Annual Financial Regulators Meeting, Normal, IL, June, 2024
Diamond Safety Webinar on Wearable Tech and Worker Safety
E. Sirmans, Jim Jones
Diamond Safety Webinar on Wearable Tech and Worker Safety, Online, April, 2024
Illinois and the Insurance Industry
E. Sirmans, Jim Jones
Illinois Life and Health Insurance Council Podcast, Online, February, 2024
Using Wearable Technology to Increase Resilience Around Workers
E. Sirmans, Jim Jones
Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October, 2023
A Quarterly Analysis of Loss Reserves
Jill Bisco, Tice Sirmans, Kathleen McCullough
NAIC/CIPR Insurance Summit, Kansas City, MO, September 18, 2023
Do Relationships Between Audit and Non-Audit Service Providers Impact Audit Quality?
Jill Bisco, Allan Blay, Tice Sirmans, Kathleen McCullough
NAIC/CIPR Insurance Summit, Kansas City, MO, September 14, 2023
The Beneficial Role of the Insurance Industry in the State of Illinois
E. Sirmans, Jim Jones
Illinois Life and Health Council Annual Meeting, Naperville, IL, August, 2023
Do Relationships Between Audit and Non-Audit Service Providers Impact Audit Quality?
Jill Bisco, Allan Blay, Tice Sirmans, Kathleen McCullough
American Accounting Association, Denver, CO, August 8, 2023
Do Relationships Between Audit and Non-Audit Service Providers Impact Audit Quality?
Jill Bisco, Allan Blay, Tice Sirmans, Kathleen McCullough
American Risk and Insurance Association, Washington, DC, August 8, 2023
A Quarterly Analysis of Loss Reserves
Jill Bisco, Tice Sirmans, Kathleen McCullough
Southern Risk and Insurance Association, New Orleans, LA, November 21, 2022
The Dissection of Insurer Loss Reserves: A Quarterly Analysis of Bulk Reserves
Jill Bisco, Tice Sirmans, Kathleen McCullough
American Risk and Insurance Association, Long Beach, CA, August 1, 2022
Scope (Dis)economies in Profitability, Premiums, and Expenses of U.S. Health Insurers
Patricia H Born, E. Tice Sirmans, Charles Yang
American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Meeting, Online, August 3, 2021