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Dr. Tice Sirmans PhD

Associate Professor
Finance, Insurance and Law
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Research

Current Courses

287.002Independent Study

250.004Introduction to Risk Management in Business

250.005Introduction to Risk Management in Business

351.001Life And Health Insurance

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

Journal Article

Bisco, J., Sirmans, E., McCullough, K., & Moises Montesinos Yufa, H. The Impact of Monitor Choice on Loss Reserves. Dr. Patricia Born (EDs). Risk Management and Insurance Review 26.1 (2023): 83-105.
Born, P. H., & Sirmans, E. T. (2019). Restrictive rating and adverse selection in health insurance. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 87(4): 919-933.
Abraham, J. M., Cook, A. C., & Sirmans, E. T. (2024). Prevalence And Profits Of Insurers In The Administrative Services Only Market Serving Self-Insured Employers, 2010–22: Study examines the administrative only market serving self-insured employers. Health Affairs, 43(12), 1655-1663.
Born, P. H., Tice Sirmans, E., & Steinorth, P. (2023). Health insurers' use of quality improvement expenses to achieve a minimum medical loss ratio requirement. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 90(1), 123-154.
Born, P., Cook, A., Sirmans, T., & Yang, C. (2023). Are health insurers in multiple lines of business less profitable? An examination of scope economies in health insurance. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 90(1), 185-212.

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)

Presentations

A Quarterly Analysis of Loss Reserves. Great Lakes Academy of Legal Studies in Business. (2024)
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)
Injury Prevention Wearable Technology To Power Worker Safety. Annual Meeting of the International Risk Management Institute, Inc.. IRMI. (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)
When Health Insurers are Not Insuring Administrative Services Contracting. COB URG Presentation Seminar. (2024)
When Health Insurers are Not Insuring: Insurer Based Third Party Administrators. Katie School Annual Financial Regulators Meeting. The Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management. (2024)
A Quarterly Analysis of Loss Reserves. NAIC/CIPR Insurance Summit. National Association of Insurance Commissioners. (2023)
Do Relationships Between Audit and Non-Audit Service Providers Impact Audit Quality?. NAIC/CIPR Insurance Summit. National Association of Insurance Commissioners. (2023)

Grants & Contracts

Illinois State University Research Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2024)
Katie School Summer Research Grant. Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management. Illinois State University. (2024)
External Research Grant Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Co.. Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Co.. Other. (2023)
Illinois State University Research Grant. College of Business. Illinois State University. (2023)
Katie School Summer Research Grant. Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management. Illinois State University. (2023)