Allen Seward
Associate Director, Baylor Business Fellows Associate Professor
Professional Summary
Allen Seward, PhD, is the director of the Baylor Business Fellows major, and an associate professor of Insurance and Finance in the Hankamer School of Business. He holds a PhD in Managerial Science and Applied Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Education
- 1988 - PhD Managerial Science and Applied Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- 1985 - MA Risk and Insurance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- 1976 - MS Economics, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
- 1975 - BA Business Administration, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Courses
- FIN 3305 - Principles of Risk Management and Insurance
- BBF 1101 - Baylor Business Fellows Introduction
- BBF 4007 - Fellows Exit Review
Research Interests
- Solvency regulation of insurers
- Impact of government regulations on the health insurance market
- Solvency of the U.S. Social Security trust funds
Selected Publications
- Tracey A. LaPierre, Christopher J. Conover, James W. Henderson, Allen Seward, and Beck A. Taylor (Spring 2009). “Estimating the Impact of State Health Insurance Mandates on Premium Costs in the Individual Market,” Journal of Insurance Regulation.
- Jim Henderson and Allen Seward (1999). “Report on the Cost of Health Care System Mandates,” Report published by the Texas Association of Business and Chambers of Commerce.
- Allen Seward and Jim Henderson (1998). "Overcompensation from the Risk Free Discount Rate," Journal of Legal Economics, vol. 8, n.1, 8(2): 25-31.
- C. Delaney, Allen Seward, (Spring 1991). "Analysis of the Relationship Between Price and Variance for Homogeneous Housing Stock," Journal of Real Estate Research, vol. 6, No. 1, Pp. 99 - 111.
- Jan Mills Ambrose, Allen Seward (June 1988). "Introducing Best's Ratings into the MDA Insolvency Prediction of Property-Liability Firms," Journal of Risk and Insurance.