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BMath (University of Waterloo), MMath (University of Waterloo), PhD (University of British Columbia).
Mary Kelly is a professor in finance and insurance at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada. Previously, she has taught at University of Calgary and worked as an actuary before entering academia.
As Chair in Insurance, she oversees Laurier’s School of Business and Economics concentration in insurance and risk management. She is an active member of both the Southern Risk and Insurance Association and the American Risk and Insurance Association. She is an ex-officio member of the Insurance Institute of Canada’s Academic Council.
She has consulted for several organizations including the Insurance Institute of Canada, the Insurance Bureau of Canada, and the Law Commission of Canada, as well as providing expert witness testimony at the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.
- An Examination of the Long-Term Impacts of Auto Insurance Reform: Evidence from Ontario’. With A.E. Kleffner and S. Tennyson.
- Building Resilient Supply Chains Using Supply Chain and Traditional Risk Management Techniques’. With K.P.S. Isotupa and A.E. Kleffner.
- Experience Rating Mechanisms – More Isn’t Necessarily Better’. With K.P.S. Isotupa and A.E. Kleffner.
- Achieving Financial Security in Retirement: What Really Matters’. With A.E. Kleffner and C. Robie.
- Shin Research Award for Excellence 2003 – International Insurance Society.
- Canadian Risk Manager designation 2005 – Global Risk Management Institute, Inc.
- Best paper award 2006 – Journal of Insurance Issues.
- Shin Research Award for Excellence 2011 – Geneva Association / International Insurance Society.
- Best paper award 2011 – Risk Management and Insurance Review.
- Kelly, M., N.L. Nielson and T. Snoddon (2014). “Aging Population and Driver Licensing: A Policy Perspective”. Canadian Public Policy 40(1): 31-44.
- Kelly, M., A.E. Kleffner and S. Li (2013). “The Impact of Regulation on the Availability and Profitability of Auto Insurance in Canada”. Assurances 81(3-4): 59-86.
- Kelly, M., A.E. Kleffner and S. Li (2012). “Loss Reserves and the Employment Status of the Appointed Actuary”. North American Actuarial Journal 16(3): 285-305.Kelly, M., A.E. Kleffner and S. Li (2012). Insurance Regulation and the Composition of Insurance Markets. The Journal of Insurance Regulation 31: 27-58.
- Kelly, M., A.E. Kleffner and D. Leadbetter (2012). “Structures, Principles and Effectiveness of Insurance Regulation in the 21st Century: Insights from Canada”. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice. 37 (1): 155-174.
- Carayannopoulos, P., M. Kelly and S. Li (2010). “The Impact of the 2003 Regulatory Reform in the Canadian Property/Casualty Insurance Industry on Insurers' Surplus Level”. Journal of Insurance Issues 33(1): 54-84.
- Kelly, M., A.E. Kleffner and M. Tomlinson (2010). “First-party versus Third-party Compensation for Automobile Accidents: Evidence from Canada”. Risk Management and Insurance Review 13: 21 - 44.
- Kelly, M., S. Isotupa and A.E. Kleffner (2009). “The Impact of Adjuster Moral Hazard on Driving Records”. North American Actuarial Journal 13: 425-437.
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