Practitioners and Academics Linking Site

Welcome to the Practitioners and Academics Linking Site (PALS). PALS was created by the Society of Insurance Research (SIR) in conjunction with the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA) for the benefit of their respective members. To learn more about each of the organizations click on the appropriate link.

SITE OBJECTIVES

The objective of this site is twofold:

• Provide academics who need data to do their research the ability to link with insurance carriers who may have the data and
• Provide practitioners within the insurance industry access to academic researchers who may be able to conduct research on behalf of specific companies or to address industry issues.

It is not the intent of this site to provide

– Data aggregation
– Proposal reviews
– Progress reviews
– Publication of papers

HOW IT WORKS

For academics

Click on this link Post a request for data and/or sponsors. Complete and submit the form which comes up. Additional details can be uploaded as part of the form. Information will be accessible only to non-academic members of SIR.

You can also review a complete list of practitioners who are seeking research by clicking View a list of practitioners seeking research.

Need a login?
ARIA members, request a login online.

For practitioners

Click on this link Post a request for research. Complete and submit the form which comes up. Additional details can be uploaded as part of the form. Information within will be accessible only to academic members of ARIA.

You can also review a complete list of academics who are seeking data by clicking View a list of academics seeking data and/or sponsors

DISCLAIMER

Neither the Society of Insurance Research nor the American Research and Insurance Association is responsible for information uploaded on this site. Nor are they responsible for the use any of the information or data uploaded. All reasonable attempts have been made to protect access to the data and research requests uploaded on this site, but there no guarantees that the information not be accessed by unauthorized people.

COMMENTS/QUESTIONS

All comments or questions regarding this site can be sent to the webmaster at webservices@namic.org