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Diane Coogan-Pushner, PhD, CFA/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

Diane Coogan-Pushner is a risk management professional who was most recently the Chief Risk Officer of the Navigators Group. She received her PhD from Boston University and began her career at the World Bank. Diane then worked in finance and strategy at AT&T before moving to PricewaterhouseCoopers to originate and manage corporate finance and risk management engagements for financial institutions. She spent a number of years at Swiss Re and was Managing Director, responsible for structured reinsurance transactions. Diane was a portfolio manager for a hedge fund and for a private equity fund both dedicated to financial services. During the financial crisis, Diane founded the Risk Management program for the City University of New York at ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ, where she was Director, Associate Dean, and a full-time faculty member. She has served on Standard & Poor/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u2019s Insurance Advisory Council and on the board of a privately held insurance company. Diane is an invited speaker at industry and academic conferences, provides investment and risk management services to institutional investors, and is currently a consultant with G58 Capital. She has published on topics of risk and investment performance, including the Handbook of Credit Risk Management, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

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Schools Attended:
Ph.D., Economics, Boston University. CFA/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

Books:/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

The Handbook of Credit Risk Management, co-authored with Sylvain Bouteille, John Wiley & Sons, 2012./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles:/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

Risk and Return of Industrial Development Bonds,/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d Municipal Finance Journal, forthcoming, Spring, 2016./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cThe Performance of Active Management of Institutional Credit Funds/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d Conference Proceedings, 5th FSI Symposium, St. John/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u2019s University, 2010./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u00a0/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u00a0/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cPerformance of European Focused Mutual Funds,/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d American Business Review, with G. Pushner, and R. Rainish, 2001./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cPacific Basin Mutual Fund Performance/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d with G. Pushner, in Advances in Pacific Basin Finance, 1998./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

Dissertation:/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

Loss Reserving Errors and Persistence of Shocks in Insurance Profits, Ph.D. dissertation, 1991./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

Other Papers and Articles:/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cThe Threat of Losing the AAA is Self-Fulfilling,/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d 2011, Finance Professional/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u2019s Post, NYSSA./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cManaging for Value in Insurance Companies,/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d 1998, with P. Licht & B. Lynch, Price Waterhouse White Paper Series, Price Waterhouse, LLP./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u00a0/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u00a0/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cBreak With Tradition – Manage For Value./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d with Peter Licht and Brian Lynch, National Underwriter /academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426// Life & Health Financial Services. July 20 1998, Vol. 102 Issue 29, p21./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cBreak With Tradition – Manage For Value./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d with Peter Licht and Brian Lynch, National Underwriter /academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426// Property & Casualty Risk & Benefits Management. September 1998, Vol. 102 Issue 36, p67./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cAdjustment Lending Conditionality and Implementation Data: An Analytical Guide,/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d 1990, with H. Hettige, The World Bank Working Paper Series No. 28./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u00a0/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

Selected Press Coverage:/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cEcon experts warn against fear over stock market woes,/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d AM New York, August 24, 2015./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cBoro pre-foreclosures approach record high/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d Times Ledger, October 11, 2012./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cFear keeps many buyers in market./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d Business Insurance, June 11, 2007, Vol. 41(24), p.14./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cLargest P/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426//C insurers post profitable quarter; Despite pricing pressures, combined net income up 24.1./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d Business Insurance, June 4, 2007./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cReinsurers report strong results, but prices expected to fall in 2007; Low losses last year means more capacity for buyers this year./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d Business Insurance, April 2, 2007./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cReinsurance vehicles differ in design, but all provide form of risk transfer; No single product dominates industry’s menu of alternatives./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d Business Insurance, November 6, 2006./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cP-C Insurers Still In M&A Slump./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management Edition, April 18, 2001./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cBuyout Firm Calls Nonlife Insurers A Good Buy in Tech-Heavy Market./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d Best’s Review, September 1, 2000./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cBuyout Firm Sees Good Value in Nonlife Insurers./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d Bestwire, July 21, 2000./academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201cMovers/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/u201d Investment News, January 31, 2000/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n

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Faculty Directory/academics/rm/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8426/n