The Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA) was created in 1997 to provide a means for all persons and entities with an interest in risk management, insurance, actuarial science, and related areas to share ideas and to engage in collaborative research for the ultimate benefit of the insurance industry.

APRIA is international, drawing members from throughout the world, but particularly from Asia-Pacific countries. The Association invites participation from all countries’ academics, executives, researchers, and government leaders willing to share ideas and to engage in collaborative research for the ultimate benefit of the insurance industry. APRIA offers individual membership as well as Institutional Membership . APRIA members come from countries in Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe and North America. You may click here to submit the membership application form.

APRIA provides a forum where individuals from diverse cultural, political, and economic backgrounds share their ideas, as well as market developments , openly and in a spirit of helpfulness. Click here to know more about APRIA Annual Conferences.

The Association publishes its own journal, Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance, bi-annually. The inaugural issue was published in June 2005.

APRIA Manual: Click here to download "APRIA Manual".

APRIA Constitution: Click here to download "APRIA Constitution" (Please email [email protected] to get the password to open the file)

2026 to 2027 Executive Committee:

President:	Jing AI (University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA)
Vice President - Operations/Finance:	Sankarshan BASU (IIM Bangalore, India)
Vice President - Programs:	Piotr MANIKOWSKI (Poznan University of Economics and Business , Poland)
Secretary:	Yoichiro FUJII (Meiji University, Japan)
Immediate Past-President:	Katja HANEWALD (UNSW Sydney, Australia)

2026 to 2027 Board of Governors:

Akio HOSHINO (Aug 2025 - Jul 2028) (Waseda University, Japan)

HIROSHI Shiraishi (Aug 2026 - Jul 2029) (Keio University, Japan)

Jimin HONG (Aug 2024 - Jul 2027) (Soongsil University, Korea)

Jiyuan WANG (Aug 2025 - Jul 2028) (Central University of Finance and Economics, China)

Mirko KRAFT (Aug 2024 - Jul 2027) (Coburg University, Germany)

Mohamad Fazli SABRI (Aug 2025 - Jul 2028) (Universiti Putra, Malaysia)

Mu-Sheng "Shane" CHANG (Aug 2026 - Jul 2029) (California State University, Northridge, USA)

Piotr MANIKOWSKI (Aug 2025 - Jul 2028) (Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland)

RUO (Alex) Jia (Aug 2026 - Jul 2029) (Peking University, China)

Sojung C. PARK (Aug 2025 - Jul 2028) (Seoul National University, South Korea)

Tao SUN (Aug 2024 - Jul 2027) (Lingnan University, China)

Thitivadee CHAIYAWAT (Aug 2024 - Jul 2027) (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)

VALLURI. Jayalakshmi (Aug 2024 - Jul 2027) (Siva Sivani Institute of Management, India)

YAYUAN Ren (Aug 2026 - Jul 2029) (Illinois State University, USA)

Official Secretariat:
Singapore College of Insurance