Harold Skipper wins APRIA-Kyobo award

Harold Skipper, an honorary professor of Georgia State University, has received the 2012 APRIA-Kyobo Life Contribution Award.

Kyobo Life Insurance Co. and APRIA, or Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association, announced on Tuesday that the scholar became the award’s first recipient.

Skipper has contributed majorly to the establishment of APRIA as well as to insurance-related theories and research, having a huge part in globalizing the life insurance sector, Kyobo said.

The 2012 APRIA-Kyobo Life Contribution Award was established last year to recognize those who have dedicated their knowledge and research to the insurance industry and actuarial science.

The award is a follow-up to the “Shin Research Award for Excellence,” which Kyobo and the International Insurance Society had sponsored from 1997, a corporate official said.

The award ceremony, which is part of the 16th APRIA Annual Conference, took place at the 600th Anniversary Hall in Sungkyunkwan University, central Seoul on Tuesday.

By Kim Eun-seo, Intern reporter
(estee.kim@gmail.com)