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Samantha Kappagoda and David K.A. Mordecai were Invited to Speak at the WCF Insurance Board of Directors Annual Meeting
Samantha Kappagoda and David K.A. Mordecai were invited to speak at the WCF Insurance (Utah) Board of Directors Annual Retreat in St. George, UT. At the invitation of Ray Pickup, President and CEO of WCF, they addressed the Board to discuss prospective Workers’ Compensation Pilot Projects. David Mordecai and Samantha Kappagoda are President and Chief


David K.A. Mordecai and Samantha Kappagoda were Invited to Speak at the AASCIF Annual Conference
David K.A. Mordecai and Samantha Kappagoda were invited to speak at the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds (AASCIF) Annual Conference, where they made a presentation entitled Workers’ Compensation Pilot Projects. The presentation took place on July 8, 2015 in San Francisco, CA. David Mordecai and Samantha Kappagoda are President and Chief Economist, respectively, of Risk Economics,


David K.A. Mordecai Participated in Demo Day 2015 for FinTech Innovation Lab
David K.A. Mordecai participated in FinTech Innovation Lab (FTIL) 2015 Demo Day as Scientist-in-Residence. FTIL is an accelerator platform for early and growth stage technology firms, organized by the Partnership Fund for New York City, in conjunction with Accenture and a consortium of venture capital firms and global financial institutions. As Scientist-in-Residence for FTIL, David K.A. Mordecai


Zero Damages: Court of Claims Agrees with Testimony of David K.A. Mordecai in Rejecting Hank Greenberg’s $40 Billion Damage Claim in AIG Financial Rescue (Starr International v. United States) Litigation
In one of the largest and most closely watched cases arising from the global financial crisis, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg and Starr International challenged the United States Government’s financial rescue of American International Group, Inc. (“AIG”) that began in September 2008 (Starr International Company, Inc. v. The United States). The plaintiffs, represented by David Boies, Chairman


Samantha Kappagoda was Invited to Speak on the Council for Economic Education Vantage Point Panel: Growing Companies, Growing Women Leaders
Samantha Kappagoda, Chief Economist of Risk Economics, was invited to speak on a panel sponsored by the Council for Economic Education (CEE) entitled Vantage Point: Growing Companies, Growing Women Leaders. The other panelists were: Lisa Gersh, Chief Executive Officer, Goop Mellody Hobson, President, Ariel Investments Barbara Novick, Vice-Chair and Co-Founder, BlackRock As Lead for the Risk Economics® macroeconomic and


David K.A. Mordecai was Invited to Speak at the AASCIF Mid-Year CEO Conference
David K.A. Mordecai, President of Risk Economics was invited to speak at the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds (AASCIF) Mid-Year CEO Conference on April 30, 2015 in Arlington, VA. David K.A. Mordecai’s presentation was entitled Cyborg Commerce, Pervasive Computing, Cyber-Physical Digitization and the Deep Web: RiskTech Applications of Tertiary Data and Implications for Navigating