What to Look for When Choosing a Journal
Before submitting your research, evaluate journals on these key criteria:
- Insurance scope — life, health, property-casualty, and reinsurance research
- Actuarial methods — mortality modelling, reserving, loss distributions, and pricing actuarial science
- Regulatory coverage — Solvency II, IFRS 17, and international insurance regulation
- Open access for reach to insurance regulators, actuaries, and insurance economists
- Fast review for insurance research with regulatory and market relevance
- Acceptance of natural disaster, catastrophe risk, and climate insurance research
Recommended Journals — Cluster 7: Finance, Accounting & Economics
All journals below are published by Keith Publications — open access, peer-reviewed, and indexed for global discoverability.
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Journal of Financial Economics and Management
(JFEM)
Financial economics, corporate finance, investment management, financial markets, monetary policy, and the economics of financial systems and institutions.
Financial Economics Corporate Finance Investment Management Financial Markets -
Journal of Accounting and Financial Reporting
(JAFR)
Financial accounting, management accounting, auditing, corporate governance, financial reporting standards, and the intersection of accounting with regulation and public policy.
Financial Accounting Auditing Corporate Governance Financial Reporting -
International Journal of Banking and Financial Services
(IJBFS)
Banking systems, financial services regulation, fintech, digital banking, risk management, financial inclusion, and the stability of global financial institutions.
Banking Systems Financial Services Fintech Risk Management -
Economics and Social Policy Research Journal
(ESPRJ)
Applied economics, development economics, fiscal and monetary policy, social policy evaluation, labour economics, and the economics of welfare, health, and education.
Applied Economics Development Economics Fiscal Policy Social Policy
Fast Publication: All Keith Publications journals complete initial review within 2–5 business days and full peer review within 2–4 weeks. Articles are published online within 5–10 days of acceptance — making us one of the fastest open access publishers in finance, accounting, and economics.
Core Research Areas in Insurance and Actuarial Science
Keith Publications insurance journals accept research on: insurance demand — determinants of insurance purchasing behaviour and adverse selection; insurance supply — underwriting cycles, insurance capacity, and reinsurance markets; actuarial pricing — loss models, credibility theory, and generalized linear models for insurance pricing; catastrophe risk — natural disaster modelling, cat bonds, and parametric insurance; health insurance — market design, risk adjustment, and universal health coverage; life insurance — mortality modelling, longevity risk, and life settlements; insurance regulation — Solvency II, IFRS 17 implementation, and regulatory capital; microinsurance and insurance for the poor; and climate change and insurance — physical and transition risk implications for the insurance industry.
Climate Risk and the Future of Insurance
Climate change presents an existential challenge to the insurance industry. Rising temperatures, more frequent and severe weather events, sea-level rise, and changing precipitation patterns are increasing insured losses and threatening the insurability of properties in high-risk areas. Research on climate risk modelling, the pricing of climate-related insurance products, parametric insurance for climate perils, government backstops for uninsurable risks, and the role of insurance in climate adaptation is urgently needed. Keith Publications provides an open access platform for this socially critical insurance and actuarial research.
Tips to Maximise Your Acceptance Chances
- Align your topic with the journal's scope — confirm your research fits the journal's finance, accounting, or economics focus area.
- Establish clear research questions — finance and economics editors expect precise, testable hypotheses or well-defined research questions.
- Address endogeneity and identification — be explicit about your causal identification strategy and its limitations.
- Use appropriate data and methodology — match your econometric or quantitative methods to your research question and data structure.
- Follow formatting guidelines exactly — non-compliant manuscripts are often desk-rejected without review.
- State practical and policy implications — explain how your findings inform investors, regulators, policymakers, or practitioners.
- Ensure robust robustness checks — include alternative specifications, subsample analyses, and placebo tests to strengthen your empirical claims.
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