Andy Polacek

Andy Polacek is a Policy Advisor in the economic research department, where he is member of the finance team and head of the Chicago Fed Insurance Research Center. His policy work focuses on systemic risk of the insurance industry. He represents the Federal Reserve as the Vice Chair of International Association of Insurance Supervisors’ (IAIS) Macroprudential Monitoring Working Group.

Polacek’s current research interests include life insurers’ investments in private credit, homeowners insurance and mortgage markets, and forecasting insurance inflation. He has a B.A. in economics and international studies and an M.S in economics and policy analysis from DePaul University.