María-Jesús Segovia-Vargas received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics and Business Administration from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, in 1994 and 2003, respectively. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at the Department of Financial and Actuarial Economics and Statistics, at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Her main research topic is focused on the application of operational research methods to analyse financial problems, especially insurance companies’ solvency, internationalization success, bank crisis and bankruptcy. She has published several monographs and papers in internationally renowned journals. She has also participated in several research projects.