FACULTY
Chairperson
Mitchell, Olivia S.
Professors
Doherty, Neil A.
Lemaire, Jean
Mitchell, Olivia S.
Associate Professor
Smetters, Kent
Assistant Professors
Kartasheva, Anastasia
Nini, Gregory
Faculty With Secondary Appointments in the Department
Wharton Faculty
Danzon, Patricia M. (Health Care Management)
Harrington, Scott (Health Care Management)
Kunreuther, Howard (Operations and Information Management)
Pauly, Mark V. (Health Care Management)
University Faculty
Baker, Tom. (Law School)
Affiliated Faculty
Cather, David A.
Hallman, G. Victor
Emeritus Faculty
Babbel, David F.
Cummins, J. David
McGill, Dan M.
Rosenbloom, Jerry S.
Insurance and Risk Management
Wharton's Insurance and Risk Management Department is the first of its kind in the world.
The Insurance and Risk Management Department approaches its field from a number of different perspectives: as a market, as a risk management technique, as a business, and as an instrument of public policy. Wharton faculty examine insurance against a background of accelerating change in the legal, regulatory, organizational, and economic environment in which businesses operate. Other risk management tools are evaluated from a financial management viewpoint.
The Insurance and Risk Management Department also focuses on actuarial science, which includes actuarial mathematics, statistics, computer technology, and operations research, as well as insurance and other business disciplines.
Academic Programs
The Insurance and Risk Management Department offers concentrations in insurance and risk management and in actuarial science at three levels:
Students not only receive valuable knowledge in the classroom but also gain vital practical experience through hands-on research projects carried out in various institutional settings. The department also operates the Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) Program, a professional designation program co-sponsored by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.
Research Centers
Other research centers with which department faculty are affiliated are:
