Moore Magazine 2020 Issue- “Weathering the Storm”

Robert P. Hartwig, PhD, CPCU · February 11, 2021 ·

Dr. Robert Hartwig and Dr. Ai He, a finance professor, were both quoted in the 2020 issue of the Darla Moore School of Business’ Moore Magazine. They are featured on pages 20-22 in an article, “Weathering the Storm,” about research on natural disasters having lasting impacts on the economy and financial well-being. Dr. He’s research, which is in the process of being published, focuses on the impact of natural disasters on banks and, more specifically, the spillover effect from common banks. Dr. Hartwig, “has studied the economic impacts of events like hurricanes, wildfires and tornadoes for decades,” as he was the president and an economist for the Insurance Information Institute in New York prior to coming to USC. Read the Moore Magazine here.

About Robert P. Hartwig, PhD, CPCU

Director, Risk and Uncertainty Management Center
Clinical Associate Professor
Robert Hartwig (Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1993) is clinical associate professor of finance and director of the Risk and Uncertainty Management Center. His research focuses on insurance markets and structures, risk management, pandemic risk, risk-bearing capital market instruments, the financing of technology risks and venture capital in insurance markets. He makes frequent presentations to insurance industry management, boards of directors, regulators and legislators. Prior to joining the Darla Moore School of Business, he was president and economist for the Insurance Information Institute in New York and in prior positions worked for Swiss Re, the National Council on Compensation Insurance and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. He has also served as an adjunct professor at Florida Atlantic University. His professional experience includes expert witness testimony and testimony before numerous congressional and state legislative committees. He holds the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) credential and speaks frequently in the media on all issues related to insurance markets.