Working to Improve Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
The Risk and Uncertainty Management Center provides knowledge, frameworks, tools and experiences that lead to better decision-making in situations involving a wide variety of risks confronting organizations. In addition to gathering insights and sharing best practices and research with corporate partners, the center helps create opportunities for students to develop leading-edge skills in risk management and decision-making through real-world project assessment and strategy development that factor in both opportunity and risk using a range of analytical tools and methods.
Recent News Featuring USC RMI Faculty and Students
CFO 1/19/2022- 2022 Interest Rates Outlook: Fed Tightening Is Not Risk-Free
CFO’s 2022 interest rate outlook highlighted multiple perspectives on the likely economic impacts of the Federal Reserve increasing interest rates. […]
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Politico 12/30/2021- California continues to face wildfire risks. Insurers think they have an answer.
California has a wildfire problem that is causing price and availability issues in the state’s property insurance markets. Insurers have […]
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A.M. Best 12/22/2021- Retiring Executive Chairman Tony Nicely ‘Made Geico What It Is Today,’ Industry Watchers Say
Read Dr. Robert Hartwig’s comments to A.M. Best on the 12/31/21 retirement of Geico’s Executive Chairman Tony Nicely here. Nicely […]
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CFO 11/24/2021- CFOs Battle Margin Pressures and Production Delays
CFO highlighted three businesses in different industries (Polaris, Trussway Manufacturing, and Ulta Beauty) to illustrate the challenges many businesses are […]
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Claims Journal 11/3/2021- Insurers Say Data Shows Low Credit Scores Predict Risky Driver Behaviors
Dr. Robert Hartwig was featured in a Claims Journal article regarding his recent white paper co-authored with the APCIA on […]
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Co-Authored White Paper- “Behavioral Validation of Auto Insurance Rating Variables”
Dr. Robert Hartwig co-authored a white paper in conjunction with the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) on the behavioral […]
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AM Best TV 10/28/2021- APCIA: Insurers Should Not Be Liable for Pandemic BI Losses, Now or Ever
Dr. Robert Hartwig was featured in AM Best TV’s newsletter with Robert Gordon, senior vice president of APCIA, to discuss […]
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S&P Capital IQ 10/14/2021- Insurtech funding train rolls on with big Devoted Health haul
Dr. Robert Hartwig was contacted for his thoughts on Devoted Health Inc., a Medicare Advantage insurance provider, that pulled off […]
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AAIS News 10/13/2021- Bob Hartwig Sheds Light On COVID-19, Climate Change, Cyber Risk & More
The AAIS Pulse newsmagazine featured Robert Hartwig speaking with AAIS CEO Ed Kelly on a variety of topics facing the […]
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