RMI Program at USC Ranks Fourth Largest in the United States

Robert P. Hartwig, PhD, CPCU · December 10, 2020 ·

The Business Insurance magazine just released their “2020 Risk Management and Insurance Schools Rankings and Directory.” The Risk Management and Insurance program here at the University of South Carolina is ranked fourth largest overall in the U.S. and fifth largest for graduating class. The Business Insurance rankings for largest undergraduate programs are based on the total number of students enrolled and the number of courses offered. There are 350 undergraduate students enrolled in the RMI program at USC, and there are 7 courses offered. The largest graduating class ranking is based on the number of graduates in 2019-2020, which was 100 students from the RMI program at USC. The Risk Management and Insurance program at USC is not only one of the largest in the United States, but also provides students with valuable analytical and qualitative decision-making skills that prepares them to enter the workforce.

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.