Keynote Speaker Presentation

P&C Insurance in a Post-Pandemic World: Distribution Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for Networks 
Wednesday, January 26 | 9:00 a.m.

Covid, inflation, interest rates, and a growing CAT trend will all significantly impact the United States economy and insurance industry. Plan to spend an hour with Robert Hartwig as he provides an outlook for both, along with a discussion regarding the challenges and opportunities for Insurance Agency Networks.

 

Robert Hartwig, PhD, CPCU, Clinical Associate Professor, Finance Department and Director, Center for Risk and Uncertainty Management Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina

Robert Hartwig (Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1993) is clinical associate professor of finance and director of the Center for Risk and Uncertainty Management at the University of South Carolina. His research focuses on insurance markets and structures, risk management, 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.