Georgia State’s Risk Management Foundation celebrated industry excellence at its fifth annual Riskies ceremony on March 7 at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

In 2008, the Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk (CEAR) was created as the result of a Georgia State University Area of Focus grant and became operational in 2009 when Glenn Harrison was appointed the Director. Over the past 10 years, the Center has been instrumental in establishing ‘risk’ as an academic discipline and has become an intellectual world leader in that space.

For several years we have been hearing a unified message coming from the insurance industry that predicted increased hiring. The projections were based on assessing the distribution of age in the workforce, finding that impending retirements were going to create opportunities.

We are honored to take over the reigns of the Department of Risk Management & Insurance at Georgia State University at this critical juncture in the evolution of our department. The Department of Risk Management & Insurance is a world leader in risk management scholarship and education.