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Department of Risk Management and Insurance

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Robert Hoyt Department Head, Risk Management and Insurance and Moore Chair of Insurance "I have yet to meet a student where I can't identify an opportunity within the risk management and insurance field that would be a perfect fit for them."

Recap – Bernanke Testimony – Bloomberg

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Senate Budget Committee Hammers Fed’s Bernanke on AIG Bailout; Bernanke Says AIG Was Hedge Fund Attached to Unstable Insurance Company, Insists Bank Bailout is Essential to Ending Recession and Helping Main Street (Bloomberg News)

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February 4th, 2010 at 10:20 pm

Inside Look – Financial Crisis Panel Meets – Bloomberg

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Interview with FCIC Chairman Philip Angelides (Bloomberg News)

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January 1st, 2010 at 3:11 am

In-Depth Look – Financial Flip – Bloomberg

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Troubled Financials Shares Rising Despite the 0 Billion Black Hole Looming (Bloomberg News)

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September 5th, 2009 at 5:30 am

Inside Look – Fixing the Financial System – Bloomberg

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Interview with Alan Beattie, Former Bank of England Economist and Author of “False Economy” (Bloomberg News)

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August 27th, 2009 at 5:29 am

Hartford Financial Plunges on Moody’s Rating Cut – Bloomberg

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Hartford Shares Fall Over 26% After Moody’s Cuts Rating, This After Already Reporting an 6 Million 4Q Loss and Cutting Dividend by 84%; Hartford CFO Assures Liquidity Position is “Very Strong”

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August 19th, 2009 at 10:30 am

Regulated Insurance Firms are Solvent, Can Pay Claims

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Interview with NY State Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo

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August 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am

The NAIC stands firm in protecting life insurance and annuity owners.

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In this weeks edition of Speaking of Settlements, Mark Wahlstrom discusses the recent decision by the NAIC to not cave into the pressure of the moment from the life insurance industry to relax the reserve and financial requirements that protect policyholders. Many life insurance companies, among them Hartford Life, Lincoln Financial and others wanted to be able to put less money into statutory reserves in order to protect the long term guarantees in certain lines of annuity products. This …

Final Word – Stock Focus: Genworth Financial

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Genworth Down Almost 50% at One Point; According to Merrill Lynch Analyst, the Insurance Company, Like AIG, Has Above Average Exposure to Housing Market; Genworth Disclosed Exposure to AIG and Lehman After Disclosing Exposure to Fannie and Freddie a Week

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July 20th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

Survey Says – Signs of Strain in Commercial Real Estate – Bloomberg

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Commercial Real Estate Concerns – Interview with Susan Smith of PricewaterhouseCoopers (Bloomberg News)

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July 12th, 2009 at 10:13 pm


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