Risk Management and Insurance Program
This top-ranked Risk Management and Insurance Program started in 1965 and has grown to be the largest undergraduate program of its kind in the U.S.
Our average graduating class numbers roughly 120, and those newly minted Terry alums are equipped to take a variety of positions in the industry, such as insurance adjusters and underwriters, insurance brokers and agents, insurance underwriters, personal financial planners, as well as analysts in corporate management. On average, we have 20 MBA graduates per year, and we are home to one of the largest PhD programs in the U.S. producing future risk management and insurance professors.
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Department Head, Insurance, Legal Studies, and Real Estate
Spotlights
Spotlight on Terry Professors in D.C.
When sweeping financial reforms brought the federal government into the insurance business, two Terry professors trekked to Washington, D.C. to teach policymakers the ins and outs of the industry.
Securitization can be better than insurance for when disasters strike
Catastrophe securitization is a viable alternative to insurance because it helps spread risk, saves companies from potential financial ruin, and even provides corporations and qualified investors a low risk security with a favorable return on their investment — a winning proposition for all.
Alums make Business Insurance's "2008 Women to Watch"
Meidl and Schaper, honored at a luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, credit Terry for their career direction and job placement in the risk management and insurance industry.
Latest News
- Students Travel to Bermuda Mar 26, 2013
- UGA to present “Risk and Insurance Career Days” Dec 13, 2012
- Terry Alumnus Honored for Achievements in the Insurance Industry May 15, 2012
- Spotlight on Terry Professors in D.C. Feb 25, 2012
- UGA’s Terry College of Business recognizes 2011 Outstanding Faculty Award winners Nov 2, 2011