Articles by Robert Hartwig

Dr. Robert Hartwig is Clinical Associate Professor of Risk Management, Insurance and Finance in the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina and Director of the school’s Center for Risk and Uncertainty Management.

Why Abuse Reforms Will Protect Florida’s Economy & Consumers

Florida’s legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis took a big step forward during the 2023 Legislative Session with the signing of House Bill 837, which protects the state’s consumers and business owners from runaway legal costs that were threatening to derail …

Despite Challenges, New Year Will Bring Strong, Stable Industry: Hartwig

Despite a year of unprecedented challenges and uncertainty and a halting global economic recovery, the insurance industry remains strong, stable, sound and secure. Though below pre-COVID forecasts, major indicators point to positive rates of growth and a positive return on …

Year of Challenges Brings Growth, Innovation and Change

Despite a year of challenges, uncertainty and a halting global economic recovery, the insurance industry remains strong and stable. Though below pre-COVID forecasts, major indicators point to positive rates of growth and a positive return on equity for 2020, which …

Dodd-Frank Provisions Still Hold Concern for Insurers

The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 brought the most significant changes to financial regulation in the United States since the regulatory reform that followed the Great Depression. It represented a significant change in the American financial regulatory environment affecting all federal …

Have Insurers Lost the Capacity to Run an Underwriting Profit?

We frequently hear people ask, “When is the next hard market going to come?” And by that they typically mean double-digit increases in premium growth for a sustained period of time. Of course, no one knows. But perhaps more importantly, …

Survey of Analysts Projects Healthy Underwriting Profits

Next year may just go down on record as one of the best insurance industry underwriting performances in the past 80 years, according to an industry survey of Wall Street stock analysts and industry professionals. Analysts expect the industry’s profitability …

Are state-backed insurance schemes the wave of the future?

The government’s role in insurance markets is a matter of increasing importance and controversy. Historically, state insurance departments have regulated insurers and insurance markets, overseeing solvency, rate and form regulation, and consumer protection. More recently, however, the state itself is …

Are state-backed insurance schemes the wave of the future?

The government’s role in insurance markets is a matter of increasing importance and controversy. Historically, state insurance departments have regulated insurers and insurance markets, overseeing solvency, rate and form regulation, and consumer protection. More recently, however, the state itself is …

Are state-backed insurance schemes the wave of the future?

The government’s role in insurance markets is a matter of increasing importance and controversy. Historically, state insurance departments have regulated insurers and insurance markets, overseeing solvency, rate and form regulation, and consumer protection. More recently, however, the state itself is …

Are state-backed insurance schemes the wave of the future?

The government’s role in insurance markets is a matter of increasing importance and controversy. Historically, state insurance departments have regulated insurers and insurance markets, overseeing solvency, rate and form regulation, and consumer protection. More recently, however, the state itself is …