George L. Head, Ph.D., CPCU, ARM, CSP, CLU

250 Steeplechase Drive Exton, PA 19341 (610) 594-2273

Dr. Head wrote on risk management ethics for IRMI.com from 2005 to 2008. He is also author of Risk Management—Why and How.

The holder of several professional designations in insurance, safety, and risk management, Dr. Head has been a risk management educator since he graduated in 1967 with a doctorate in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and joined the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters in suburban Philadelphia. Throughout his career, Dr. Head developed and maintained the curriculum and examinations for the Institute's professional designation programs in risk management and safety, earning career recognition awards from the American Risk and Insurance Association, the Risk and Insurance Management Society, the Public Risk Management Association, the American Society of Safety Engineers, the Institute of Risk Management (British) and the International Insurance Society while contributing regularly to their publications as well as to the general risk management, insurance, and safety trade press.

After retiring in 2000 as a Director Emeritus of the American Institute, Dr. Head continued to write and advise on risk management matters. In July 2008, he officially retired from risk management and insurance to pursue the study of theology.

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Articles on IRMI.com

Risk Management: Ethics

I Will Write No More Forever (July 2008)

Insurance Ethics in the "Housing Crunch" (May 2008)

Ethics and the Insurance Agent (February 2008)

Insurance Evolution: Response to a Changing World (December 2007)

Should We "Go Green"? (August 2007)

Insurers' Right—and Duty—To Say "No!" (June 2007)

Not Another Insurance Gimmick! (March 2007)

Is Accident Forgiveness Ethical? (December 2006)

Which Claim Should Come First? (August 2006)

Can We Just Forget about the $100? (June 2006)

Where Our Ethics Come From (March 2006)

Covering Katrina—Doing "The Right Thing" (December 2005)

An Offer You Can't Really Accept—or Refuse (November 2005)

Personal Risk versus Personal Success (June 2005)

Special Knowledge, Special Duties? (April 2005)

Why Link Risk Management and Ethics? (February 2005)