Background
Dr. Head wrote on 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.