WILLIAM R. FELDHAUS, PhD Associate Professor of Risk Management and Insurance Graduate Program Adviser (MS-RMI, MBA-RMI) (404) 413-7467 feldhaus@gsu.edu

William R. Feldhaus is an Associate Professor of Risk Management and Insurance in the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. Dr. Feldhaus received his B.A. from Miami University and his M.B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Georgia State University.

Dr. Feldhaus is a member of the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA), Southern Risk and Insurance Association (SRIA), Western Risk and Insurance Association (WRIA), Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) and CPCU Society. Over the years he has been very active in the local chapters of the CPCU and RIMS, chairing numerous committees and serving as an officer and director. He is past president of SRIA and the Georgia Chapter of the CPCU Society.

His research activities in risk management and insurance have resulted in publications in the Journal of Risk and Insurance, Journal of Insurance Issues, CPCU Journal, Risk Management, Best's Review, National Underwriter, Journal of Accountancy, and other journals. Dr. Feldhaus served as editor of The Hold Harmless Agreement, a popular reference book published by the National Underwriter Company. He is the coordinating author of two texts on surplus lines insurance - Surplus Lines Insurance: Principles and Issues and Surplus Lines Insurance Practices. He authored Risk Retention Groups and Risk-Based Pricing Factors for Property-Liability Guaranty Funds, research projects of the Georgia Chapter of the CPCU Society. He was a contributing author of a research study for the United Nations (UNCTAD) on risk management in developing countries. Dr. Feldhaus serves as an educational consultant for a number of organizations including NAPSLO and PLUS. He was instrumental in the development of the Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance (ASLI) and the Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU) professional designation programs.

Dr. Feldhaus is a well known speaker to numerous industry groups. He conducted seminars for the Risk and Insurance Management Society on the techniques of risk management. He appears often at insurance industry meetings and seminars. He has also appeared as a speaker at corporate meetings for IBM, BellSouth, Capital Holding and other major organizations.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Feldhaus, William R., "Assessment of Undergraduate Risk Management and Insurance Programs." Risk Management and Insurance Review (Fall 2002): 155-171.

"Risk-Based Guaranty Fund Assessments: An Allocation Alternative for funding insurer Insolvencies," with Paul M. Zazenski, Journal of Insurance Regulation (Fall 1998): 42-63. 

"Does Rate Regulation Alter Underwriting Risk?" with Michael M. Barth, Journal of Insurance Issues (Spring 1999): 26-50.