Brenda Powell Wells
Brenda Powell Wells holds both a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Ph.D. in Risk Management and Insurance from the University of Georgia. She holds the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Accredited Advisor of Insurance (AAI) and Construction Risk Insurance Specialist (CRIS) designations.
Brenda has spent over 30 years studying and teaching risk management and insurance. She presently serves as the director of that program and is the Robert F. Bird Distinguished Professor of Risk Management and Insurance.
During her career she has taught numerous risk and insurance courses. She has also supervised countless internships and independent study projects. Brenda has a long history of forming, supporting, and mentoring student organizations and has a wide range of experience in public relations and fundraising. She is the founder of the Texas Risk and Insurance Professional Society (TRIPS), a non-profit entity that supports insurance education. She has a career fundraising total of well-over $2 million.
Brenda has published articles in Journal of Risk and Insurance, Journal of Insurance Regulation, Journal of Insurance Issues, and others. Her current research interests include mass tort litigation in the pharmaceutical industry, the effect of marijuana legalization on the insurance industry, social media, cyber liability and how insurance education impacts public attitudes towards the insurance industry. Her publication in Journal of Insurance Issues on marijuana legalization and its impact on property-casualty insurance is considered the seminal paper in this field.
Outside of her duties in academia, Brenda serves as a private consultant and corporate trainer to the insurance and risk management industry. Her consulting firm—Risk Education Strategies--offers agency management consulting, social media consulting, custom seminar delivery, preparation of expert opinions and testimony, continuing education course delivery, agency valuation, risk management audits, and intellectual patent application review. More information about her firm can be found at www.riskedstrategies.com
Autonomous Vehicles
Is it possible that there will be self-driving (autonomous) vehicles on our roads soon?
It's not only possible, it's happening now. Varying degrees of autonomous vehicles are traveling down the highways around us. From the car that can keep itself from drifting out of lanes to the car that uses radar to match the speed of the slower moving vehicle in front of it to the fully autonomous vehicles that are being tested on roads in cities all around the United States, autonomous vehicles are here.
Join us as Brenda Wells helps us to understand the state of autonomous vehicles and their insurance implications.
Our Legal System and Legal Liability
Liability is complicated. Where does the legal liability come from? How have courts handled similar situations?
Join us as Brenda Wells gives us an overview of the US legal system and helps us to understand how the law might impose liability.
Cannabis: Risks, Opportunities, and Trends
Join Dr. Brenda Wells, a recognized national expert in cannabis risk management, as she explains cannabis and its current legality across the United States. Learn about the various legal rulings that impact how insurance coverages treat cannabis and examine the risks and opportunities that cannabis presents for the risk management and insurance industry.