David Pooser

Academics

Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
 (Expected completion: Spring 2012)
 Ph.D. in Risk Management & Insurance

Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
 B.S., Risk Management & Insurance

Work Experience

Graduate Assistant
Department of Risk Management & Insurance, Real Estate, and Business Law
Florida State University, August 2008 to Present 

Research Assistant
Florida Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center
Florida State University College of Business, February 2008 to Present

Teaching Experience

RMI 3011 – Principles of Risk Management and Insurance, Florida State University, Summer 2011, 20 students – Evaluations not yet received

RMI 3011 – Principles of Risk Management and Insurance, Florida State University, Summer 2010, 30 students – 82% “Excellent and “Very Good” Evaluations

RMI 3011 – Principles of Risk Management and Insurance, Florida State University, Summer 2009, 62 students – 85% “Excellent” and “Very Good” Evaluations

Presentations at Professional Meetings

“Accounting for Line of Business Correlation when Measuring Concentration: Evidence from the Insurance Industry,” (Kathleen A. McCullough), Florida State University Risk Management & Insurance Department Brown Bag Luncheon Seminar, March 2011.

“On the Decision to Mitigate,” (with James Carson and Kathleen McCullough), Southern Risk and Insurance Association Meeting, Charleston, SC, November 2010.

“Who Mitigates and Why: Evidence From the My Safe Florida Home Program,” (With James Carson and Kathleen McCullough), Southern Risk and Insurance Association Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 2009.

Papers Under Review

“On the Decision to Mitigate,” with James M. Carson and Kathleen A. McCullough, under second review (May 2011) J of Risk and Insurance

“Nationwide: Lesson Learned from the Financial Crisis - Ahead of the Curve on Enterprise Risk Management, Yet Miles to Go,” with Joan Lamm-Tennant, forthcoming Risk Management and Insurance Review

Working Papers

 “Accounting for Line of Business Correlation when Measuring Concentration: Evidence from the Insurance Industry,” with Kathleen A. McCullough

 “Community-Level Incentives and the Decision to Mitigate: Recent Survey Evidence,” with James M. Carson, Kathleen A. McCullough and Lorilee A. Medders 

Works in Progress
“The Incentive Effects of Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance on Firm Risk,” with James Ang

Grants

PLUS Foundation, “How is Enterprise Risk Management Affecting the Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Exposure?” with Kathleen A. McCullough

Honors and Awards

• 2011 College of Business Doctoral Student Teaching Award Nominee
• 2010 Southern Risk and Insurance Association Best Doctoral Student Paper Award for “On the Decision to Mitigate”
• Katrina Anne “Katie” Froeschle Memorial Scholarship Recipient, Spring 2009, Spring 2010
• Cynthia Waters Fletcher / Kristen Waters Hood Scholarship Recipient, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011
• 2008 Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) Anita Benedetti Student Involvement Program
• FAIA Tom C. Johnson Scholarship Recipient, Spring 2007
• Robert T. Powell Endowed Scholarship Recipient, Fall 2006, Spring 2007

Affiliations

• American Risk and Insurance Association, 2009 to Present
• Southern Risk and Insurance Association, 2008 to Present
• Risk and Insurance Management Society, 2008

Leadership and Professional Activities

• Vice President, Doctoral Business Student Association (Fall 2009 – Fall 2010)
• First recipient of the University Associate Certification in Risk Management (UACRM) April, 2008