th This book is published to commemorate the 50 Anniversary of the S.S.
Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education. Administered at the Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania, the Huebner Foundation was
established in 1941 to strengthen insurance education at the collegiate
level by increasing the number of professors specializing in insurance
and enriching the literature in the field. The financial support of
leading life insurance companies has enabled the Foundation to provide
post-graduate education for prospective insurance teachers and scholars.
Through its fellowship program, the Foundation supports students in the
Ph.D. program in Risk and Insurance at the Wharton School. The success
of the Foundation is measured by the accomplishments of its alumni.
Former Huebner Fellows play leading roles in every major area of
insurance education. Fellows teach insurance to tens of thousands of
undergraduate and MBA students each year and have written hundreds of
books and thousands of articles on insurance. Fellows hold leadership
positions at the American College, the Life Office Management
Association, and the Certified Employee Benefit Specialist Program. The
Foundation was created in honor of Dr. Solomon S. Huebner, a pioneer in
insurance education. Dr. Huebner taught the first organized course on
the economics of insurance ever offered at the collegiate level in 1904.
An internationally recognized author and teacher, Dr. Huebner had a
profound impact on both insurance education and the insurance industry.
He served on the faculty of the Wharton School for more than nearly
fifty years.