Carlson School of Management

Andrew Whitman

Whitman,Andrew Franklin

Professor
Finance Department, Carlson School
3-111 CarlSMgmt
612/625-2553
awhitman@umn.edu


Dr. Whitman is professor of insurance in The Carlson School of Management.  As a practitioner he served as special assistant in the Wisconsin Insurance Department, as an attorney admitted to practice in Minnesota and Pennsylvania, as deputy commissioner and acting chief counsel for the Pennsylvania Insurance Department, and as an insurance and risk management consultant to corporations and government entities. As a consultant to attorneys and an expert witness he has testified in the courts of 10 states and has participated in many insurance cases. He served as chair of the Finance, Real Estate, and Law Department in the College of Business, California Polytechnic State University in Pomona, CA; and has published in academic and professional journals and co-authored books on insurance law. He teaches courses on corporate risk management, insurance, personal finance, and employee benefits.


Minnesota Insurance Law and Practice, eds. Britton Weimer, Clarance Hagglund, and Andrew Whitman (West Publishing, 2002).

"Insurance Regulation and Insurers' Interests in Relocation," Andrew Whitman, Richard Butler, and Yijing Cui, Minnesota Center for Insurance Research (Spring 2000), and Journal of Insurance Regulation (Spring 2001).

"Insurers' Demutualization Decisions," Andrew Whitman, Richard Butler, and Yijing Cui, Minnesota Center for Insurance Research (Spring 2000), and Risk Management and Insurance Review (Fall 2001).

"Evaluation of Claims for Cosmetic Damage Under Homeowners Policies," Andrew Whitman, Minnesota Center for Insurance Research (Summer 1999).

"Claims Procedures," "Gold in Old CGL Policies," "Corporate Risk Management," and "Pollution-Related Exclusions," Andrew Whitman, The CGL Handbook (Aspen Press, 1999).

"Employer Health Benefits, Insurance, and Liability," "Pension Plan Liability," and "Risk Management for Business," Stay Out of Court ... and Stay in Business, eds. Clarance Hagglund, Britton Weimer, William Weeding, and Andrew Whitman (Common Law Press, 1996).

"Pollution Cleanup Liability" and "Employee Benefit Plans," Minnesota Insurance Law, eds. Clarance Hagglund, Britton Weimer and Andrew Whitman (Common Law Publishing, 1995).

"The Level of Duty is the Agent's Choice," Andrew Whitman, CPCU Journal (1993).

The Law of Commercial Agents and Brokers, Weimer, Hagglund & Whitman (Thompson/West, 2007).

Spring 2013

INS 4100 Corporate Risk Management Sec. 020
INS 4101 Employee Benefits Sec. 001
INS 4200 Insurance Theory and Practice Sec. 020

Fall 2013

INS 4100 Corporate Risk Management Sec. 001
INS 4101 Employee Benefits Sec. 001
INS 4200 Insurance Theory and Practice Sec. 020
LAW 7608 Independent Research Sec. 002

Agent/broker duties

Certified Financial Planner (CPF)

Consultant for Risk Management, Inc., and attorneys on insurance issues

Public Member, Minnesota Auto Insurance Plan

Member, Board of Directors, Missions, Inc.

Member, Board of Directors, Comida Par Vida, Inc.

Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), 1968

On- and off-the-job, 24-hour health benefits

Liability risk management

Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU)

Employee health benefits and managed care

Insurer liability for environmental cleanup

Coordinator, risk management and actuarial science majors, Carlson School

Volunteer firefighter and first responder, Station #1, Maple Grove, Minnesota

Advisor to Andrew Riverside Presbyterian Church

Director - Risk Management, Inc.

EMT for the Maple Grove Fire Department

Serves Southeast Minneapolis Meals on Wheels and attends Board of Directors Meetings

Guest Lecturer - MN CLE Seminars; and UMN Library Association, & MN CPCU Chapter

Performs music therapy weekly at nursing homes

Project Homeless Connect Volunteer

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Education

JD, 1968
Law
University of Minnesota

PhD, 1966
Commerce
University of Wisconsin

MBA, 1962
Business
Pennsylvania State University

BS, 1960
Business
Pennsylvania State University


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