Although he considers himself technologically savvy, R.B. "Rob" Drennan Jr. refuses to use PowerPoint in his classes—even when there are 250 students filling a lecture hall.

"At the first class of the semester, I tell my students that it’s boring and I hate it and they won’t see me using it," says Drennan, associate professor and chair of the department of risk, insurance and healthcare management in Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Management.

"They usually applaud."

"Temple University was at the top of our list in terms of the number of students that we recruited from any single institution. Temple certainly produces good quality people."

Jon Boscia, chairman and CEO of Lincoln Financial Group, had only great things to say about Temple University in his opening remarks to the more than 300 attendees at The Fox School’s 15th Annual Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science Awards Luncheon on April 2, at Temple University.

ACE INA, one of the world’s largest providers of insurance, reinsurance and financial services, has awarded Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Management a $100,000 grant to establish the ACE Scholars Program, which will provide financial assistance to students in its risk, insurance and healthcare management (RIHM) department.

As the saying goes, crime doesn’t pay—not even insurance fraud. Although people believe they can “beat the system,” in Pennsylvania those found claiming additional damage after a fender bender or those who even intentionally set fire to their own property are looking at a felony crime, punishable by up to seven years in prison and up to $15,000 in fines.

As the chief law enforcement official for Philadelphia, District Attorney Lynne Abraham leads Philadelphia’s fight against fraud in conjunction with IFPA. She was one of the featured guest speakers during Temple University’s Gamma Iota Sigma Professional Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science Fraternity’s distinguished guest lecturer series.

Three Actuarial Science majors in The Fox School’s department of Risk, Insurance and Healthcare Management recently organized the First Annual Actuarial Science Math Competition that drew over 125 local high school students to Temple’s main campus.

Juniors Melissa Ogg and Michaal Kundin and freshman Daniel J. Dotzert instituted the idea for the competition to draw attention to the growing field of actuarial science.