Dr. Brenda Powell Wells

Expert Consultants

Dr. Brenda Powell Wells, AAI, CPCU, CRIS, PhD

Professional Member

Owner

Risk Education Strategies

252.481.2777

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.  She also holds a graduate certificate in Business Analytics from East Carolina University.

Brenda has spent over 30 years studying and teaching risk management and insurance.  In 2009 she was hired to build a new risk management and insurance program at East Carolina University (ECU).  She presently serves as the director of that program and is the Robert F. Bird Distinguished Professor of Risk Management and Insurance.

Brenda is a private consultant to the insurance and risk management industry.  A sought-after public speaker, Brenda can educate and entertain groups of all sizes and backgrounds.  She has served as an expert witness and consultant on several court cases.  Her consulting firm—Risk Education Strategies–offers agency management consulting, custom seminar delivery, preparation of expert opinions and testimony, continuing education course delivery, agency valuation, risk management audits.  Brenda’s expertise is in property-casualty insurance, and she also has experience in life insurance twisting/churning cases.

During her career she has taught a variety of risk and insurance courses.  She has supervised countless internships and independent study projects.  She is also the faculty advisor to ECU’s Gamma Iota Sigma – Beta Theta Chapter.  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 $3 million.

Brenda has published numerous articles in Journal of Risk and Insurance, Journal of Insurance Regulation, Journal of Insurance Issues, Journal of Services Marketing, Small Business Institute Journal, Journal of Applied Business Research, Journal of Applied Risk Management and Insurance and Journal of Risk Education.  Her current research interests are varied.  They include marijuana legalization and the insurance industry, diminished value in automobile insurance, and insurance education.  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.

Brenda is a member of the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA), Western Risk and Insurance Association (WRIA) and the Southern Risk and Insurance Association (SRIA).  She is a past-president of SRIA and WRIA. She is a Professional member of the American Association of Insurance Management Consultants (AAIMCo).

Company Info

Risk Education Strategies

200 Chowan Dr

Chocowinity, NC 27817

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252.481.2777

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