The FIU-led Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model (FPHLM) was recertified by the State of Florida for the next two years. The $960,000 grant pays to update and run the existing program. A joint project with four other universities, the model is the State of Florida’s benchmark for evaluating the financial risks faced by insurance companies […]
FIU Business professor Shahid Hamid, chair of the Department of Finance, reinforced his commitment to scholarship at FIU Business with a $45,000 gift. “I truly believe that we all have to give something back,” Hamid said at a surprise party in his honor in September 2019. The gift may be renewed in the future. A […]
The FIU-led Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model (FPHLM), a joint project with four other universities, was recertified by the State of Florida for the next two years. The innovative FPHLM is used to calculate the financial and insurance impact of hurricanes. It is the State of Florida’s benchmark for evaluating the financial risks faced by […]
Joining only 146 participating institutions nationally and 331 worldwide, FIU’s Master of Science in Finance program has earned the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst Program affiliate. “It brings a lot of prestige,” said Mark Del Pezzo, a finance and investments instructor in FIU’s Business College and CFA charterholder for over 20 years, who is the […]
Florida homeowners will bear the brunt of the wind-related costs A team of researchers headed by FIU College of Business professor Shahid Hamid, using the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model, estimates that Hurricane Irma caused $19.4 billion in wind-related losses to Florida residents alone. The data doesn’t cover flood losses. Of that total, $6.3 billion […]
Accounting Associate Professor Antoinette Smith has been appointed to the board of the Federation of Schools of Accountancy. Smith was also named one of Miami’s Top Black Educators 2017 by Legacy Miami magazine, published July 17, 2017. Finance Department Chair Shahid Hamid was quoted in a story titled “In booming South Florida, another Hurricane Andrew […]
Understanding the financial and insurance impact of the destructive power of hurricane on buildings and their insurers is the rare specialty of Professor Shahid S. Hamid. He not only chairs the Department of Finance in FIU’s College of Business, but is also director of the Laboratory for Insurance, Financial and Economic Research, located in the […]
For many young business professionals, deciding to sit for the all-encompassing Chartered Financial Analyst exam may seem like volunteering to wrestle a bear. Still, as panelists from the CFA Society Miami explained to a room filled with Florida International University (FIU) College of Business students, the test yields a top-notch credential while reinforcing knowledge acquired […]
Department of Marketing Ronald Mesia, instructor and director of the Ryder Center for Supply Chain Management, and Anthony D. Miyazaki, chair and professor, were quoted in an article entitled “Rise of Logistics Technology – Florida International University” by Eric Williams and Robert Christensen, which appeared in the Summer 2015 edition of Cargo Focus, the official […]
School of Accounting Kenneth Henry (PhD Business Administration ’08, MAAC ’94), clinical associate professor, was the subject of an article entitled “The Virtual Professor” which appeared in a 2015 special supplement of Accounting and Business, a magazine from the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). Miriam Weismann, clinical professor and academic director of the Healthcare […]
