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At the University of Pennsylvania, you'll find a historic, Ivy League school with highly selective admissions and a history of innovation in interdisciplinary education and scholarship. You'll also find a picturesque campus amidst a dynamic city and a world-class research institution. Today Penn is home to a diverse undergraduate student body of nearly 10,000, hailing from every state in the union and all around the globe. Admissions are among the most selective in the country and Penn consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Another 10,000 students are enrolled in Penn's 12 graduate and professional schools, which are national leaders in their fields. The Wharton School is consistently one of the nation's top three business schools. The School of Nursing is one of the two best in the U.S. The School of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Education, Law School, School of Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, and Annenberg School for Communication all rank among the top 10 schools in their fields.
Number of Employees 20,000
NAICS Code Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools: 611310
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Terrorism Risk Financing: A National Commission Needed
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- 2005-12-10
The large-scale attacks of September 11, 2001, which inflicted $33 billion of insured losses and induced $7 billion in federal payments to civilian and first responder victims' families, have tragically raised a fundamental question about the responsibilities of the public and private sectors in reducing terrorism risk and in providing...
The Challenge of Protecting Critical Infrastructure
BNET
- 2005-10-01
In protecting critical infrastructure, the responsibility for setting goals rests primarily with the government, but the implementation of steps to reduce the vulnerability of privately owned and corporate assets depends primarily on private-sector knowledge and action. Although private firms uniquely understand their operations and the hazards they entail, it is...
Terrorism Insurance 2005
BNET
- 2005-04-18
The insurance industry can play a key role in contributing to the social and economic continuity of the country should a large-scale terrorist attack occur. In the aftermath of September 11, the insured costs associated with the terrorist attacks were spread across the U.S. and European economies. There have been...
TRIA and Beyond: What Would Be the Most Effective Way for the Nation to Recover From (Mega)-Terrorist Attacks?
BNET
- 2005-02-25
Estimating the risk of a terrorist attack is problematic because of limited historical data, divergent models, and differing expert judgments on the likelihood and impact of an attack. Therefore, professionals seeking to manage the risk are further challenged by uncertainty over whether to buy insurance, by how to conduct appropriate...
Challenges for Terrorism Risk Insurance in the United States
BNET
- 2005-01-12
The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, against the United States raise a fundamental question about the responsibilities of the public and private sectors in reducing the risks of terrorist attacks and in providing adequate financial protection to victims of catastrophes. In the field of risk management and insurance, terrorism...
What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: Terrorism Losses and All Perils Insurance
BNET
- 2004-12-01
This paper deals with the role of insurance from catastrophic events due to causes that were thought by the industry to be of sufficiently low probability that they were not cause for concern. Traditionally, property-casualty insurance provided protection only from named causes, but over time has evolved into contracts that...
Terrorism Risk Coverage in the Post-9/11 Era: A Comparison of New Public-Private Partnerships in France, Germany and the U.S
BNET
- 2004-10-01
Terrorism is now recognized as a national issue because it has a potentially debilitating impact on the social and economic activities of a country. This paper investigates how the public and private sectors have established partnerships for covering terrorism risk as a reaction to the 2001 terrorist attacks. The paper...
TRIA and Beyond: Terrorism Risk Financing in the U.S.
BNET
- 2004-08-01
Careful research and policy development are needed in the current debate on the future of terrorism insurance to assure economic and social continuity in the case of new terrorist attacks in the U.S. The goal of this paper is to provide policymakers, key industry representatives and other interested parties with...
Strengthening Our Homeland Security: A Collaborative Planning Approach to Readiness Enhancement
BNET
- 2004-07-20
The September 11th attacks elevated awareness of the persistent dangers posed by international terrorism. By engaging a diverse group of responders and planners in a collaborative planning effort, one can enhance one's domestic readiness. One way of increasing the readiness posture is to aggressively conduct planning. It is important to...
A Framework for Senior Executives to Meet the Challenge of Interdependent Critical Networks Under Threat: The Paris Initiative, "Anthrax and Beyond"
BNET
- 2004-07-01
The growing globalization of activities translates into large-scale area of operation, just-in-time processes and increasing interdependencies among national and international networks. Combined with the emergence of a wide spectrum of threats - sabotage, terrorism, disease, natural disasters - one faces a whole new arena of large-scale emerging risks and crises...
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