{"id":138314,"date":"2023-12-05T16:15:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T21:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=138314"},"modified":"2025-03-13T12:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T16:19:14","slug":"ucf-launches-new-risk-management-and-insurance-program-led-by-recently-promoted-ronald-piccolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-launches-new-risk-management-and-insurance-program-led-by-recently-promoted-ronald-piccolo\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Launches New Risk Management and Insurance Program, Led by Recently Promoted Ronald Piccolo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With UCF set to launch an <a href=\"https:\/\/business.ucf.edu\/degree\/mbarmi\/\">MBA program with an emphasis in risk management and insurance<\/a> in Fall 2024, Ronald Piccolo has been named associate dean for strategic initiatives in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/college\/business-administration\/\">College of Business<\/a>, executive director for the new risk management and insurance education program, and special assistant to the provost for Volusia County, where the program will be located.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRon is the perfect person to build the strong corporate partnerships necessary to build a successful risk management and insurance program in Daytona,\u201d says Paul Jarley, dean of UCF College of Business. \u201cHe has an uncommon ability to bring groups together in ways that lead to a shared vision that drives success.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138316\" style=\"max-width: 200px;\" class=\"figure float-left\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 wp-image-138316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/12\/Ron-Piccolo_300.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/12\/Ron-Piccolo_300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/12\/Ron-Piccolo_300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 wp-image-138316 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/12\/Ron-Piccolo_300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/12\/Ron-Piccolo_300-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/12\/Ron-Piccolo_300.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Ronald Piccolo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The risk management and insurance-focused MBA was created to address the growing need for talent in the insurance industry. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has forecasted that over the next 15 years, 50% of the current insurance industry workforce will retire, leaving more than 400,000 positions unfilled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe insurance industry is expected to face many challenges in the next decade such as inflation, interest rate volatility, a global economic recession, pressure on traditional valuation models and the emergence of InsurTech (Insurance Technology). Plus, the labor market is tight and demands on the workforce continue to evolve,\u201d says Piccolo, who joined UCF in 2005 and is the Galloway Professor of Management. \u201cWe hope UCF can play its part in supporting such a critical industry for our state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With more than 18 years of experience in higher education, Piccolo will lead UCF\u2019s expansion in Volusia County, the epicenter of Florida\u2019s insurance industry, and the development of educational programming that emphasizes insurtech.<\/p>\n<p>The College of Business is no stranger to launching innovative programs. In 2021, UCF created the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/fintech-ms\/\">Master of Science in FinTech<\/a> in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is clear and compelling alignment between Volusia County\u2019s economic interests and UCF\u2019s areas of expertise,\u201d Piccolo says. \u201cWe are excited to integrate business, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/transformative-technologies-and-national-security\/\">engineering and computer science<\/a> to develop Florida\u2019s workforce, support the insurance industry\u2019s evolution and develop a national hub for InsurTech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The risk management and insurance offering is designed for working professionals who wish to pursue an accredited MBA program while continuing their careers. The program will be taught in a part-time, cohort format on Saturdays at UCF\u2019s Daytona campus. Students will take 10 core MBA courses plus three specialty courses focused on risk management, insurance and data analysis, including two new courses: <em>The Fundamentals of Risk Management &amp; Insurance<\/em>, and <em>Property\/Casualty Insurance Contract Analysis<\/em>. Applications are being accepted now. Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/business.ucf.edu\/mbarmirfi\/\">business.ucf.edu<\/a> to learn more and to apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new program, which launches in Fall 2024, will provide innovative teachings to prepare top talent for insurance industry workforce needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":138321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[7309,54295],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-138314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-colleges","tag-college-of-business","tag-ron-piccolo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UCF Launches New Risk Management and Insurance Program, Led by Recently Promoted Ronald Piccolo | University of Central Florida News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The new program, which launches in Fall 2024, will provide innovative teachings to prepare top talent for insurance industry workforce needs.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-launches-new-risk-management-and-insurance-program-led-by-recently-promoted-ronald-piccolo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UCF Launches New Risk Management and Insurance Program, Led by Recently Promoted Ronald Piccolo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The new program, which launches in Fall 2024, will provide innovative teachings to prepare top talent for insurance industry workforce needs.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-launches-new-risk-management-and-insurance-program-led-by-recently-promoted-ronald-piccolo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-05T21:15:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-13T16:19:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/12\/Fraud-Alert.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nicole Dudenhoefer &#039;17\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nicole Dudenhoefer &#039;17\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/ucf-launches-new-risk-management-and-insurance-program-led-by-recently-promoted-ronald-piccolo\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/ucf-launches-new-risk-management-and-insurance-program-led-by-recently-promoted-ronald-piccolo\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nicole Dudenhoefer '17\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9d80c5f96623baaf4ec084540ceb2407\"},\"headline\":\"UCF Launches New Risk Management and Insurance Program, Led by Recently Promoted Ronald Piccolo\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-05T21:15:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-13T16:19:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/ucf-launches-new-risk-management-and-insurance-program-led-by-recently-promoted-ronald-piccolo\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":454,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/ucf-launches-new-risk-management-and-insurance-program-led-by-recently-promoted-ronald-piccolo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/Fraud-Alert.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"College of Business\",\"Ron Piccolo\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Business &amp; 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