Expert Advisory Panel

Our content team is backed up by an advisory board consisting of academics teaching in insurance programs at many of the nation’s leading universities, including Brigham Young University, the University of Georgia and Penn State University.

Expert Advisor

Expert advisors guide our editorial content to ensure we publish accurate, trustworthy and actionable reports, studies and tools. Advisory board members provide commentary and analysis for publication, review and evaluate our content and tools, and serve as expert sources for our editors and reporters.

We collaborate with our advisors in the following ways:

Expert Advisor Review

Independent expert advisors often review our editorial content and provide guidance that results in the most accurate guides, research reports and tools.

Expert Commentary

Many of our experts also contribute their insights and advice in commentary and opinion articles.

Our expert advisors

  • Alison Salka

    Alison Salka

    Ph.D.

    Senior Vice President and Director of Research LIMRA, LOMA

  • Barry D. Flagg

    Barry D. Flagg

    CFP, CLU, ChFC, GFS, AEP

    Inventor, founder and president, Veralytic Inc.

  • David Dorroh Wood

    David Dorroh Wood

    DBA, MBA, BBA

    Professor, Martin Chair of Insurance, Middle Tennessee State University

  • David Marlett

    David Marlett

    PhD, BS

    Professor of Risk Management, Appalachian State University

  • Dr. Brenda Wells-Dietel

    Dr. Brenda Wells-Dietel

    CPCU, AAI, CRIS

    Robert F. Bird Distinguished Professor of Risk Management and Insurance, East Carolina University

  • Dr. James Brau

    Dr. James Brau

    PhD, BS, CFP, CFA

    Joel C. Peterson Professor of Finance Brigham Young University

  • Karen R. Terry

    Karen R. Terry

    Assistant Vice President and head of LIMRA Insurance Product Research

  • Matthew Auer

    Matthew Auer

    PhD, MS, MALD, AB

    Dean, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia

  • Pete Payton

    Pete Payton

    Licensed insurance agent. Industry veteran

    Director - compliance officer at QuinStreet

  • Siwei Gao

    Siwei Gao

    PhD, MS, BS

    Associate Professor, Eastern Kentucky University

  • Yayuan Ren

    Yayuan Ren

    PhD, MA, BS

    Associate Professor of Finance, Insurance and Law, Illinois State University

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