Jerry S Rosenbloom

Frederick H. Ecker Professor Emeritus of Insurance and Risk Management
Academic Director, Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) Program

Contact Information

Primary Email:
rosenbloom@wharton.upenn.edu

office Address:
3000 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall
3620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Research Interests: employee benefits, financial planning, financial services industry, international employee benefits, international risk and risk management, risk and risk management

Overview

Education

PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1965

MA, University of Pennsylvania, 1964

BS, Temple University, 1961

Recent Consulting
Employee benefits, risk management, insurance company strategic planning, pension planning, health care and international risk management and employee benefit planning

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Pension World Employee Benefits Award of the Year, 1982; Graduate Division Excellence in Teaching Award, 1982-84, 1986-87, 1991; Wharton Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1990-91

Knowledge at Wharton

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Knowledge @ Wharton - 10/13/2026

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Knowledge @ Wharton - 10/13/2026

How AI Planning Could Create Financial Market Fragility

New Wharton research shows how informed AI speculators could coordinate to manipulate positive-feedback investors.…Read More

Knowledge @ Wharton - 10/13/2026