Harold Weston
Clinical Associate Professor and WSIA Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance- Education
J.D., Emory University School of Law
B.A., University of Rochester
- Specializations
Contracts
Insurance Law
- Biography
Harold Weston, Clinical Associate Professor, holds the WSIA Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance. He is the director for the undergraduate risk management and insurance program, and for the MBA concentration in risk management and insurance. Prof. Weston also holds a secondary appointment in the College of Law.
Prof. Weston is a member of the California and Georgia Bar Associations, and holds the CPCU, RPLU, ARM and CPRIA designations. He is a member of the Risk and Insurance Management Society’s Standards and Practices Committee, and previously served on the External Affairs Committee. He is a member of the CPCU Society, and has been active at the national level, and in the Atlanta chapter in leadership positions. He is also a member of the American College of Coverage Counsel, plus other insurance professional organizations.
Prior to joining the faculty in 2009, Professor Weston was engaged in corporate and private legal practice. He was senior counsel at Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company in the general counsel's office where his work involved agent-broker contracts and matters, policy form drafting, privacy, and compliance; he also worked with the legislative affairs department; and he was the primary counsel to one of the operating subsidiaries. Before that, he did litigation involving almost all aspects of insurance coverage and bad faith cases, through appeals, and general litigation.
- Publications
Books
John S. Pierce, Harold Weston, Robert G. Levy, & David J. McMahon, Insurance Practices and Coverage in Liability Defense (2d ed. 2013).
John S. Pierce, Harold Weston, Robert G. Levy, & Dawn Valentine, Defending the Insured (2005).
Articles
David T. Russell & Harold Weston, Preferred Shares, an Overlooked Asset Class, Add Diversification and Income to Portfolios, 78 J. Fin. Svc. Prof. 71 (2024).
Harold Weston, The Contextual Role of Social Insurance and Industrial Age History for Teaching Workers' Compensation Insurance, 12 J. Risk. Educ. 74 (2023).
Jiun-Lin Chen, Mu-Sheng "Shane" Chang, Harold Weston, & David Russell, Cash Flow and Captive Insurance: Is There a Link? Evidence From S&P 500 Companies, 46 J. Ins. Issues 196 (2023).
Harold Weston & Brenda Wells-Dietel, Reconciling the Principle of Indemnity in Diminished Value Automobile Insurance Claims, 29 Conn. Ins. L.J. 1 (2022).
Perry Binder, Susan L. Willey, & Harold A. Weston, Teaching Workplace Privacy Issues With a Big Data Group Project, 37 J. Leg. Stud. Educ. 185 (2020).
Robert Klein & Harold Weston, No Debt and Underwater: The Need for Flood Insurance Especially as Home Equity Rises, 73 J. Fin. Serv. Prof. 83 (2019).
Harold Weston, Transactional Risk and Contractual Risk Accommodation in Contract Drafting: More Than an Indemnity Paragraph, 20 Transactions: Tenn. J. Bus. L. 673
Harold Weston & Jon McLaughlin, The Sounds of Coverage: Noise as a Covered Loss, New Appleman on Insurance 148 (Fall 2018).
Harold Weston & Paul Rosner, Ethics, Communications and Control in the Tripartite Relationship, CPCU Soc'y Insights, Spr. 2018.
Harold Weston, Thomas A. Conklin, & Kristen Drobnis, Assessing and Re-Setting Culture in Enterprise Risk Management, 85 Assurances et Gestion des Risques 131 (2018).
Harold Weston & Susan Willey, Life Insurers' Decision to Use Retained Asset Accounts for Life Insurance Payouts: A Case Study, 19 Risk Manag. & Ins. Rev. 127 (2016).
Harold Weston, Asset Management for Downside Risks, for High-Income Clients and Small-Business Owners, J. Fin. Serv. Prof., July 2015, at 53.
Margaret B. Sherman, Harold A. Weston, Susan L. Willey, & Nancy R. Mansfield, Risky Business: Managing Risk in a Complex and Connected World, 74 Revue Manag. & Avenir 159 (2014).
Glenn Harrison & Harold Weston, Climate Change and Risk: A Multidisciplinary Risk Course, 5 J. Risk Educ. 9 (2014).
Harold Weston, À la Carte Coverage. Unbundling Causes of Losses and Coverage Grants to Allow Consuer-Insured Selection., 11 Rutgers J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 38 (2013).
Harold Weston, From Fire Insurance to Home Owner's and Commercial Property Insurance, Prop. Casualty Ins. (June 2013).
Harold Weston, The Imperfect Match Between Long-Term Care Risk and Long-Term Care Insurance, J. Fin. Serv. Prof., July 2012, at 37 (2012).
Harold Weston, Envisioning a Future in Insurance, Risk Fields, Claims, June 2012, at 18.
Harold Weston, Contract Perfection and the Despair of Getting the Consumer to Read the Insurance Contract, PLUS J., May 2012.
Harold Weston, The Risk of Too Much Governance: Non-Profit's Tax Form 990 and the Real of Imagined Requirement of Sarbanes-Oxley, Corp. Gov. Advisor, Jan./Feb. 2012, at 20.
Harold Weston, Prep Talk, Board Member, Apr. 2011.
Harold Weston, Successful Board Meetings: Participation Begins Before the Meeting Starts, Corp. Gov. Advisor, Mar. 2009, at 17.
Mary E. McCutcheon & Harold Weston, Private Company D&O Insurance: Too Broad Coverage Can Be Risky, PLUS J., Oct. 2007.
Harold Weston, Annotation, Insured's Duty to Read Insurance Policy as Affirmative Defense in Claims Against Insurance Agents and Brokers, 8 A.L.R.6th 549 (2005).
Harold Weston, Fleming v. USAA: The Tale of the Coverage Grant That Ate the Exclusions, 40 Tort Trial & Ins. Prac. L.J. 107 (2004).
Harold Weston, Evaluating the Riskiness of a Carrier's Financial Condition, Am. Agent & Broker, June 2004, at 89.
Harold Weston, A Short History of Short Rate Premiums, Coverage, vol 14. 2004, at 33.
Harold Weston, The Insured's Duty to Read the Policy, E&O FUNDamentals, June 2001.
Harold A. Weston, Annotation, Educator's Liability Insurance, 94 A.L.R.5th 567 (2001).
Harold A. Weston, Lawyers' Professional Liability Insurance, 92 A.L.R.5th 273 (2001).
Harold Weston, Avoiding an Errors and Omissions Claim, E&O FUNDamentals, Feb. 2000.
Harold A. Weston, Effect of Motor Carrier Act Provisions on Insurance and Indemnity Agreements (49 U.S.C.A. §§ 13906, 14102) in Allocating Losses Involving Interstate Motor Carriers, 157 A.L.R. Fed. 549 (1999).
Popular Press
Harold Weston, The Economics of Recruiting, Calif. Law., July 1998, at 59.
Other
Harold Weston, Case Study, Phone Hacking and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, Richard Ivey School of Business Case Collection, suppl. 9B13M113.