USF receives $5.26 million gift, renames insurance school

A local university recently received an investment of over $5 million to address the talent gap in the risk management and insurance industry. 

On Wednesday, the University of South Florida announced to a room full of community members and media in the FCCI rotunda, filling all three levels, that BRP Group Inc., headquartered in Tampa, had invested $5.26 million to address the industry’s talent gap. The gift to the USF School of Risk Management and Insurance is the largest given to the Sarasota-Manatee campus.