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RIMS sets key legislative priorities for 2025 to drive risk management advocacy

29th January 2025

RIMS, the risk management society, is committed to advancing the profession by guiding its members through complex legislative, regulatory, and legal matters, with its Public Policy Committee analysing these issues, recommending policies, responding to emerging risks, and educating members on their impact, while setting key legislative priorities for 2025 to ... Read the full article

RIMS names Kristen Peed as President for 2025

13th January 2025

The Risk Management Society (RIMS) has announced the appointment of Kristen Peed as its President for the 2025 term. Peed has been an active member of RIMS throughout her career, joining its global Board of Directors in 2018. She has served on the Executive Committee as Secretary, Treasurer, and, most recently, ... Read the full article

David Arick appointed President of The Risk Management Society (RIMS)

4th January 2024

The Risk Management Society (RIMS), has confirmed that David Arick will lead the Society as president for the 2024 term. Arick is the Assistant Treasurer, Global Risk Management at International Paper Company, a producer of fiber-based packaging and pulp. Based in Memphis, Tennessee, his team is responsible for risk financing and captive ... Read the full article

Jennifer Santiago named RIMS president for 2023

4th January 2023

The Risk Management Society (RIMS) has announced that Jennifer Santiago will lead the Society as president for the 2023 term, effective January 1. Santiago has been a RIMS member for over 15 years, serving on the Society’s Board of Directors since 2014. She is currently the Director, Risk Management & Safety at ... Read the full article

RIMS replies to FIO on federal cyber backstop

28th November 2022

The Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) has written to the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) in response to legislative dialogue regarding a federal backstop for large-scale catastrophic cyber incidents impacting infrastructure. The eight-page letter from RIMS says that a recent survey of its members shows that they overwhelmingly support a federal ... Read the full article

WTW goes into partnership with RIMS

25th March 2022

Advisory firm WTW is to go into a three-year partnership with the Risk Management Society (RIMS) to ‘advance the practice of risk management’ within Asia Pacific organisations. The firm said that the partnership aims to promote the development of risk professionals in the region and equip them to succeed in an ... Read the full article

RIMS presses Congress over pandemic risk insurance backstop

22nd April 2020

The risk management society (RIMS) has called for the establishment of a pandemic risk insurance program in the U.S. to accelerate economic recovery to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As the virus continues to spread the volatile and uncertain financial market environment and subsequent recessionary risks have intensified on a global basis. Currently, ... Read the full article