Karen White News

RMS Promotes Steel to General Manager, Succeeding White

RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based risk modeling company, announced that Michael Steel has been appointed to its top leadership position of general manager. Steel succeeds Karen White, who has recently stepped down following the completion of the Moody’s acquisition. With more …

Moody’s Closes on Acquisition of Risk Modeler RMS for $2 Billion

Moody’s Corp. reported that it has completed its acquisition of RMS, the climate and natural disaster risk modeling and analytics firm. In the transaction, originally announced on August 5, 2021. Moody’s paid approximately $2.0 billion (1.425 billion pounds) to acquire …

RMS Launches New Climate Change Models

New Solutions Turn Climate Change Science into Business Risk Insights and Strategy Newark, CA – March 22, 2021 – RMS, the world’s leading catastrophe risk solutions company, today announced the forthcoming launch of a new suite of Climate Change Models …

TigerRisk Strengthens Global View of Catastrophe Risk With Next-Generation RMS High-Definition Models

TigerRisk adopts the full RMS global models suite NEWARK, Calif. – March 17, 2021 – RMS®, the world’s leading catastrophe risk solutions company, and TigerRisk Partners, the leading risk, capital, and strategic advisor to the global insurance and reinsurance industry, …

Good Piece of Advice from RMS CEO About Assessing a Change in Jobs

Karen White, CEO of RMS, said one of the best decisions in her career was to join Oracle, which took her career on a different trajectory. At the time, in 1993, she had a very secure position as CEO with …

RMS CEO White: Embracing Change in a Transforming Industry

During her career, Karen White, the CEO of RMS, has had a front-row seat to observe what happens with companies and industries in transformation and how enormous value—and disruption—can be created. While some people are afraid of change, White embraces …

Is the Re/Insurance Industry Ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

Industry transformations occur when the pain of staying the same is suddenly greater than the pain of changing, according to Karen White, CEO of RMS. “The second thing that has got to be present for those transformations to occur is …

RMS Appoints Silicon Valley Executive White as CEO, Succeeding Shah

RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based catastrophe risk modeling and analytics company, announced the appointment of Karen White as its new chief executive officer, replacing current CEO and co-founder Hemant Shah. With more than 25 years experience as an executive and investor …