RIMS News

Santiago Named RIMS 2023 President

RIMS today announced that Jennifer Santiago will lead the Society as president for the 2023 term, effective January 1. Santiago is the director, risk management & safety at Wakefern Food Corp., the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States with …

LaBranche to Succeed Roth as RIMS CEO

RIMS announced Gary LaBranche will take over as the society’s new CEO on June 1 following the retirement of Mary Roth, who served for 37 years at RIMS. Since March 2017, LaBranche has served as president and CEO of Virginia-based …

People Moves: AIG Promotes Bolt; RIMS Honors Griffith; Tokio Marine HCC Hires Ingerslev for Cyber; Frenier to Lead CAC Specialty Prof, Cyber Business Development

AIG Appoints Tom Bolt EVP and Chief Risk Officer American International Group (AIG) said Tom Bolt was named Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, effective immediately. He replaces Sabra Purtill, who was named Executive Vice President and Chief Investment …

In 2021, Risk Managers Median Salary Hit $135K in U.S.; $120K in Canada

Risk professionals at all levels in the United States experienced an average 14.4% base salary increase in 2021 compared to 2019, while Canadian practitioners experienced an average 18.8% increase in the same period, according to the bi-annual survey RIMS 2021 …

RIMS Adopts Full Vaccination Requirement for In-Person Events

RIMS, the global risk management society with a membership of 10,000 risk management professionals in more than 60 countries, has implemented new guidelines that will require attendees at RIMS’ in-person events to show that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. …

RIMS Workshop at University of Southern California Drawing Broader Insurance Professional Audience

A risk professional is no longer merely someone who just focuses on protecting assets, according to Ward Ching, a managing director of the Western region at Aon. Ching not only sees a growing need for risk professionals to realize this …

Gaining a Risk Manager Seat at Technology’s Table: Interview with RIMS Leader Langone

The culture at technology startups like Uber, Airbnb and PayPal is all about risk-taking. They start by offering a unique, untested or reimagined product or service or by disrupting an industry’s established production, distribution or sales methods. To succeed long-term, …

Airbnb Insurance Leader Langone Becomes RIMS President for 2020

The risk management society, RIMS, announced that Laura Langone, head of Insurance Operations at Airbnb, Inc., will lead the association as president for the 2020 term. As president, Langone is succeeding Gloria Brosius, who is director of Risk Management and …

Northwestern University’s Figora Named RIMS Risk Manager of the Year

Luke Figora, senior associate vice president and chief risk and compliance officer at Illinois’ Northwestern University has been selected as the 2019 RIMS Risk Manager of the Year. The RIMS Risk Manager of the Year program aims to raise the …

RIMS Seeks Candidates for Diversity Council

The risk management society RIMS has formed a Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council tasked with identifying “relevant diversity and inclusion goals” for the society to pursue in its activities, as well as providing guidance on how best to achieve them. …