During my 20 years as a RIMS member, I’ve witnessed the wonderful power of this Society to provide countless risk professionals with the resources to add more value as leaders within their organizations. RIMS is proud to support risk management professionals and to continue to deliver an array of initiatives to ensure our voices are heard.
Just back from Washington, DC, the RIMS Legislative Summit was once again a success. RIMS members from across the US met in the capital for a series of panel discussions and meetings with congressional leaders. Advocacy remains a priority for the Society, and it was important to share this community’s concern for the looming expiration of the National Flood Insurance Program. The conversations were well-received and we anticipate great results.
RIMS Chapters continue to produce outstanding programming and opportunities for local members and we want to ensure those success stories are heard, too. This year, RIMS launched the ECHO (Enhancing Chapter Outcome) awards program. ECHO allows our chapters to showcase their great work, while providing a roadmap for building a strong chapter. We are currently accepting submissions for this new program which will be awarded in San Antonio at RIMS 2018.
The recognition doesn’t stop there. The profession is filled with remarkable practitioners and we have proudly opened the nomination process for all of our awards.
To provide you with current and relevant data, the RIMS Benchmark Survey and RIMS Compensation Survey are quantitative tools that help risk professionals to demonstrate value, as well as highlight new opportunities for organizational and professional success.
RIMS Benchmark Survey provides benchmarking statistics for the Total Cost of Risk across a selection of industries and lines of coverage. The Survey is currently calling on practitioners to contribute their data. All data is shared anonymously and in aggregated form. As always, survey participants are rewarded with a discounted or complimentary copy once it is complete.
The Society is putting the finishing touches on the 2017 RIMS Compensation Survey and will have that ready for the public in November. Stay tuned to see what career opportunities might be in store for you next.
ERM continues to be an integral practice for risk professionals and their organizations. We’re looking forward to welcoming more than 350 practitioners from around the world to RIMS ERM Conference 2017 in Los Angeles on November 6th and 7th. Now in its seventh year, the conference continues to offer an outstanding educational program for practitioners at every level of the ERM process. There is still time to register. For a look at the full agenda, click here.
You might think it is too early to start talking about RIMS 2018 Annual Conference & Exhibition in San Antonio, but members will have the opportunity to register starting November 14th and non-members on November 28.
In other exciting news about the Annual Conference, the case champion for the 2018 Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge has been selected. I want to thank SAGE Companies, a UK-headquartered market and technology leader for integrated accounting, payroll and payment systems, and their risk manager Andrew Bent for volunteering their time to support the next generation of risk professionals. We know that SAGE will provide our student teams with an excellent opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and talents with innovative risk management approaches.
Mark your calendars for April 15 – 18 in San Antonio. Our Annual Conference never disappoints, and we hope you’ll join us there.
Whether it is through online learning opportunities, new reports and surveys, events or awards program, RIMS strives to advance the risk management profession, giving our members the resources to be heard and achieve their goals. Thank you for being a part of RIMS.
Sincerely,
Nowell R. Seaman
RIMS President