RIMScast

Welcome to the fourth episode of RIMScast. Your host is Justin Smulison, Business Content Writer at RIMS, the Risk and Insurance Management Society.

Today’s episode focuses on reputational risk. Justin is joined by Nir Kossovsky, the CEO of Steel City Re. He’s an authority on business, process risk, and reputational value. He’s been an industry-wide leader in the development of index measures of reputational value and actuarially sound underwriting methods that deter reputational attacks and protect companies and their leadership.

 

Justin and Nir talk about how Nir became involved in reputational risk, how Nir defines it, the circumstances of when a reputation crisis occurs, misconceptions about reputational risk, fraud risk, and all about his upcoming panel at RIMS ERM Conference.

 

Key Takeaways:

[:23] About today’s episode and guest.

[:32] Important upcoming RIMS events.

[1:18] More about today’s guest, Nir Kossovsky.

[2:05] How Nir became involved in reputational risk.

[4:23] Reputational risk as Nir defines it.

[4:56] The circumstances of when a reputation crisis occurs.

[5:27] A key takeaway for young, risk management professionals: external factors do not always influence a reputation.

[6:46] Does Nir find a lot of his clients believe the misconception that media drives reputation risk?

[8:27] About fraud risk, its similarities to reputational risk, and strategies to mitigate it.

[9:32] The complexities of reputational risk.

[11:06] About Nir’s panel at the upcoming RIMS ERM Conference.

[13:44] Nir’s parting thoughts for the risk management community.

 

Mentioned in this Episode:

RIMS Cyber Risk Forum (Oct. 4-5th) Sheraton Seattle Hotel

RIMS ERM Conference (Oct. 29-30th) Fairmont Queen Elizabeth's Hotel

RIMS Risk Forum (Nov 13-14th) in Mumbai, India

RIMS Annual Conference and Exhibition (April 28th-May 1st, 2019) in Boston

RIMS.org (for more information about upcoming events and more)

Steel City Re

Aon

 

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Follow up with Our Guest:

Nir Kossovsky’s LinkedIn

Steel City Re

Welcome to the third episode of RIMScast. Your host is Justin Smulison, Business Content Writer at RIMS, the Risk and Insurance Management Society. This episode, he’s coming to you live from the RIMS Legislative Summit in Washington, DC.Joining him, live and in-person is special guest Whitney Craig, RIMS Government Relations Director. Whitney’s goal is to advance the legislative and regulatory interests of risk managers worldwide.

 

Whitney explains some of the biggest priorities that are being addressed at RIMS Legislative Summit this year, such as: some of the biggest players in helping RIMS achieve their goal of reauthorizing and extending the duration of The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as well as the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), and their headway in pushing for a national data breach notification standard.

 

Barry Dillard - Director, Risk Strategies, Insurance and Compliance at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts US also pops in near the end of the episode as a surprise guest to discuss what he believes to be most important for members attending the RIMS Legislative Summit, his views and excitement for the political process, and people who have stood out to him at this year’s summit.

 

Key Takeaways:

[:08] About the RIMS Legislative Summit in Washington, DC (where this episode is being recorded live!)

[:37] About the RIMScast guest today, Whitney Craig.

[:55] Justin welcomes Whitney to the podcast.

[1:13] Whitney explains some of the biggest priorities that are being addressed at RIMS Legislative Summit this year.

[2:11] Who are some of the biggest players that can help RIMS in achieving the goal of reauthorizing and extending the duration of The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)?

[3:59] About RIMS headway for pushing for a national data breach notification standard.

[5:49] RIMS work on reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA).

[6:52] The support that politician Dennis Ross has provided for RIMS.

[8:28] About the excitement surrounding RIMS Legislative Summit and how members benefit greatly from attending meetings.

[11:14] Welcoming surprise guest to the podcast, Barry Dillard!

[11:24] What Barry believes would be important to members attending the summit.

[11:49] Why does Barry like the political process?

[12:00] Does he plan to attend several more of RIMS Legislative Summits in the future?

[12:10] People who have stood out to Barry at this year's summit.

[13:05] If you want to get a hold of Whitney, you can contact her at [email protected].

 

Mentioned in this Episode:

RIMS Legislative Summit (2018) in Washington, DC

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA)

Dennis Ross (Politician)

RIMS.org (for more information about upcoming events and more)

RiskManagementMonitor.com (for the most recent coverage of the legislative summit)

[email protected]

 

Want to Learn More?

Keep up with the podcast on RIMS.org and listen on iTunes.

Have a question or suggestion? Email: [email protected].

 

Join the Conversation!

Follow @RIMSorg on Facebook and Twitter, and join the RIMS Group on LinkedIn.

 

Follow up with Our Guests:

Whitney Craig’s LinkedIn

Whitney Craig’s RIMS Community Profile

Barry Dillard’s LinkedIn

Barry Dillard’s RIMS Community Profile

Welcome to the second episode of RIMScast. Your host is Justin Smulison, Business Content Writer at RIMS, the Risk and Insurance Management Society. He’s coming to you live from Conference Room B at the RIMS Headquarters in New York City to bring you interviews with leaders of the international risk management community.

 

Today’s special guest is RIMS Chief Executive Officer, Mary Roth. Mary has been with RIMS since 1985, has held several high-level positions and assumed her current role in 2004. If anyone has their ear to the ground of the risk management landscape, it’s Mary.

 

In this episode, Mary and Justin discuss trends in the industry, upcoming education and events, and how she navigates the risks of running a non-profit. She also reveals a new feature for the RIMS annual 2019 Conference, so stay tuned to hear all about it!

 

Key Takeaways:

[:17] About the guest for this week’s episode.

[:31] Exciting happenings and events at RIMS in the following months.

[1:18] About Mary Roth, CEO of RIMS.

[1:40] Mary talks about how RIMS is expanding its international presence.

[3:00] Mary speaks about their RIMS Risk Forum in Mumbai, India.

[4:30] Some of the challenges Mary faced while developing the CRMP exam and certification as a whole.

[5:48] How Mary has seen the risk landscape change in the last few years, what she believes has made the most impact, and how she has seen risk managers and the industry react.

[8:17] What Mary sees as some other possible emerging risks.

[10:19] What some of the risks are from leading a non-profit, such as RIMS.

[11:43] The international trends Mary is monitoring and how they might impact RIMS membership and international chapters.

[14:16] About RIMS upcoming education program.

[15:30] About next week’s episode and guest.

 

Mentioned in this Episode:

RIMS Canada Conference (Sept. 23-26th) St. John’s Convention Center

RIMS Cyber Risk Forum (Oct. 4-5th) Sheraton Seattle Hotel

RIMS ERM Conference (Oct. 29-30th) Fairmont Queen Elizabeth's Hotel

RIMS Risk Forum (Nov 13-14th) in Mumbai, India

RIMS Annual Conference and Exhibition (April 28th-May 1st, 2019) in Boston

RIMS.org (for more information about upcoming events and more)
OPIS (The RIMS Information Network)

 

Want to Learn More?

Keep up with the podcast on RIMS.org and listen on iTunes.

Have a question or suggestion? Email: [email protected].  

 

Join the Conversation!

Follow @RIMSorg on Facebook and Twitter, and join the RIMS Group on LinkedIn.

 

Follow up with Our Guest:

Mary Roth’s LinkedIn

Welcome to the first episode of RIMScast. Your host is Justin Smulison, Business Content Writer at RIMS, the Risk Management Society. He’s coming to you live from Conference Room B at the RIMS Headquarters in New York City to bring you interviews with leaders of the international risk management community.

Justin’s guest today is Ward Ching, Managing Director of Aon Risk Solutions.