The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) is a
professional association
A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to advocacy, further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that professio ...
dedicated to advancing the practice of
risk management. It was founded in 1950, and is headquartered in
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
. It publishes the industry-focused
''Risk Management'' magazine.
RIMS represents more than 3,500 industrial, service, nonprofit, charitable and governmental entities. The Society serves more than 10,000 risk management professionals around the world. There are 79 chapters across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Australasia and New Zealand.
The RIMS Risk Maturity Model is an online assessment tool for
enterprise risk management Enterprise risk management (ERM) in business includes the methods and processes used by organizations to manage risks and seize opportunities related to the achievement of their objectives. ERM provides a framework for risk management, which typic ...
(ERM). Developed in 2006, it has been recognized as a best practice framework by several National Organizations. Over 2,000 corporates and organizations have baselined their ERM maturity with the RIMS Risk Maturity Model.
Given appropriate experience and educational background, RIMS offers the
certification
Certification is the provision by an independent body of written assurance (a certificate) that the product, service or system in question meets specific requirements. It is the formal attestation or confirmation of certain characteristics of a ...
RIMS-CRMP (''RIMS Certified Risk Management Professional'') and the
professional designations CRM (''Canadian Risk Management'') and RF (''RIMS Fellow''); various intermediate designations are available via certification exams.
See also
References
External links
- RIMS website for professional risk practitioners
- RIMS website for
Risk Management (magazine)
Business and finance professional associations
Risk management in business
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