Greetings RIMS Washington Chapter Members and Supporters!

We hope your Fall is off to a great start!  It’s hard to believe the holiday season is just around the corner.  As we settle into our role as Co-Presidents, we’re excited for what our Chapter has planned for the 2024/25 Term.

Our members turned out in force for a joint September kick-off event with WSIA (Washington Self-Insurers Association).  This sold-out event, held at Mariners Stadium, welcomed 66 attendees.  It began with an educational session led by the Seattle Mariners VP of High Performance and Medical and their Manager of Risk and Liability. The evening wrapped up with networking during the Mariner’s game.   A big thanks to Lockton for sponsoring this event.

Thanks to Aon for sponsoring October’s educational session on Integrated Risk – an innovative approach to structure your insurance program by stretching a shared retention across multiple lines of cover.  Based on the questions and feedback from the audience, this is a topic our members are interested in continuing to discuss!  We are excited to bring new ideas like this (and CE credits) to our members.

We’d also like to recognize our Rising Risk Professionals for their dedication and enthusiasm to enhancing their careers as demonstrated by their participation in October’s session on career insights and opportunities, hosted at Aon’s office

We are excited about the next round of networking and educational events our amazing Programs Committee has lined up for our members and chapter supporters.  You can learn about and sign up for upcoming events on our Meetings & Events page.

To ensure that we can continue to offer relevant educational sessions and great networking events to our members, we’re looking for organizations interested in becoming a 2025 Chapter or Education Forum Sponsor. If you are interested in sponsoring our future chapter activities, please visit the Sponsorship page of our website, or contact us here!

Thanks for being part of our wonderful community.  We hope to see you at our Holiday Bash on  December 5^th for an evening of cheer, connection, and celebration!

Kristine Costanza and Megan Henshaw

RIMS WA Chapter Co-Presidents