Our December Holiday Meeting featuring the Jeopardy Insurance Challenge was an absolute success! Special thanks to our subject matter experts, Nicholas Trent (Aon), Chris Keegan (Brown & Brown), Jason Ross (Lockton), Alyssa Wade (Marsh) & Diane Grand (ECIB) for sharing your time, and your knowledge. Thanks also to the NJ RIMS Board (bottom right) for another successful year supporting our members!

The November NJ RIMS session, focusing on Cyber Risk & Insurance, featured a distinguished expert panel comprised of Matt Kuhn (Ascot Group), Fred Giordano (K&L Gates), and Navarone Dozier, (Aon). The panel engaged in a comprehensive discussion on the evolution of Cyber insurance. They also examined the current risk landscape, recent litigation, and regulatory trends. The audience benefited from perspectives from the underwriting, brokerage, and legal sectors.

But wait, there’s more! Our food drive to benefit the Interfaith Food Pantry Network collected over 200 pounds of food and $215 in cash donations. The NJ RIMS Board (bottom photo) thanks everyone who participated for your generous donations.

Thank you to our terrific sponsors for your support, and to our golf committee and awesome volunteers who worked tirelessly to make our annual Charity Golf / Pickleball event a resounding success! Pictures from the event are posted under the Meetings & Events tab.

Dr. Arin Reeves’ presentation “Effective Communication Strategies to Bridge Generational Differences”, hosted by a joint meeting of the Delaware Valley and New Jersey RIMS chapters, was very well received by all those in attendance.  A handout from Dr. Reeves presentation is posted in the "Past Meeting Presentations" box to the right. 

Pictured above; New Jersey Chapter President Jason Bopp, Dr. Reeves and Delaware Valley Chapter President Tom Armstrong.

For information on Dr. Arin N. Reevs and her organization please click here.

As a proud supporter of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation, the NJ RIMS Chapter is excited to share this opportunity for you and/or your company to volunteer right here in New Jersey!

As part of the IICF Month of Giving, they are extending an invitation to a cross-company volunteer day with 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮’𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄-𝗮-𝗥𝗼𝘄 (𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗥), one of their Northeast Division grantees. Volunteers will help harvest fresh produce that directly supports local hunger relief.

This opportunity can host up to 300 volunteers, making it one of the IICF's largest service events! You are encouraged to join if you’re nearby and to spread the word with colleagues or other companies in the area.

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟴𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵)
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 𝟴:𝟰𝟱 𝗔𝗠 – 𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠 (𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹)
𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗣𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗡𝗝 (𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱)

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗝 𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗦 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴.

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿/𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.

Our second annual Monmouth Park Day at the Races was a winner! The Summer Wind patio was the perfect venue to watch the action up close, catch up with colleagues and friends, and place a bet or two, or three or five or . . . .

Click here for more pictures from the day.

May 28, 2025 - The New Jersey RIMS Chapter has made a three-year commitment totaling $30,000 to the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF). 

For more than thirty years, the IICF has been uniting the collective strength of the insurance industry in providing grants, volunteer service, and leadership in the communities where we live and work.

NJ RIMS is proud to be partnering with such a worthwhile organization.  Learn more about the IICF at www.iicf.org     

May 10, 2025 - As part of our mission to support growth for the insurance and risk management professional through education, we are looking for New Jersey colleges and universities interested in implementing or expanding risk management and insurance education through a course development grant.  

Please share the details with your NJ alma mater!

Click here for details

A huge thank you to Matt Smyth and Andrew Miller, MBA of International SOS, and to Frank Scalia of Everest for your informative presentation and engaging workshop on Travel Risk Management and the duty of care required of employers. You gave us a lot to think about, starting with one very fundamental question . . . Do you know where your people are?

On March 19-20 NJ RIMS Board Member and Advocacy Ambassador Justin Colletti  participated in the RIMS Legislative Summit in Washington, DC.  While there, he met with staffers and policy advisors to NJ Senators Booker and Kim, and NJ Representatives Pallone, Conaway, and Sherrill to express our position on issues of concern to the risk management community.   

Click on the Links below for details on the topics they covered:

National Flood Insurance Program

Third Party Litigation Funding

Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act

Association Tax Reform

January 23, 2025 - The RIMS New Jersey chapter is proud to announce that we have doubled our commitment to Kids’ Chance of New Jersey with the awarding of a second four-year $5,000 Diamond Sponsorship.  Kids’ Chance of New Jersey is a non-profit organization that provides higher education scholarships to the children of catastrophically or fatally injured workers, to help them fulfill their educational goals despite the loss of a parent’s income.

This second sponsorship has been awarded to Yagmur Kartal, a freshman student at Arcadia University majoring in psychology. Yagmur desires to eventually further her education by pursuing a master’s degree and counselling families and children.  

You can learn more about Kids' Chance at  www.kidschancenj.org.