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Contacts: |
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Sarah Hemingway |
Sarah Johnson |
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Risk and Insurance
Management Society |
Metzger Associates
for Advisen |
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212-655-6059 |
303-786-7000 |
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shemingway@rims.com |
sarah@metzger.com |
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FIRST-EVER
INTERACTIVE RIMS BENCHMARK SURVEYTM
NOW AVAILABLE
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RIMS
Partners with Advisen to Create Benchmarking Service |
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NEW YORK, Nov. 11,
2002 - The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
and Advisen Ltd. announced today that they are inviting the
risk management and financial communities to participate in the
new online RIMS Benchmark SurveyTM. |
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Participants who
contribute data to the Survey will receive immediate access to
the Complimentary Contributor Service. This service charts and
schedules insurance programs and interactively compares
contributor's data with prior years' Survey data. To
participate, RIMS members and other risk management and
financial professionals can visit
http://www.rims.org/benchmarksurvey.
Participant support is available by calling 1-800-655-6590.
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Starting in
January 2003, a Subscriber Benchmarking Service will allow
subscribers to use interactive benchmarking tools to compare
costs and programs against continuously updated marketplace
data. |
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"RIMS is
proud to introduce this service, which benchmarks individual
data allowing risk and financial professionals access to new
tools to view the risk-financing marketplace," said
Christopher Mandel, RIMS President. "This is a dynamic and
much needed RIMS product that will be a critical resource to
the membership."
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The new
benchmarking service is produced by Advisen, a developer of
online interactive software and information sourcing tools
exclusively for insurance professionals. |
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"Advisen has
modernized basic interaction with the survey and how
participants both record and represent their risk-financing
program," said Thomas Ruggieri, CEO of Advisen. "This
year's survey offers risk management professionals entirely new
tools for managing risk." |
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The Benchmark
Survey will be managed by James Blinn, an Advisen Principal,
who has over 15 years experience in leading prior surveys. "The
Benchmark Survey provides participants with new, more valuable
functionality that vaults the survey into the electronic age,"
said Blinn. |
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The Risk and
Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) is a not-for-profit
organization dedicated to advancing the practice of risk
management, a professional discipline that protects physical,
financial and human resources. Founded in 1950, RIMS represents
nearly 4,000 industrial, service, nonprofit, charitable, and
governmental entities. The Society serves 8,000 risk management
professionals around the world. |
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Advisen Ltd. is
the leader in strategic information services for the commercial
insurance industry, combining comprehensive market data with
proprietary analytic and benchmark modeling software. Advisen
is the only provider to offer insurance companies, brokers and
risk managers a systematic perspective on writing, marketing
and buying lines of commercial insurance. Based in New York
City with offices in Chicago and London, Advisen was founded in
1999 by a team of seasoned insurance and technology executives,
including senior managers from Marsh Inc., Bloomberg, L.P. and
Swiss Re America. For additional information, visit
www.advisen.com. |
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Editor's Note:
For full product and service descriptions with pricing
information see attached sheet or visit
www.rims.org/benchmarksurvey/productpricing/. |
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