The Beta Mu chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma (GIS) of the Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) program at CU Denver was awarded a Chapter Management award at the Gamma Iota Sigma 44^th Annual International Conference in Columbus IL Friday, October 9^th, 2015. GIS is a student-led international insurance and actuarial society. The Beta Mu chapter at CU Denver was inducted into GIS in April 2014 at the Denver National RIMS conference.  Read more

Free class offered by CU Denver Business School gives high school students preview of risk management and insurance field. College is still two years away for Deanna Alter, who this fall will be a junior at Cherry Creek High School. Thanks to a free summer course offered by the CU Denver Business School, Alter is earning college credit and learning about an industry — risk management and insurance — that wasn’t on her career radar.  Read more

University of Colorado – Denver Business School Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) students recently participated in a two-week intensive course in Denver, including class lectures, presentations, and case studies, to prepare them to experience global risk management in the non-traditional Excess and Surplus Lines Market. The class then traveled to London, June 1-7, 2015, attended presentations from insurance brokers, risk management companies, Lloyds of London, and reinsurers to learn how risk is transferred globally.   Read more

On February 5, 2015 CU Denver Business Career Connections hosted the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.  The informational session which welcomed four professionals from the bank, highlighted the various career and internship opportunities with the nation’s central bank. Graduate and undergraduate students from the Finance, Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) and Information Systems programs listened in as current employees discussed their careers at the banking organization.   Read more

Cyber Expert and Chief Cybersecurity Officer for Trend Micro, Thomas Kellerman, spoke with CU Denver Business School students Thursday evening about the emerging cyber threat landscape and the status of U.S. Cyber Strategy. University of Colorado Denver Cyber Risk Management and Cyber Warfare professor instructor Yvette Connor welcomed Chief Cybersecurity Officer and Cyber Expert Thomas Kellermann, to campus Thursday evening, January 29, 2015.  Read more

The results are in and the announcements have gone out. The Global Association of Risk Professionals Partnership for Risk Education chose University of Colorado Denver Business School student Caroline Nguyen as one of five students awarded the Fall 2014 GARP Research Fellowship. “It was unbelievable to me,” Nguyen said. “I never thought I could win, since I knew it was very competitive.”  Read more

This was originally featured in Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Colorado’s January 2015 issue of Colorado Insurance News. It was Nov. 7th, 2014 at about 8:40 am and I was sitting in my car in the middle of a parking lot at the Northfield Mall at Stapleton waiting for it to be 9am. A little about me here: I have prior work experience in insurance and I am a big fan of the industry to say the least.  Read more