Anita Benedetti Student Involvement Program Fellowship

Each year, RIMS sponsors around 30 scholars to attend its Annual Conference, the premier educational risk management and insurance related conference in the country.   This year the conference is being held in San Antonio, Texas, April 15-18.

To our RIMS Student Members:

The application period for the Anita Benedetti Student Involvement Program fellowship will open in a few weeks.

Anita Benedetti scholars will receive mentorship; participate in stimulating conference sessions, gain valuable career development skills, and network with members of the SAC (practicing risk professionals), RIMS Board of Directors, insurers, brokers, and other industry professionals.

Student sponsorship includes:

  • Complimentary conference registration for students
  • Hotel accommodations for students (two students to a room)
  • Breakfast, lunch, and some evening meals for students
  • $650 cash stipend for students to cover travel and incidental expenses

Students will make travel arrangements in coordination with RIMS New York office. Arrival will be Saturday, April 27, 2019 and departure Wednesday, May 1, 2019.

The selection process includes nomination by the department head or professor of a college or university (see next page); and review of the nomination and supporting materials by the SAC. The successful students will be notified sometime towards the end of January, 2019.

Student Eligibility:

Nominated students must be RIMS members and enrolled as full-time students with sufficient credit hours to be classified as a junior, senior or graduate student. The nominated student’s major must be in risk management, insurance, business, finance or management with an emphasis in risk management and/or insurance. Nominated students must have an overall GPA of 2.75 or better and must have received the grade of “C” or better in the core RM/I classes. Students must be interested in seeking entry into the risk management or insurance industry.

An educational institution may nominate up to 2 students. The nominated junior must have completed, or be enrolled in, at least a second course in the major or area of emphasis by the time of the conference. A student who was previously selected by the SAC to attend the RIMS Annual Conference is eligible for nomination but the nomination will only be considered if fewer than 20 first time nominees are selected, or if additional funding is available through new donations.

If you wish to apply: CU Denver student applications due Wednesday, November 14

If you wish to be considered for nomination, please submit an unofficial copy of your transcript, your resume and your 5-page essay to John Daley (john.daley@ucdenver.edu) by Wednesday, November 14.  Shortly thereafter the RMI staff will meet to select the two candidates our program will nominate.

The resume:   The resume should contain your work history, extracurricular activities, internships, honors, participation in associations or organizations related to risk management or insurance, including offices held and volunteer involvement.  Your participation in RIMS should be featured.

The essay:  The essay should be no longer than five pages double spaced and 10 pt font. The student’s name should appear on each page of the essay and the pages need to be numbered.  It should contain the following distinct sections.

⦁ Student autobiography, including detailed information about you and your life experiences.

⦁ Student’s long and short-term career and life goals.  These must ultimately include wanting to have a career in risk management and insurance.

⦁ Why the student selected Risk Management and Insurance as a major.

⦁ What the student hopes to learn from attending the RIMS Annual Conference and how attending the conference will further their career goals and objectives.

Note: A critical part of this essay is explaining what your RIMS membership has meant to you personally.