International Society of Catastrophe Managers
The International Society of Catastrophe Managers (ISCM) is a professional association that promotes catastrophe management professionalism within the insurance industry.
Goal and objectives
ISCM's goal is to provide forums for exchange of ideas, understanding current catastrophe management issues, and networking among catastrophe managers.
Members may use ISCM to explore basic-through-advanced developments in the catastrophe modeling process, gain new catastrophe management skills and experience alternative viewpoints specific to their levels of interest and experience, learn to understand and manage modeling uncertainty in today’s demanding environment, and realize maximum benefits as well as greater levels of comfort when using modeling technology to estimate the financial impacts associated with natural catastrophes and other extreme events.
Board of directors
Executive Board
Randall Law: President - Chubb Tempest Re
Nicholas DiMuzio: Secretary - XLCatlin Group
David Keeton - AeroEdge USA
Past Presidents Advisory Board
Ron Nash - Navigators
Andrew Castaldi - Swiss Re
Carl Hedde - Munich Re
Maria Kovas - TOA Re
Board Members:
Peter Bingenheimer - AIR Worldwide
Elizabeth Cleary - Guy Carpenter
Dan Dick - AonBenfield
Lauren Efron - Partner Re
Minchong Mao - State Farm Insurance
Brian Owens - RMS
Rod Smith - Lloyd's of London-Atlanta
Robert Stevenson - Apollo Underwriting
William Thomas Taggert - CoreLogic
John Ward - RLI
Simon Weber - QBE
Amy Wixon - Liberty Mutual
Shari Zola - Munich Re
Chris Zumbrum - JLT Re
Partner organizations
ISCM partners with Risk Management Solutions, AIR Worldwide, and CoreLogic.
See also
- Catastrophe modeling
- Reinsurance
- Catastrophe bond
- Industry Loss Warranties
- Alternative Risk Transfer
- Reinsurance sidecar