by Terri Vaughan, CEO, National Association of Insurance Commissioners
 On March 23, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, historical health care reform legislation, was signed into law. While there are a number of aspects to the reform package, a few key features will have a dramatic effect on private insurance markets. Read more…
By contributing resources to the Vaughan Institute, you will help ensure an ongoing positive impact on our students and the risk management and insurance industry. Your gift will provide critical support for the programs and activities of the Institute, including scholarships, funds to send students to conferences, faculty fellowships, research, and other operational aspects of the Institute. Your generosity will build on a solid foundation of leadership in education and research within the field of risk management and insurance.
|
By Larry Hershberger, Director
Come spring 2010 commencement, nearly 100 students, 30 of whom will graduate in May, will have successfully completed the Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) curriculum and earned the RMI certificate. We are extremely pleased with the growth in the number of RMI graduates since the first one earned the certificate four years ago.
Last spring, 12 of the 25 were personally interviewed and asked for their impressions of the RMI program. Each was asked 18 questions covering all facets of their experience in the program, both positive and negative. The questions pertained to course work, the RMI faculty, internships, participation in Gamma Iota Sigma (GIS), student advising, their plans for the future, etc. Read more…
By Ruth Paarmann 
Insurance and risk management were in the spotlight during the recent UI Tippie College of Business Winter Session in London. From December 27, 2009 to January 10, 2010, 20 students "hopped the pond" with Ty Leverty, assistant professor of finance who teaches in the Vaughan Institute of Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) program.
During the trip, Ty taught Topics in Finance II: Risk Management and Insurance in a Global Economy. The course included basic knowledge of insurance and how insurance markets are structured in the U.S. and internationally. Ty also addressed what makes London special in the global insurance complex.
The trip was as much about experiencing a different culture as it was about the insurance world. Read more…
By Scott Fisher, Adjunct Professor
Reprinted with permission of the author. Originally published in the Corridor Business Journal, Feb. 8-14, 2010.
Health-care reform efforts have become a three-ring circus, complete with elephants and donkeys, and performers breathing fire under the biggest gold domed top of all. P.T. Barnum would be proud. Yet most Americans would say that we are further away from reform today than we have been in the last six months. However, as the theatrical
credo says — the show must go on — whether or not a reform bill becomes law. Read more…
By Dana Ramundt
The 3rd Annual Dana C. Ramundt Insurance Education Golf Outing was held on Thursday, August 20, at Finkbine Golf Course, which brought 56 insurance industry leaders and 12 RMI students together. What an event it was! The primary purpose of the event is to introduce executives of the insurance industry to the talented students currently enrolled in the RMI program at the Vaughan Institute of Risk Management and Insurance, and conversely, give the students the opportunity to meet these future employers in a venue not inhibited by corporate HR directors. Secondly, the event raises money for student scholarships whose career plans include the insurance industry. This year’s event netted over $24,000 for the foundation. Read more…
By Viana Rockel
 Hal Larson, vice president and risk manager of Muscatine Foods, is a founding member of the Industry Mentors program, which is cosponsored by the Vaughan Institute, the Greater Quad Cities Risk and Insurance Management Society, and the Tippie College's student organization Gamma Iota Sigma.
"I am pleased to be a part of such a large collaborative effort that is making the students stronger and helping them move forward in the profession," he says. Hal feels that everyone plays a role in education and in making students stronger applicants and potential employees, which is why he mentors several students each year.
Read more…
| Certificate Enrollment, Spring 2010 |
| 71 |
Enrolled to complete the 24-credit hour curriculum |
| |
- 3.37 average GPA
- 46 from Iowa
- 5 international
|
| Course Enrollments, Academic Year 2009-10 |
| 277 | Principles of Risk Management and Insurance |
| 57 | Corporate Financial Risk Management |
| 35 | Life and Health Insurance |
| 47 | Employee Benefit Plans |
| 38 | Property and Liability Insurance |
| Graduates |
| 6 | Prior to Academic Year 2007-08 |
| 22 | Academic Year 2007-08 |
| 30 | Academic Year 2008-09 |
| 42 | Academic Year 2009-10 |
|
