ABOUT THE ISCM

"To promote catastrophe management professionalism within the insurance industry"

The International Society of Catastrophe Managers was established in March of 2006.   The charter of the ISCM includes the following:

• Promote the professions of natural or man-made catastrophe manager, catastrophe modeler, natural hazard physical or social scientist, climate change/sustainability expert, risk manager, natural hazard related engineer, risk securitization expert and other related fields,  within the insurance, reinsurance, loss reduction, civil, NGO, and risk management industries. 
• Emphasize professionalism and quality.
• Encourage and coordinate educational and social activities within the catastrophe management profession.
• Provide an unbiased medium for correlating scientific studies, modeling developers, and other research activity with catastrophe managers.
• Act as a source of information pertaining to any recent developments in science, technology and the catastrophe management profession.
• Encourage networking and interaction within the society
• Develop and educational program 

Board of Directors (as of February 2017)

Executive Board
Nicholas DiMuzio: President - XL Catlin
David Keeton: Vice President- AeroEdge / Salient Risk Advisory Services
Shari Zola: Treasurer - Munich Re
Minchong Mao - Secretary - State Farm Insurance

Past Presidents Advisory Board
Ron Nash - Navigators
Andrew Castaldi - Swiss Re
Carl Hedde - Munich Re
Maria Kovas - TOA Re
Randall Law: President - Chubb Tempest Re
 
Committee Chairs:
Education Committee - Dan Dick - AonBenfield
Communication Committee - TBD
Networking & Social Committee - TBD

Board Members:
Elizabeth Cleary - Guy Carpenter
Dan Dick - AonBenfield
Lauren Efron
Peter Bingenheimer - AIR Worldwide
Brian Owens - RMS
Rod Smith - Lloyd's of London-Atlanta
Robert Stevenson - Apollo Underwriting
William Thomas Taggart - CoreLogic
Jon Ward - RLI Insurance Company
Simon Weber - QBE
Amy Wixon - Liberty Mutual
Chris Zumbrum - JLT Re