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

Executive Board
David Keeton: President- Avoca Risk Underwriting Solutions
Shari Zola: Vice-president - Munich Re
Dan Dick: Secretary - Aon
​Jon Ward: Treasurer - RLI Insurance Company
Nicholas DiMuzio: Immediate Past President - AXA XL

Past Presidents
Ron Nash - The Hartford
Andrew Castaldi
Carl Hedde - CGH Consulting
Maria Kovas - TOA Re
Randall Law: SME Chair - Chubb Tempest Re
 
Board Members
Peter Bingenheimer - AIR Worldwide
Mark Christensen - Chubb
Elizabeth Cleary: Credential Marketing Chair - Guy Carpenter
Tom Larsen - CoreLogic
Monica Mason - TransRe
Kirsten Mitchell-Wallace - Lloyds
Brian Owens - RMS
Julie Serakos: EIP Chair - BMS
Simon Webber - QBE
Amy Wixon - Liberty Mutual
Peter Zimmerli - Axis Capital
Chris Zumbrum: Education Chair - Guy Carpenter