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Welcome to the website for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of RIMS! 

Mission Statement

Advance the Risk Management profession among our members, students and business community through educational programs, professional development resources and networking opportunities.

Our Events


Announcements

  • Save the Date - RIMS Paint-a-Thon

    Please join Rocky Mountain RIMS as we re-engage with an in-person community service event supporting Brothers Redevelopment (Home - Brothers Redevelopment).  Rocky Mountain RIMS has been the designated safety sponsor for the Paint-a-thon for almost 2 decades and we’re excited to be able to provide an opportunity for team building, wellbeing, and community support.  The Paint-A-Thon offers older income-eligible or disabled homeowners the chance to maintain their most important investment – their home – and increase pride in the neighborhood.

    Thursday, July 27th

    Total project 8am – 3pm (can sign up for 2 hour blocks)

    Location – Denver metro – TBD

    Who:  you and anyone from your company, your family and friends!

RISK News

  • Wildfire season has started two months early in Canada, and the devastating scale of the blazes is already unprecedented. Over 400 fires have caused roughly 10 million acres of burn damage so far, and have blanketed a wide swath of Continue reading
  • ATLANTA—At this years RISKWORLD Awards Leadership Keynote, RIMS honored past, present and future champions of the risk profession, recognizing pioneers in risk management, dynamic senior risk leaders and rising stars of the risk community. Recognizing a lifetime of outstanding Continue reading
  • ATLANTA—RISKWORLD 2023 kicked off on Monday with a high-energy keynote delivered by Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Taylor looked back on the last three years as a time characterized by Continue reading
  • ATLANTA — As RISKWORLD 2023 kicked off on Monday, RIMS 2023 President Jennifer Santiago took the main stage of the Thomas B. Murphy Ballroom in Atlantas Georgia World Congrees Center to welcome attendees and help them prepare for three days Continue reading

Legislative Update

California Consumer Privacy Act
On January 1, 2020, California will implement a sweeping new data privacy law that gives its residents the right to know (1) what "personal information" has been collected about them; (2) with whom it has been shared; (3) how it may be deleted; and (4) how to stop it from being sold. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), is a significant shift in US privacy law and greatly impacts how covered businesses collect, use, store and share the "personal information" of all California residents. Continue reading.

Workers Compensation for Mental Impairment (HB17-1229)

Signed 6/5/17 | Effective 7/1/18
Workers’ Compensation for Mental Impairment will allow a claim for mental impairment benefits in cases with no physical injury even if the source of the trauma is something within the worker’s usual experience in certain situations.  Continue reading.

General Data Protection Regulation
“GDPR”
Effective May 25, 2018
The European Union (EU) adopted the GDPR with the purpose to regulate organization’s management of data with a primary focus on protections of personal information stored and processed by businesses. Continue reading