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It is the intention of the Risk Foundation to focus on the following key issues
facing the risk management and insurance community today:

• A confluence of trends is bringing about changes in the nature and role of risk management. The Risk Foundation will fund multidisciplinary research aimed at better understanding and improving the practice of enterprise risk management as it applies to insurance companies.

• Climate changes, catastrophic natural events and global terrorism have made it increasingly difficult to effectively assess, manage and mitigate such risks. The Risk Foundation will fund research aimed at better understanding and managing these risks and their impact.

• Increased political, regulatory, and legislative pressures are having a far-reaching impact on U.S. insurers and brokers. The Risk Foundation will fund research on the impact and implications of insurance regulation on insurers and their ability to be competitive.

• Attracting and retaining top talent has become a strategic imperative as risk management and insurance have grown in importance and complexity. The Risk Foundation will fund research that creates strategies and programs to broaden and deepen this talent pool.

The Risk Foundation supports research, primarily university based, on topics of timely concern in the fields of risk management and insurance. The Foundation´s Board identifies research topics of special interest and issues periodic Requests for Proposals (RFP´s). Please refer to the Foundation Application Guidelines section of this website for further information.

From time to time, the Foundation funds projects that expand access to, and availability of, information on risk and insurance. A recent example includes funding to support special library and archive collections that focus on risk or insurance. The Foundation´s Board may issue occasional Requests for Proposal in this area or may, at its discretion, fund targeted proposals brought to the Board´s attention.