Membership Category Changes and New Dues Structure Go into Effect Starting October 2009

In an effort to increase equity among membership types, encourage broad participation in URMIA, and help URMIA grow, the Board of Directors asked the Finance Committee to re-evaluate our membership definitions and dues structure. As a result of this review, we are introducing a few changes to URMIA's membership categories and membership dues, which were approved by the membership at URMIA's 2009 Annual Business Meeting in September. Please click here for information, and contact the National Office with questions (812-855-6683).

Learn About the State of Your Association

Click here to download URMIA's 2009 State of the Association, which includes information about the association's successes over the past year, the benefits URMIA can provide its members, and URMIA's strategy moving forward.

Thank You for Attending our 40th Annual Conference!

It was great to see many of you in Nashville as you Tuned Your Risk Management Skills. Click here to visit the conference website, where attendees can download and print handouts from the breakout sessions. Please take time to fill out the online evaluations. Your honest, anonymous feedback helps us to build even stronger conference programming in the future. If you have any questions, please contact the National Office by e-mail or at 812-855-6683.

Also don't miss the video of our gala event at Smiley Hollow! Take a look to see if you made an appearance.

Announcing the 2009 Edition of the URMIA Journal

The 2009 edition of the URMIA Journal is now available! The URMIA Journal aims to share new ideas, case studies, and cutting edge information about higher education risk management. The six articles in this edition cover everything from cyber liability to university mutuals and from FERPA to toxic chemicals on campus. The Journal is a benefit of membership and should be arriving in your mailbox shortly; contact the National Office at urmia@urmia.org if you do not receive your copy. PDF versions of the Journal can also be accessed from the URMIA resource library; just search for "2009 journal." Thank you again to all of those who submitted articles, to all of our accepted authors for their efforts and dedication, and to our sponsors for helping us build the profession of risk management.

Results of the National Campus Safety and Security Project Survey Now Available

URMIA recently collaborated on the National Campus Safety and Security Project with project lead NACUBO and several other higher education associations representing key higher education departments to document the current state of college and university emergency preparedness to inform the higher education community about the scope of campus safety and security today. By documenting and communicating this information, the hope is that colleges and universities will be able to continue to improve to better handle the all-hazards environment of today. To view the report, click here.

Visit URMIA's New and Improved E-mail Listserv Archive

Are you searching for answers to your higher education risk management questions? As part of the National Office's ongoing efforts to better serve our members, we have improved our e-mail listserv archive search functions! If you want to see if your question has already been asked (and answered) on the URMIA e-mail listserv, our improved listserv archive is both easy to search and includes listserv messages dating back to 1997. Visit the improved URMIA listserv archive today to begin searching for the answers to your risk management and insurance questions.

URMIA's Salary and Benchmarking Survey Report Now Available

The Salary and Benchmarking survey is our first step towards providing more detailed information about higher education risk management departments, their organizational structure, staff information, and salaries for all positions within risk management. The survey was completed by 34% of our members in July 2008, and the final report was provided to those members who took part in the survey. Printed copies of the report are available to all URMIA members for $50.00, or the cost of printing and shipping, and to non-members for $225.00. To order your copy of the Salary and Benchmarking Survey Report send an email to urmia@urmia.org.

Sneak Preview: Click here to view the Salary and Benchmarking Survey Report's table of contents. To view the questions that were asked in the survey, click here.

TULIP Brochures Available

Are you taking advantage of the URMIA TULIP program? If so you can order TULIP brochures from us by simply filling out the order form here. Please indicate how many of each brochure you would like. The Information Brochure is a 3-fold pamphlet and packed with information regarding the program. The Application Brochure has a fourth fold and includes lots of information as well as an inquiry form for people to tear off and mail in for their own records.

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