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RMS Reaches Milestone of 100 Certified Catastrophe
Risk Analysts (CCRA™)
Winter Certification Programs Now Open Newark, CA –
January 22, 2008 – Risk Management Solutions (RMS), the world's
leading provider of products and services for catastrophe risk
management, today announced that over 100 professionals have now earned
their Certified Catastrophe Risk Analyst (CCRA™) designation through the
company’s popular educational offerings: the
Catastrophe
Analysis Training (CAT) Program and the
CCRA
Exam Prep Program. “The education programs offered
by RMS have helped our catastrophe modeling analysts gain a deeper
understanding of issues like data quality, uncertainty, and the
appropriate use of modeled loss results,” said Michael Schrah, senior
vice president – head of global risk management, Endurance Specialty.
“At this point, cat modeling is such an integral part of the risk
management process in our company that it is invaluable to have
well-qualified individuals on staff. CCRA has become synonymous with
high-caliber analysts, and we will certainly continue to use the
programs to train our team and earn the recognition offered by the CCRA
credential.” Launched in 2005, the RMS Catastrophe
Analysis Training (CAT) program is the core educational offering that
prepares participants for the extensive CCRA exam. The 12-course program
offers a mix of e-learning and classroom-style learning on the entire
catastrophe risk modeling process, and encourages critical thinking
through a rigorous curriculum of lectures, hands-on examples, and
discussion groups. As an alternative, highly experienced catastrophe
risk professionals may enroll in the CCRA Exam Prep program, a
comprehensive review course that allows participants to prepare for the
exam without attending the full CAT program.
“Our goal with the CCRA designation is to set a new
standard for formalized catastrophe risk modeling education, and the
industry response shows that we are succeeding,” commented Cheryl
TeHennepe, vice president at RMS. “Client feedback has been extremely
positive, particularly on the quality and depth of teaching, which
validates our approach to the subject matter, and confirms that we are
helping to create a more insightful cat modeling community. We are proud
to offer industry-recognized credentials to the many highly skilled
individuals within the catastrophe risk modeling profession.”
Registration for the Winter 2008 CAT Program is open through January 31,
and registration for the first CCRA Exam Prep session of 2008 will open
in mid-February.
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