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Biographies
The Shelter Island Risk Services team is a balance
of experience and expertise. Each member has a unique
skill set in the Risk Management Information
Systems arena.
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Richard F. Denning, President
CPCU, JD with Honors, Law Review from Fordham
ABD in Statistical Methods and MBA, New York University
BS Metallurgy with High Honors, Case Western Reserve University
Rick created Shelter Island Risk Services in 1994, after fourteen years at Crawford & Company, where he was President of Risk Sciences Group for eight years. His analytical skills were developed through management roles in Anistics, now part of AON. Rick’s greatest interest is in organizing talents of people with the diverse disciplines to solve real Risk Management problems. He is an excellent writer, teacher, and communicator of Risk Management issues.
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Ira L. Skop, VP - Regional Director
BA in Computer Science from Columbia University
Ira has over 20 years of experience in crafting
creative solutions to complex Risk Management technology
problems. He was a key contributor to Risk Sciences
Group’s growth as a premier RMIS provider from
1982 through 1997. Ira combines his excellent analytical
skills with a unique ability to communicate. |
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Kim Rigsby, Senior Consultant
BS Magna cum Laude and MBA from Jacksonville University
Kim joined Shelter Island after nearly twenty years
experience at CSX Corporation (a Fortune 500 global
transportation firm). At CSX, she handled projects
involving exposure evaluation, self-insured programs,
fronting arrangements, placement of excess insurance
coverage, and the creation of CSX’s Vermont
Captive. Kim also has experience in creating premium
and loss allocation systems, designing and implementing
comprehensive Risk Management information systems
and in providing Risk Management analysis through
RMIS solutions. |
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Dayna M. Bergen, Consultant
MS in Information Management – Stevens Institute of Technology
BS in Industrial Engineering – Lehigh University
Dayna joined Shelter Island Risk in 2003. Prior to that, she had 15 years of experience as a Senior Business Analyst at AIG and CitiGroup. She managed various system implementations, both domestically and abroad, including business and systems requirements gathering, system testing, documentation, training and implementation support. Her strongest assets, that are critical to Shelter Island Risk, are her analytical, organizational and user-focused skills.
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Ken Brownlee, Associate Senior Consultant
CPCU
Ken has joined Shelter Island for special projects,
beginning in 1999. He has over thirty years experience
as a multi-line adjuster and corporate risk and claims
manager with Crawford & Company, and in addition,
over twenty years experience as a teacher, columnist,
writer, and author. His writing credits include:
Ken lectures widely and is an expert witness in a large number of litigated
cases.
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Felix Kloman, Associate Senior Consultant
Editor-in-Chief of Risk Management Reports
and former Director of Tillinghast, Towers Perrin
For over twenty-five years, Felix has been a strong
voice for enhancing the role and resources of Risk
Management in large organizations. There are few
people who have played a larger role in engineering
the change from ‘insurance buyer’ to ‘risk
manager’ than he. Felix’s role is a reviewer
and quality control person. He is a sounding board
for ideas and a quality assurance review, critiquing
our work and challenging our assumptions and conclusions. |
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Frank Rau, Associate Senior Consultant
Associate of Casualty Actuarial Society
Member of American Academy of Actuaries
BS Mathematics from St. John’s University
MS in Mathematics from Stevens Institute of Technology
Frank began his career as a statistician at Bell
Telephone Laboratories (now Lucent Technologies).
He applied his mathematical skills to Risk Management
problems at Anistics (Aon), where he worked with
Rick Denning in the solution of advanced risk financing
and actuarial studies. After Aon, he became a Vice
President at American Re-Insurance Company, where
his studies supported a wide range of casualty risk
pricing. He has worked with Shelter Island Risk on
a number of studies, including Winn-Dixie and Sears,
Roebuck. |
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Fred Travis, Associate Senior Consultant
Fred Travis has more than 25 years of finance and risk management experience and is currently an independent risk management consultant, since retiring from Anheuser-Busch in September 2005.
As Director, Corporate Safety & Risk Management from 1992-2005, Fred was responsible for worldwide insurance, loss control, claims and risk management for Anheuser-Busch. During this period, Anheuser-Busch reduced its Workers' Compensation and Liability claim frequencies by more than 75%, and claim costs by 50%. Prior to joining A-B as a financial analyst in 1980, he was a member of the Corporate Finance staff at Ford Motor Company.
Fred earned an MBA degree in Finance from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Allegheny College.
He has presented on numerous safety, Risk Management, Enterprise Risk and RMIS topics at previous National RIMS sessions, and at other industry conferences.
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