The Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency (CIRMA) awarded the Town of Old Lyme a Risk Management Achievement Award for 2013 for their efforts to make risk management a priority. CIRMA cited First Selectwoman Bonnie A. Reemsnyder’s renewed commitment to risk management.
As a newly elected leader, Reemsnyder increased involvement with employees and developed a formal risk management strategy. The first step was to re-establish the Town’s Safety Committee to address injury causes and pro-actively involve front line employees with risk and exposure improvement. In addition, a risk management evaluation of the Parks & Recreation department was conducted to determine safety practices and the possibility of injury to seasonal employees.
The Town continues to formalize their risk management initiatives with establishment of training programs and other employee driven solutions to potential loss exposures.
Bruce A. Wollschlager, CIRMA Chief Executive Officer, said, “This year’s award recipients demonstrate that our members have taken ownership of their risk management programs; they’ve assumed accountability, and thereby were able to achieve significant results. They are the best of the best.”
CIRMA’s mission is to reduce losses and their costs by improving its members’ understanding of risk and the ways to control and manage it. CIRMA is a member-owned and governed organization that is the state’s leading municipal insurer.
CIRMA’s Risk Management Achievement Awards program was begun in 1981 to recognize the risk management and safety initiatives that prevent accidents and make positive improvements in Connecticut communities. The program has expanded over the years, recognizing achievements in such areas as property management and sustained results. The program provides CIRMA members a forum in which they can share ideas and learn new methods to reduce losses.
Editor’s Note: CIRMA has operated since 1980 as a service program of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, an association of towns and cities. CIRMA, owned and governed by its members, operates two risk-sharing pools, the Workers’ Compensation Pool and the Liability-Automobile-Property Pool. It provides risk management services to self-insured municipalities and local public agencies. Today, CIRMA’s membership includes 84% of the state’s municipalities and has premiums of over $72 million and assets under management in excess of $300 million.
For more information about CIRMA’s Risk Management Achievement Award Program, contact David Demchak, Senior Vice President, CIRMA, at [email protected], or visit our website at CIRMA.org.