After 25 years leading risk management departments and devising risk strategies for large global corporates. It is a pleasure to be on the team of THE world class provider of products and services essential to delivering excellent risk management outcomes.
Mr. Mandel received his B.S. in Business Management from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a Masters in Business Administration from George Mason University. In addition to these university programs, he was conferred the RIMS-CRMP (2017), RIMS Fellow (2015), ARME (2014) ,CCSA (2007), CPCU (1987), ARM (1990) and AIC (1982) designations. He is a frequent industry speaker and author, and a "Risk Innovator" contributor to Risk and Insurance magazine.
In 2016, Chris was awarded the Harry and Dorothy Goodell Award by the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. He was named Risk Manager of the Year - 2004 by Business Insurance and the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. He also writes the “Claims Management” column at IRMI and serves as the Director of the Sedgwick Institute.
| Location: | Nashville, TN |
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| Areas of expertise: |
Claims management Performance Risk financing Insurance Liability Litigation management Safety and loss control Workers' compensation Employee engagement Integrated services |
A CEO I once worked for used to regularly ask me, “Tell me what I don’t know.” In his view, he could read the Wall Street Journal or any number of other typical sources of intelligence and information about running organizations, just like me as his …
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Chris Mandel writes about the challenges and benefits of effectively integrating casualty claims and benefits programs. He addresses the difficulties managers can face in crossing over functional areas within their organizations. He also points out…
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Sedgwick Senior Vice President, Strategic Solutions, Chris Mandel describes the mission and accomplishments of the Association for Responsible Alternatives to Workers’ Compensation (ARAWC) organization and notes Sedgwick’s role as a founding member. …
Last year I highlighted the mission and objectives of the newly minted Association for Responsible Alternatives to Workers’ Compensation (ARAWC) organization that was established by a collaborative group of employers and their provider partners. With…
Sedgwick Senior Vice President, Strategic Solutions, Chris Mandel discusses the shift in purchasing patterns among risk managers. More are electing to purchase services on a bundled basis versus what has been seen in the past. Chris explains this h…
Important things in life are not easily reduced to 10 steps. Nevertheless, this article provides a list of 10 key elements to achieving long-term success in risk management from someone who has spent more than 25 years striving to carve out the most…
Chris Mandel, Sedgwick's SVP, Strategic Solutions, and a risk leader with 25+ years of experience, shares 10 key elements to achieving long-term success in risk management. This article was first published in August 2014 on IRMI.com and is reproduced…
Figure 1: The actuarial loss curve There are many definitions of risk, with most coming pretty close to each other with minor nuances as distinctions. Interestingly, most all of these definitions put "risk" well beyond the point of "expected losses"…
