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PARMA's mission is to provide a unique environment that promotes best practices, professional education, and strategies to manage a broad spectrum of risk.

Register NOW for the 2011 PARMA Conference

Online registration is now open for the 2011 PARMA Conference. Please click on MORE to register. Session descriptions available by clicking on the Conference tab to the left.

One Day Risk Management 101 Track at the 2011 PARMA Conference

For those of you who were just assigned the role of risk manager, for those who have some technical expertise in a certain area but what to know the “big picture”, and for those whose role is to oversee the risk management function, this session is designed for you….

In this all day forum you will be exposed to the fountain of risk management. The “whys” and “how” of managing a risk function/department will be presented by three principal speakers, but you will also have presentations by experts in areas such as cost allocation, budgeting, common pitfalls, insurance options, workers’ compensation claims, liability claims, and the politics of running a risk management operation.

This is not your normal PARMA session. We will discuss the organization purpose and the various models for managing risk issues, how to protect your budget and funding, and to make loss control cost-effective, when pooling is appropriate and when your own policy might be more effective, how to evaluate risk products (such as insurance), and how to fund losses. This will not be a technical session, but an orientation to being the risk manager with the global overview of what it can and cannot do for your organization.

In essence, this session will give you the tools and format for being a leader.

This session will be taught by three former PARMA presidents, whose combined experiences and history cover the range of issues for city, county, and special district exposures. They will be joined by other speakers with experience in school districts.

At end of this session we expect you will have enough material to captain the ship, to have a twinkle in the eye (at least the one that doesn’t have the eye patch) and to say “arrrgh” with confidence.

This track open to Public Entity Employees only. Special one day pricing for this session - $75 (meals and welcome reception included.) Monday, February 7, 2011 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Handout materials included in cost and a certificate of completion will be given to participants at the end of the day.

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Exhibitor and Sponsor Registration for the 2011 PARMA Conference

Exhibitors and sponsors registering attendees for the 2011 PARMA Conference can do so online by clicking on MORE. It will take you to a separate website dedicated to exhibitors and sponsors to register their free and paid for attendees. If you are only registering your free attendees please choose OFFLINE for your payment option.

Mentoring Program

PARMA provides a forum for the discussion and exchange of ideas to improve the risk management function of governmental agencies. A further step is available to enhance the sharing of information with risk management professionals through a mentoring program. This program will help those relatively new to risk management to find solutions to their problems. The focus of the program is to match those with professional expertise to those needing direction to perform their risk management assignments. Follow the link below for more information.