Donald J. Riggin, CPCU, ARM

Don Riggin writes articles on the topic of risk finance for IRMI.com.

Mr. Riggin joined Albert Risk Management Consultants (ARMC) in April of 2006. As the leader of the firm's Alternative Risk Solutions practice, he provides corporate and public sector clients with state-of-the-art risk financing advice and services. These include captive and self-insurance feasibility analyses, ART facility implementation and auditing services, and a wide spectrum of nonstandard risk financing solutions.

Mr. Riggin's previous experience includes managing director of Product Development at Liberty Mutual Alternative Markets and over 20 years of experience creating alternative risk financing structures as a broker and consultant.

Mr. Riggin is an accomplished author and speaker. He served as editor for IRMI's Risk Financing, a quarterly reference service, and also wrote and edited Financing Risk & Reinsurance (FRR), a monthly newsletter devoted to enterprise risk management, financial reinsurance, and the convergence of the insurance and capital markets. FRR was also published by IRMI. Mr. Riggin is a coauthor of The Tools and Techniques of Risk Management and Insurance, a college level textbook published by The National Underwriter Company. Three times each year, Mr. Riggin teaches a two-day workshop on alternative risk financing techniques as part of the RIMS Fellow^® professional designation program.

Mr. Riggin holds a bachelor of science degree from Towson University, as well as the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Associate in Risk Management (ARM) professional designations.

Articles on IRMI.com

Risk Management: Risk Finance

Property Catastrophe Risk and Capital Markets Risk Transfer (August 2008)

The Evolution of Finite Reinsurance and Financial Accounting Statement (FAS) 113 (May 2008)

Has the IRS Lost Its Collective Mind? (November 2007)

Event Risk Financing: Thinking Beyond the Transfer versus Retain Paradigm (August 2007)

Contingent Risk Capital (June 2007)

The Importance of Calculating a Capital Charge for Insurable Risk Hedging Strategies (February 2007)

Determining the Optimal Combination of Risk Retention and Risk Transfer (December 2006)

Insuring Property Risks in a Captive (October 2006)