Background
Mr. Rakich has been a risk management consultant since 1985, after serving
15 years as a practicing risk manager. Since 1989, he has specialized in
construction risk management, particularly in large infrastructure projects and
CIPs.
Mr. Rakich founded Ron Rakich & Associates, Inc., in 1995. The firm
became one of the 10 largest independent US risk management consulting firms
and the only one specializing in construction risk. Mr. Rakich provides
consulting and expert witness services to select clients, and he has been a
contract-basis risk manager for some of the largest public works projects in
the United States. He has been a litigation consultant and expert witness in
more than 35 cases involving construction risk issues and especially controlled
insurance programs.
Mr. Rakich is the co-author of The
Wrap-Up Guide 5th edition.He has been a presenter on wrap-ups at
multiple IRMI
Construction Risk Conferences, and he is the author of "Construction
Risk Management: The Owner's Perspective," the October 2006 edition of
IRMI's The Risk Report.
Mr. Rakich is the former editor of The Risk Management Letter and
The Insurance Advisor. He is a magna cum laude graduate of the
University of Houston and has taught insurance and risk management courses at
several colleges and universities.