The Voices of Risk Management

Recorded at RIMS — An Insurance Career that Goes Beyond “Just Paying the Bills” with Lori Seidenberg

Aug 5, 2022

30:39

Lori is a Director and Global Head of Real Assets Insurance Risk Management for BlackRock, Inc. She has over 30 years of diversified experience in risk management and insurance. Lori won the Heart of RIMS Award earlier this year which recognizes the impactful volunteer work she had made at her New York chapter. In this episode, Lori catches up and shares some exciting things happening in the world of insurance!

Key Takeaways:

Lori knows this is a relationship business and everybody has really missed each other since the pandemic!
Lori is a recipient of the Heart of RIMS Award. What’s it like to be recognized in this way?
Lori really didn’t expect to win the reward and it’s been such a huge honor to volunteer at RIMS and get the backing of her peers on this.
For Lori, it’s been really motivating to see the influence and inspiration her career has sparked in others. Lori feels good going to bed at night.
There’s a lot of bad publicity in the insurance industry. However, there are so many good people behind that bad publicity that work really, really hard.
The next generation really needs more support. Lori explains why.
Lori is so excited to mentor the newer generation and to see how enthusiastic they are for the future.
Sometimes you just have to have the difficult conversation so that you can build mutual respect for one another.
Lori shares a fangirl moment she had with the Steve Miller band.
Lori is excited to have an in-person event happening at her chapter for the first time this year!