The Risk Management Academy

It is often said thai risk management is a not a job that anyone ever seeks, but something people just sort of fall into. Ask most risk managers about their background and you are more apt to hear safety, finance, legal or insurance than you are to hear risk management.

But as Bob Dylan once

One leading college preparing the risk managers of tomorrow is St. John's University's School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science (SRM). Located in the Financial District of Manhattan, the school is one of world's premier risk management educators and most respected college programs.

In fact, students have been learning about the industry here for over a century, dating back to 1900 when the College of Insurance was formed by industry leaders. In 2001, the college merged with St. John's University, broadening its horizons and reach, and also moving to its current location.

That location, on Murray Street just blocks from the former site of the World Trade Center, plays a crucial role in allowing students to maintain close interaction with nearby lop insurance companies and brokers such as AIG, Chubb, Willis, Marsh and Aon. "That is what separates us from other schools," says Rebekah Hanousek-Monge, associate director of admissions at St. John's."We are here in the Financial District of New York City. There is no better place to be right now."