The Risk Management Center

Richard F. O’Hare, CPCU, CSP, ARM, AMIM 

• March, 1993-Present – President, The Risk Management Center, Inc.  Founded The Risk Management Center, Inc. to provide a wide variety of unbiased management advisory services in all areas of risk management and employee benefits.
• May, 1988-March, 1993 – Vice President, Commercial Risk Consultants, Inc.  Management consulting and training in risk management techniques for a wide variety of clients in the private, non-profit and public sectors on a statewide and national basis.  Provided various services including risk management assessments, design of risk financing programs, safety activities review, claims resolution and employee benefits consulting.  Headed Richmond, Virginia office.
• April, 1985-May, 1988 – Assistant Vice President, Alexander and Alexander of Va., Inc.  Responsibility included structuring, marketing and servicing a number of association sponsored self insurance programs.  Supervised reinsurance placement, underwriting and client service for the Virginia Municipal Liability Pool, the Virginia Municipal Group Self Insurance Association and the Virginia Transit Liability Pool as well as several workers’ compensation group self insurance associations.  Interfaced with program administrators, Boards of Trustees and individual clients.  Supervised a staff of five underwriters and assistants.  Worked with several fronted captive liability programs.
• February, 1976-April, 1985 – Senior Risk Management Services Consultant, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.  Assisted a wide variety of clients in the identification and solution of risk management problems.  Extensive experience in professional liability, property, inland marine, general liability, fleet, crime and workers compensation exposures.  Provided services to a number of specialized industry groups such as hospitals, contractors, fleets and intercity passenger coach carriers.
• Degrees
  Associate in Applied Science, (AAS) Building Construction Management, State University of New York, 1973
  Bachelor of Arts (BA), Business Economics and American History, State University of New York, December, 1975
• Professional Certifications
  Associate in Risk Management (ARM), 1979
  Certified Safety Professional (CSP), 1983-Recertified 1993 and 1997
  Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), 1984, qualified under continuing Continuing Professional Development
  Associate in Marine Insurance (AMIM) 1992
  Currently enrolled in the Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) Program
• Licenses
  Property and Casualty Consultant (Virginia and Maryland.
  Life and Health Consultant (Virginia)
• Professional Memberships
  Society of the CPCU
  Society of Risk Management Consultants (SRMC)
  National Safety Management Society
  Public Risk and Insurance Management Association (PRIMA)
  Community Transportation Association of Virginia (CTAV)
  Virginia Transit Association (VTA)
• Military Status
  U.S. Army – July, 1967 to February, 1970
• Personal Memberships
  Past National Director – 82nd Airborne Division Association
  Chapter Treasurer – Golden Brigade Chapter, 82nd Airborne Division Association
  Insurance Advisor – 82nd Airborne Division Association
  Insurance Advisor – 50th Anniversary of the Army Airborne
  Powhatan Co. Historical Society – Past Museum Fund Raising Chairman
  Treasurer, The Michaux -St. James Foundation, Inc.
  Past President, 82nd Airborne Division Historical Society, Inc.