Chris Mandel

Christopher E. Mandel is SVP, Strategic Solutions for Sedgwick and Director of the Sedgwick Institute, the world’s largest and leading claims and productivity management firm. He has held leadership positions in ERM, risk management, insurance, consulting and brokerage for large global corporates for over 30 years including with such firms as USAA Group, PepsiCo, Verizon, American National Red Cross, Liberty Mutual and Marsh. He has been a long-term senior leader in RIMS including being elected President in 2002-03 and was named Risk Manager of the Year in 2004. In 2016 he was given the Goodell Award, RIMS’ highest honor for lifetime achievement and was appointed to Risk Who’s Who in 2007. He holds and has held numerous board positions in the industry and also teaches for RIMS and the International Center for Captive Insurance Education (ICCIE).

Mr. Mandel received his B.S. in Business Management from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and an MBA in finance from George Mason University. He is certified in ISO31000 and holds the RIMS-CRMP, RIMS Fellow, CCSA, CPCU, ARM-E and AIC designations. and is a frequent industry speaker, teacher and writer. He writes the “Claim Management” column for IRMI, is a contributor to Risk and Insurance's "Risk Insider" column and has had continuously running columns in the industry trade press since 1996.