2025 URMIA Impact Report

URMIA Had a Great 2025

Top 2025 Achievements

3,091
Total Members
A community solving institutional risk management and insurance challenges, sharing experiences and ideas, and connecting to advance the profession of higher education risk management.
Institutions committed to protecting the reputation and resources of institutions of higher education through the incorporation of sound risk management practices.
623
Member
Institutions
149
Organizational
Affiliates
Organizations dedicated to making available the best and most complete risk management and insurance information to strengthen today's colleges and universities.
Tomorrow's leaders of higher education risk management and insurance.
33
Student
Members
68
New Member
Organizations
in 2025
Risk managers excited to join the only association dedicated to higher education risk management.

Supporting the Future of Risk Management

Given the uncertainty in higher education earlier in 2025, the URMIA Board of Directors decided to increase the number of scholarships available to ensure that members who wanted to attend the annual conference but were experiencing budget issues could still attend. This helped ensure money wasn't a barrier to risk managers discovering the latest in higher education risk management, letting them connect with their peers.

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Perpetual Workforce Development in 2025

3,242
Live Webinar
Views
24
Webinars
60
Other Virtual
Offerings
20
Presentations
With Other
Associations

URMIA continues to grow and expand our educational offerings to our membership. We had a record number of webinars and presentations in 2025. "Decoding Insurance Policies: A Guide to Reading, Interpreting and Summarizing Coverage" was the most viewed live webinar, while "Now What? The Path to a Mitigation Action Plan" was the most viewed webinar recording in the library in 2025! Here are links to the top three webinars:

1. Now What? The Path to a Mitigation Action Plan
2. Legal Shifts in Higher Education: What You Need to Know
3. Decoding Insurance Policies: A Guide to Reading, Interpreting and Summarizing Coverage

17,833
Library Views
107
New Library
Entries
3,136
Total Library
Entries

URMIA continues to expand our online resources collection, adding 107 new entries to the URMIA Library, bringing the total to 3,136, which is just enough for every member in URMIA to have their own entry. The Risk Inventory template was the most accessed resource in 2025. ERM was the most looked-up topic on URMIA’s website.

Most Searched Terms
1. ERM
2. TULIP
3. Conference

Learn with URMIAacademy

20
Users

16
Hours of Education

11
Courses Completed

URMIA launched a learning management system, URMIAacademy, in October to continue its mission of offering the best and innovative workforce development to members. This platform allows members to learn asynchronously, meaning they can engage with the course content wherever and whenever they want. The inaugural course, "Essentials of Higher Education Risk Management," teaches users the foundational concepts needed to thrive in an institutional risk management environment.

Vital Connections Made in URMIAnetwork

175
All Members
Community Posts
379
Unique
Contributors
85
Institutional Members
Community Posts
78
in Professionals of
Color Community
URMIAns exchanging thoughts on support and empowerment particularly for those professionals of color in the higher education risk management community
344
in Higher Ed
ERM Roundtable
Higher education risk managers with an interest in enterprise risk management implementation and improvement at their institutions
338
in Compliance
Community
Risk managers focused on compliance issues and challenges within an academic environment
69
in YoPro Community
Those rising in their risk management careers or just young at heart, interested in connecting with other young professionals
110
in Solo Risk
Professionals Community
Exchanging ideas, experiences, and knowledge among those who are the only risk manager at their institution or are responsible for risk management as just one of their primary duties on campus

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Making an Impact with URMIAcares

URMIA attendees (both in-person and virtual) selected two causes in Las Vegas to help address: food insecurity and the ability for first responders to be better equipped with life-saving tools. Volunteers on site made 700 produce bags and 1,450 packaged snacks and lunches. Virtual attendees donated much-needed cash to Three Square, the same food bank that in-person volunteers visited in Las Vegas.

Supporting Campus Efforts with URMIA's Insurance Programs

3,561 Policies Purchased

Providing an easy solution for those on campus to connect third parties utilizing campus property for events with liability insurance

1,080 Policies Purchased

Offering coverage for third parties hosting academic and athletic camps at member institutions

168 Policies Purchased

Giving options to students and employees at member institutions to protect their personal property 

URMIA's 56th Annual Conference

2025 included another successful year for URMIA’s Annual Conference! In-person attendees were able to access 79 hours of educational content over three days' worth of education. URMIA's event continues to grow, having offered 95 sessions, which is 23 more than last year. We’re looking to build on our success in Philadelphia for 2026!


“I really enjoyed my first URMIA conference! The sessions were engaging, the speakers were knowledgeable, and it was well-organized. It was wonderful connecting with colleagues who share the same challenges and goals in risk management.”
– Stephanie Bloomingdale, Associate Director of Risk Management and Insurance, Trinity University