Office of the Controller

Office of the Controller

Risk Management

Risk Management Mission

The Office of Risk Management will provide integrated management of financial and traditional risk, including the identification, evaluation, and measurement of the impact to Yale, and the selection and maintenance of various solutions to mitigate risk. There are many departments at Yale involved with risk exposures and safety, but developing a coordinated response is the responsibility of Risk Management. The Risk Management department will achieve this by:

  • Acting as a resource to the University Community on issues such as Risk Identification, Loss Prevention, Life Safety, Premises Liability, Automobile Liability, Workers' Compensation and Claims Recovery.
  • Performing Risk Assessments to identify risks and methods to deal with such risks
  • Collecting exposure and claims data
  • Analyzing the information proactively and reactively for specific incident trends or categories.
  • Developing cost containment and loss control programs and policies to address trends
  • Reviewing contract language, including insurance requirements, indemnification, subrogation and hold harmless clauses
  • Purchasing and maintaining a competitive insurance program
  • Making information about the University's insurance program available to outside parties
  • Distributing automobile identification cards
  • Negotiating and settling property, liability and automobile claims, either in house, or in conjunction with third party claims administrators, and/or defense counsel
  • Analyzing alternative risk transfer and risk financing methods
  • Providing Accident Investigation and Loss Prevention training, including Driver Awareness Training, and TIPS training
  • Creation and distribution of Executive Reports

NOTE NEW LOCATIONS EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2010

Risk Management
(Now part of the Office of the General Counsel)
2 Whitney Avenue, 6th Floor
PO Box 208253
New Haven, CT 06520

Telephone: 203.432.0140
Fax: 203.432.5432
Email: risk.management@yale.edu

Workers' Compensation
(Now part of Human Resources)
221 Whitney Avenue, 4th Floor
PO Box 208256
New Haven, CT 06520

Telephone: 203.432.9830
Fax: 203.432.5153
workers.compensation@yale.edu

Last Updated: May 2, 2011 (ml).

Risk Management