What’s New: In Brief (December 17, 2007)

The Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) has donated US$300,000 to the Spencer Educational Foundation. The foundation provides scholarships and grants for promising graduate and doctoral risk management students. The donation represents one of the largest contributions made to the foundation since its 1979 inception, a RIMS release says.The money will go towards expanding some of Spencer Educational Foundation’s most popular programs, including:part-time MBA scholarships for RIMS members; the Student Internship Program, which pairs companies and RIMS chapters with risk and insurance management student interns; andthe Risk Manager in Residence Program, which teams risk practitioners with universities for on-site lectures and knowledge-sharing. Some of the funds will also go towards developing enterprise risk management (ERM)-related education through RIMS, the release adds.

PPG Canada Inc. and Keystone Automotive Industries have announced a new preferred vendor partnership. The partnership gives the PPG CertifiedFirst network of collision repair centres access to the full package of Keystone products and services. “This is an excellent opportunity for our CertifiedFirst customers,” said Jeffery Murphy, the marketing programs manager of PPG Canada Inc. “Keystone offers a wide variety of aftermarket automotive parts. Being able to provide our customers with preferred access will be very beneficial to their business.”