RIMS officially an accredited standards development organization

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has approved the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) as an accredited standards development organization.
This status enables RIMS to take a lead role in shaping and developing risk management standards, a RIMS release says.
RIMS plans to begin standards development early in 2012.
“Developing and distributing standards is vital to ensuring consistently high levels of practice in organizations worldwide, and has been top of mind for RIMS since we formed our standards and practice committee in 2009,” said Lort Seidenberg, RIMS board member and vice president of enterprise risk management.
“This approval, in conjunction with the efforts of our membership, will undoubtedly serve to foster a culture of risk management across sectors.”