Welcome to RIMScast. Your host is Justin Smulison, Business Content Manager at RIMS, the Risk and Insurance Management Society.

In this episode, RIMScast’s Black History Month coverage continues with a look at successful supplier diversity initiatives in risk and insurance with Rodney Johnson; the Vice President of Culture and Inclusion in the Business Division at Gallagher.

Measuring the success of a diversity initiative can be a challenge but assessing a supplier diversity initiative is one way to generate returns. In Justin and Rodney’s conversation today, they discuss how and why such initiatives are key to attracting and retaining Black and diverse talent in the risk profession year-round.