The Fundamentals of Risk Management and Insurance: a Primer for Public Policymakers

Now available on-demand, this program for Illinois lawmakers and their staff members provides a non-partisan, non-advocative overview of the underpinnings of risk management and insurance. 

This complimentary program features the insights of Drs. Kevin Ahlgrim and Tice Sirmans, both of Illinois State University’s Department of Finance, Insurance, and Law in the College of Business.

Programming Archive

  • Insurance Insights

    Insurance Insights: Candid Conversations with Thought Leaders

    This video series for public policymakers, features conversations with voices from across the insurance ecosystem. In keeping with our organization’s mission, the discussion is purely educational in nature and do not support a position on any issues.

  • CIPR and Griffith Foundation present The Back to Basics Series

    Back-to-Basics: A Collaborative Effort of the NAIC’s CIPR and Griffith

    The Institutes Griffith Foundation is pleased to collaborate with NAIC’s CIPR on this quarterly, back-to-basics webinar series. The non-partisan and non-advocative programming aims to provide foundational knowledge to help inform important policy conversations.

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    The Institutes Griffith Foundation & NCOIL: Collaborative Webinars

    The Institutes Griffith Foundation values its longstanding collaborative relationship with NCOIL. Our organizations often collaborate to deliver webinar programming to public policymakers. Undergirding these collaborative efforts is a mutual respect for the respective mission of the organizations.

  • Financial Regulators Program: Presenters' Perspective

    Financial Regulators Program: Presenters’ Perspectives

    In this series of conversations, presenters from the annual Financial Regulators Program (a multi-day event, which takes place on the campus of the Katie School of Insurance at Illinois State University) visit with us to share insight and expertise on topics of relevance financial regulators of insurance. These short-duration video segments offer a glimpse into the material that these thought-leaders covered during the multi-day, in-person event. That event and these video segments are a collaborative efforts of IREF, the Katie School of Insurance at Illinois State University and The Institutes Griffith Foundation.

  • Summer Series for Federal Legislative Aides

    Summer Series for Federal Staffers

    During the summer recess, The Institutes Griffith Foundation is pleased to present a series of complimentary, on-demand programs for Federal legislative staffers. Featuring leading academic experts, these sessions are strictly instructional in nature and do not support a position on any issues

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    More Griffith Program Offerings

    The Institutes Griffith Foundation invites public policymakers, staff and interns to view this complimentary, unbiased programming. It is purely instructional in nature and it features distinguished thought-leaders.

"The Institutes Griffith Foundation's non-partisan and non-advocative educational programming is an invaluable resource for the Connecticut Department of Insurance and policymakers nationwide. Their objective seminars, featuring leading academics and industry experts, equip regulators with the knowledge to make informed policy decisions, ultimately benefiting and protecting consumers.” 

Andrew N. Mais, Connecticut Insurance Department Commissioner, NAIC Most Recent Past President