About

Mission

To encourage and support practices that mitigate the effect of adverse events that affect people, property, and the mission of UH as a whole.

Responsibilities

Risk Management serves the University as a partner and resource for the campus community through education, quality customer service, training, and clear communication. Risk Management works towards protecting and preserving the well-being of the University’s students, faculty, staff, visitors, operations, as well as the assets and financial resources of the institution by providing cost efficient tools for balancing risk.

Acting as a resource to the University community on issues such as:
- Risk identification
- Loss prevention
- Workers' compensation
- General/premises liability
- Automobile liability
- Claims recovery
- All insurance related matters

Purchasing and maintaining a competitive insurance program (See Insurance page on our website for more details)
Negotiating and settling property, liability, and automobile claims either in house or in conjunction with our insurance carriers and/or Office of General Counsel
Allocating insurance expenses to the appropriate campuses and departments
Reviewing contract language for insurance requirements
Providing accident investigation and loss prevention training
Performing risk assessments in order to identify and address known risks