Media Policy

For journalists:

• Media identification, such as an international accredited press pass issued by a recognized news organization
• Letter on official letterhead from the editor of a publication/Web site or producer of a broadcast program certifying the affiliation, verifying assignment to the meeting, and including the editor’s contact information; or
• An email from a publication’s editorial team verifying assignment to the meeting.

For freelance journalists:

• Copies of by-lined risk management or insurance-related articles published within the last six months.
• Examples of articles that demonstrate recent coverage of risk management and/or insurance, topics of interest to risk professionals;
• RIMS reserves the right to grant bloggers press credentials on a case-by-case basis.

Complimentary press credentials will NOT be issued to the following representatives:

• Advertising sales representatives of publications.
• Spouses and other guests of journalists attending the meeting.
• Advertising, marketing or public relations representatives from exhibitor companies or agencies.
• Representatives of organizations selling or producing publications, video or audio tapes, or websites intended for marketing, advertising or public relations purposes.
• Organizations whose main objective is to promote a product or service.
• Individuals working for corporate, association and public entities’ internal publications including representatives from public relations/advertising/marketing/publications departments may not register as press.