College of Business

Risk Management & Insurance Studies Program July-Dec.

Semi-annual Report to Stakeholders 2015

Discovery is Our Business!

NMSU Students Continue to Fill Need

for New Young Talent in the RMI Industry
Career positions taken by recent graduates and RMI alums include:
Thomas Anderson Hub International Dallas, TX
Alex Andrews Hub International Las Cruces, NM
Cesar Barrera State Farm Phoenix, AZ
Jesus Gutierrez Farmers El Paso, TX
Drew Hunt Allstate Tempe, AZ
Alberto Rios Gainsco Dallas, TX
Brenda Rios Farmers Insurance – Rios Agency Merced, CA
John White Liberty Mutual Phoenix, AZ

RMI Interns during the Summer and Fall 2015 semesters include:
Laura Barron Parsons Denver, CO
Forrest (Zach) Jones NM Association of Counties Santa Fe, NM
Keith Jordan RPS Scottsdale, AZ
Daniel Salazar Letherer Insurance Consultants Albuquerque, NM

Career Fair
Many employers find that meeting students and discussing
opportunities at their company during our career fairs is an efficient and
effective method for finding the best candidate(s).

In addition, most advertise positions through NMSU Career Services as

well as the RMI classes, and have interviews scheduled during their
time in Las Cruces.

The next Career Fair is scheduled for February 2, 2016, on the 3rd floor
of the Corbett Center from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM.

For more information on how NMSU Career If you are unable to participate in the Career
Services can assist with matching career and Fair, but have career or internship opportunities
internship opportunities with qualified students, available, please contact:
please contact them at: Mike McGonigle mikemc@nmsu.edu or
Career Services, 575-646-1631 Tim Query tquery@nmsu.edu.
employer@nmsu.edu They can inform RMI and/or College of
or hireNMSU@nmsu.edu Business students.
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NMSU Student Selected as J.H. Blades Scholar

Linsey Tabor

Linsey Tabor was one of 16 students nationwide to

be selected for the highly competitive National
Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices
(NAPSLO) internship program.

While interning in Scottsdale, AZ (Scottsdale

Insurance Company), and San Antonio, TX (Quirk &
Company), Linsey shadowed several carrier
underwriters to gain knowledge on how to properly
analyze and profitably rate unique and hard-to-place
risks; observed how carrier underwriters manage
broker relationships to maximize business
production; accompanied brokers on retail visits to
learn how to create wholesale value and increase
submission flow; and learned vital communications
skills to assist brokers in finding suitable risk Linsey Tabor
placement solutions.

Two students among the group were chosen as J.H. Blades Scholars, and Linsey was one of the two
chosen.

She is the first NMSU student selected for the very prestigious award, which includes an all-expenses
paid trip to London to study the Lloyd’s market next summer.

Lindsey hails from El Paso, TX, and is pursuing a Double B.B.A. in Finance & Management: Human
Resource Management, and Minors in Risk Management & Insurance as well as Banking.

She carries a 4.0 GPA and has been on the Dean’s List her entire collegiate career.

She will be joining Markel Corporation in Summit, NJ, as an Underwriter Trainee after graduating in May
2016.
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Mountain States Insurance Group Outstanding RMI Student

Yolanda Sanchez

Ms. Sanchez is pictured (L-R) with Dr. Hari Sankaran, Finance Department Chair;
and Tim Query, Mountain States Insurance Group Endowed Chair.
(Submitted photo)

For the Fall 2015 semester, Yolanda Sanchez was selected to receive the Outstanding Risk Management
and Insurance Student Award provided by the Mountain States Insurance Group.

The award is appropriately named as Yolanda is truly an outstanding student, and had previous
experience in the insurance industry before returning to school to complete her degree.

While a student at NMSU, Yolanda also worked in the Dean’s area of the College of Business.
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Industry Support for the Risk Management &

Insurance Studies Program at New Mexico State University
Continues to Grow

IIANM and NMM Scholarship fund, presented at the IIANM Convention on September 25, 2015. At the
podium is Anthony Casaus (COB Development Officer); second from right, Tim Query, MSIG Endowed
Chair; and several students in the Insurance and Risk Management program who attended the
conference. (Submitted photo)

The Independent Insurance Agents of New For more ways to make an impact
Mexico and New Mexico Mutual Scholarship or to give to a scholarship, please contact
Fund has provided a generous donation of Anthony Casaus
$50,000 to the RMI program. Assistant Dean, Development & Alumni Relations
New Mexico State University
College of Business
Half of the proceeds will be used for operations MSC 3AD, PO Box 30001
(such as sending students to the IIANM Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
Convention), and half will be used to set up a acasaus@nmsu.edu
permanently endowed scholarship for RMI Phone: 575-646-5817
students. Cell: 575-644-4379

or make a secure online charitable contribution at

https://advancing.nmsu.edu/givenow
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Giving Tuesday
NMSU held its first 24-hour marathon fundraising event on
December 1, 2015.

The University brought in more than $4.5 million in new

scholarship funding. More than 2,366 donors from 47 states and 3
countries contributed $678,317, which was matched dollar-for-
dollar, if to a scholarship fund, using funds generated by NMSU
license plates and an estate gift of $250,000 — a life insurance
policy donated to the university upon the recent death of a private
donor.

The NMSU Risk Management and Insurance Studies Program

scholarship accounts benefited from this event thanks to a
number of generous donors.

The Rocky Mountain RIMS Chapter has been very supportive of

the NMSU program for a number of years, by funding student
travel to RIMS conferences and providing scholarships.

Through the Giving Tuesday event the Rocky Mountain RIMS Chapter committed to an endowed
scholarship with an initial contribution of $8,000 (to be matched dollar-for-dollar). The Chapter is also
once again providing financial support to send NMSU students to the National and Western Regional
RIMS conferences.

Will Burke, owner of the Burke Insurance

Group, LLC has generously established a
current use scholarship of $5,000 annually
to a top RMI student.

With the Giving Tuesday matching, this

year’s scholarship will be worth $10,000.

Will Burke (holding check) is joined (L-R) by Anthony Casaus, Assistant Dean-Development; Jim
Hoffman, Dean, College of Business; and Tim Query, Professor.
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RMI Students Learn About Industry at IIANM Convention

Tim Query and students at the IIANM Convention in Albuquerque on September 25, 2015. Pictured left to
right: Professor Tim Query, and students Makenzie Moffitt, Erick Maldonado, Keith Jordan, Elizabeth
Solomon, Borja Cifuentes, Kathy Martinez, James Roybal, Michael Pacheco, Leslie Aubrey, and J.W.
Lindsay. (Photo by Jacob Grant of IIANM)

In September of 2015 eleven NMSU students attended the annual Independent Insurance Agents of New
Mexico’s Annual Convention at Isleta Resort in Albuquerque.

The students engaged with industry professionals on a number of topics throughout the conference, and
also had a lot of fun at the pirate-themed convention!
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Gamma Iota Sigma

Gamma Iota Sigma held 6 meetings this semester. The speakers listed below presented at meetings
throughout the semester:
• Andrew Cross from CNA in San Francisco, CA.
• Joe Franco from Farm Bureau Financial Services in Las Cruces, NM.
• Temo Garcia from RPS in Chicago, IL.

The group participated in community service event, “Keep State Great.” Three members also attended
the International Annual Conference in Chicago, IL in October. While at the conference our chapter
received International Chapter Awards in Chapter Management, Community Service, Membership
Development, and Public Relations.

Temo Garcia (Risk Placement Services-Chicago) spoke with members of Gamma Iota Sigma at their
meeting on November 12, 2015. Front row left to right at the table: Melisa Munoz, Susie Valenzuela,
Linsey Tabor, and Rebecca Moseley. Back row left to right: Temo Garcia, Keith Jordan, Robert Baker,
Ricardo Serrano, James Royball, Mike McGonigle (Faculty Advisor), Cody Womack, Daniel Salazar, and
Tim Branch. (Submitted photo)
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Academic Activities

Tim Query:
• Attended the World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in
Munich, Germany. The WRIEC is held every five years, and brings together risk and insurance
academic organizations from Asia, Europe, and North America. He served as Moderator for a session
on Banking, and also attended the executive committee and board meetings of the Asia-Pacific Risk
and Insurance Association as a sitting member of the Board of Governors.
• Was selected as Secretary of the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association for 2015-2016. This
will put him on track to become President of the international academic organization in 2018-2019.
• Reviewed manuscripts for the Journal of Risk Education and the Journal of Business Ethics.

Mike McGonigle:
• Was interviewed by KRWG Television about
“Medical Migrants” and the impact of the Affordable
Care Act.
• Reviewed a manuscript for the Journal of Business
Ethics.

Publications:
• Diz, Evaristo and J. Tim Query, 2015, "A Retroactive Impact Analysis of Changes in Social Benefits:
the Case of Venezuela," International Journal of Business and Social Research, vol. 5: 87-104.
• Query, Tim, 2015, “Reduced Demand by Immigrants for a New Mexico Driver’s License,” NMSU
Business Outlook (October, Vol 13, Issue 10).
• Mike McGonigle supervised a student who had article about medical migrants and Health Insurance
on the Border published in NMSU Business Outlook; August 2015.
• Query, J. Tim, 2015, “Faculty-Student Interaction in a Risk Management and Insurance Studies
Program: Compliance and Regulatory Considerations,” Journal of Applied Risk Management and
Insurance, vol. 3: 69-86.
• Tim Query had a Guest Column in the Sunday, July 19, 2015, issue of the Albuquerque Journal titled,
“Why are immigrant licenses in NM declining?”
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RMI Alum Focus

NOTE: Due to the increase in RMI Alumni graduating from our program and entering the profession, we
hope to profile two alumna per issue of the newsletter going forward.

Regina (Serna) Webster

Regina was born in Los Alamos, NM.

She attended New Mexico State University in 2004 and

graduated in May 2008. She graduated with a Bachelor’s
Degree in Business Administration, majoring in Marketing,
minoring in Sports Marketing and Insurance.

In 2007 Regina completed an internship in El Paso, TX with

John D. Williams Insurance. She was able to obtain her
Property & Casualty Agents license in the state of New
Mexico. The internship led to a job offer based off her
experiences and level of expertise she gained through the
internship.

She was actively involved in Delta Sigma Pi, the business

fraternity, during her years at New Mexico State.

Regina Graduated on a Saturday and started work on

Monday in Albuquerque, NM, for New Mexico Property and
Casualty.

She has currently been with the company for over 8 years and was originally hired as a Workers
Compensation medical only claims adjuster. Regina quickly advanced to a Workers Compensation
Underwriting Associate and finally was promoted to a Senior Account Manager.

The company Regina has worked for has changed names to AIS, LLC dba Atlas Insurance Services
which is an independent insurance agency as well as a third party administrator for Great American
Insurance Company.

Regina worked in mono line Workers Compensation for 6 years and the last three years she has been
working with Great American Insurance Company. She works with multiple agents throughout New
Mexico quoting and writing multiple types of Commercial Business.

Since college Regina has experienced many different insurance roles in the industry. From claims to
submissions she has been able to adapt to each position. New Mexico State’s Insurance Program was
able to offer a lifetime carrier with unlimited growth potential. Her success in the industry began with the
New Mexico State Insurance Program and with the help of Professor Al Berryman and Professor Tim
Query they are wonderful role models that helped Regina get to where she is today.
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RMI Alum Focus (continued)

Nick Wiegel

Nick Wiegel was born in Tucumcari, NM.

He attended New Mexico State University in 2005 and

graduated in May of 2009. He graduated with Honors
getting a Bachelors of Business Administration, majoring in
Management and minoring in Risk Management and
Insurance.

Nick completed two internships during his college time.

One working for a Title Insurance company and the second

working for his father’s Independent Insurance agency. His
father, CJ Wiegel has owned and operated successful
agencies for the last 40 years.

These internships coupled with his father’s experiences

helped him determine his interest was in the property and
casualty insurance industry.

Immediately after graduation he went to work for Colorado Casualty Insurance Company, in Denver CO,
working as a Commercial Property Claims Adjuster. In December of 2010 he and his wife Crista Wiegel,
moved back to Clovis NM to purchase an existing Allstate Insurance Agency.

Nick has since thrived in this role, purchasing a second Allstate Agency in 2012 growing his business size
substantially.

In 2014 Allstate awarded Nick the “Agency of the Year Award” for the state of New Mexico – a
performance based award based on his business results and performance for the year.

In addition, in 2015 Nick was named “Best Insurance Agency of Clovis” and “Best Insurance Agent of
Clovis,” an award voted on by the public in the community.

Nick, Crista, and their two children are very active in their local community, church and enjoy spending
time outdoors, especially at the lake.
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Risk Manager in Residence

A grant provided by the Spencer Educational Foundation

allowed us to bring a “Risk Manager in Residence” to the
NMSU campus.

Christopher E. Mandel - SVP, Strategic Solutions for

Sedgwick was this fall’s RMIR. Mr. Mandel was the 2004
Risk Manager of the Year and is a past president of the
Risk and Insurance Management Society.

He has more than 25 years of experience in insurance

and large global corporate risk management at such
diverse organizations as Bell Atlantic Corp. (now Verizon
Corp), the American National Red Cross, and Tricon
Global Restaurants (now Yum Brands).

From 2001-2010, Mr. Mandel was assistant vice

president, enterprise risk management for USAA, a $150
billion diversified financial services organization serving
the U.S. military and their families in the areas of
insurance, investments and banking. While at USAA he
pioneered the development of integrated risk
management.

During his visit to the NMSU campus on Nov. 9, 2015, Mr. Christopher Mandel spoke to risk
management/insurance classes, met with members of Gamma Iota Sigma, and gave a presentation to
various College of Business student groups and faculty. (Submitted photos)
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Guest Speakers in classes and GIS meetings

A number of industry professionals from various aspects of the insurance industry visited the Las Cruces
campus during the fall semester.

Rebecca Tafoya, Integrion, speaks with students in risk management and insurance class during the Fall
2015 semester. (Submitted photo)

Speakers this semester included:

• Temo Garcia, Risk Placement Services
• Irma Saucedo and Caro Ellerbe, State Farm
• Aaron Scheps, Amtrust Financial
• Rebecca Tafoya, Integrion
• Gordon Thompson, AmeRisk
• Melissa Tomita, Nationwide

If you know of an insurance or risk management

professional who will be in the Las Cruces area and
would be willing to share their experience and
expertise with our students, please contact Mike
McGonigle (mikemc@nmsu.edu) or Tim Query
(tquery@nmsu.edu).

Irma Saucedo and Caro Ellerbe, State Farm