Although the French Quarter and downtown areas of New Orleans were largely spared the full fury of Hurricane Katrina, many areas of the city are still too devastated for residents to return--with the Lakeview District and Ninth Ward among the areas still in need of help.
For this reason, the Risk and Insurance Management Society, in partnership with the Beacon of Hope Resource Center, is asking attendees at their annual conference this spring to help paint homes, clear yards of overgrown weeds, and remove dead shrubbery and tree branches.
RIMS President Mike Liebowitz told National Underwriter that the idea came when he was in New Orleans planning the conference. After touring the city's devastation, he said the idea came for the risk management community to do its part to help rebuild the city.
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