But all the firms quickly saw that they could now charge a lot more for the audit itself given the new requirement for a separate opinion on internal controls over financial reporting and the amount of work some sloppy companies had to do to document, test, and confirm internal controls.
Another set (hired to dowork the insurance company did not pay for) were sloppy, even though they came highly recommended by people who had used them religiously.
The folks who work on RIMS II are good people trying to do good work, but the users of RIMS II are mostly sloppy hired-gun economists and regional analysts, and the results of the program are pretty bad.