The Public
Entity Risk Institute (PERI), a nonprofit research institute
focused on support for risk management, has launched
InsuranceForMyNonprofit.org, an innovative website that
helps small and medium sized nonprofit organizations assess
their insurance needs and submit requests for insurance quotes
to participating insurers.
The site includes:
A FREE insurance needs
self-assessment tool with basic guidance and
suggestions based on your responses.
FREE
educational information
about insurance, including material provided
by the Nonprofit Risk Management Center.
A
FREE
process for submitting requests for
insurance quotes to participating insurers.
Access to detailed suggestions based on
the user’s self-assessment.
Educational information can be browsed without registration.
Registration is free and provides access to the insurance needs
self-assessment tool and basic guidance.
Nonprofits
Insurance Alliance Group The Nonprofits Insurance Alliance group is comprised of the
Alliance of Nonprofits for Insurance, Risk Retention Group (ANI-RRG),
and Nonprofits’ Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC), both
501(c)(3) nonprofit companies that provide liability insurance
coverages to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. NIAC currently
insures more than 5,500 nonprofits in California.
ANI is currently writing coverage
for 501(c)(3) nonprofits in Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut,
Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho,
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. For more information visit
www.insurancefornonprofits.org
At
Charity First, they help insure
nonprofits and in fact that is all they do! Charity First was
first established in 1984 and today has provided assistance to
insure over 5,000 nonprofit organizations throughout the United
States. Combine this experience with their sole focus on the
nonprofit community and its easy to see why they have become the
nonprofit insurance experts.
All of their products and
services are provided by the nation's best known and respected
A++ insurance companies. A few of the coverage's they offer
include but not limited to: Property, Liability, Director's and
Officers, Sexual Abuse/Molestation, Worker's Compensation,
Consulting Professional, International and more!
The types of nonprofits covered include: Arts, Civic and Social
Clubs, Community Organizations, Social Service Organizations,
Residential Programs, Schools, Educational and Training
Organizations and much more!
Practical Risk
Management - The Handbook for Risk and Financial
Professionals
Widely referred to as “The Green Book,”
Practical Risk Management – The Handbook for Risk
and Financial Professionals is a two-volume
reference manual covering a broad range of risk
management subjects including Risk Management & Self
Insurance, Loss Control/Claims Management, Property
Risks & Insurance, Liability Risks & Insurance, and Risk
Manager’s Resources. The publication provides practical,
concise, action-oriented background and advice on
critically important activities, techniques, and tools
of risk management.
Practical Risk Management is published by the
International Risk Management Institute (IRMI) and
Millicent W. Workman, CPCU, serves as the editor. With
more than 1500 pages of reference material, this is an
excellent resource for risk managers or those who have
risk management responsibilities but not on a full time
basis. For more information,
click here.
Special Offer: PERI and IRMI have
partnered to bring this publication to PERI Website
Users at a discounted rate. You can purchase Practical
Risk Management on the IRMI Website. Simply enter the
codePERI700in the IRMI shopping cart to receive the 10%
discount.
Glossary of Insurance
and Risk Management Terms, 11th Edition
The Glossary of Insurance and Risk Management Terms,
11th Edition is a handy guide
that defines 2,800 key insurance and risk management terms in
plain English. This publication from the International Risk
Management Institute (IRMI) interprets unfamiliar terminology
used in insurance specifications and proposals, risk management
reports, and other related written materials. The Glossary
also contains a section on 860 frequently used abbreviations and
acronyms. The 11th Edition was revised in 2006. This is an
excellent resource for full time risk managers as well as those
only deal with risk and insurance occasionally but need to
understand the language. For more information,
click here.
Special Offer: PERI and IRMI have partnered to bring
this publication to PERI Website Users at a discounted rate. You
can purchase the Glossary of Insurance and Risk Management
Terms, 11th Edition on the IRMI Website. Simply enter the code
PERI700 in the IRMI shopping cart to receive the 10% discount.
Other Resources:
Accident Preparation and Response TutorialThis accident preparation and
response tutorial is a free, web-based tutorial designed to
teach nonprofit organizations how to respond effectively to
accidents. It focuses on the nonprofit's and its staff's actions
shortly after an incident, during which missteps can have a
significant impact on legal and insurance outcomes. It includes
checklists to print and keep in appropriate locations. The
on-line accident response tutorial was developed by the
Nonprofit Risk Management Center (NRMC) and the Nonprofits'
Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC), with support by a grant
from PERI.
Workplace Safety ToolkitThe Nonprofit Risk Management
Center has launched its new Workplace Safety Toolkit, a free
online resource to help you build a safer workplace.
The Workplace Safety Toolkit has multiple layers of information
and will be helpful to organizations of different sizes and
levels of experience. PERI provided grant funding to support
development of this new resource.
Additional articles you might
want to read are as follows:
Insurance Information Institute is a non-profit,
educational and communications organization sponsored by the auto, home and
business insurance industry.http://www.iii.org/
Consumer World has gathered over 1,500 of the most
useful consumer resources on the Internet, and categorized them here for easy
access. Loads of useful consumer information.
http://www.consumerworld.org/
If you are trying to decide what type of
policy to buy you can get quickly confused! All states have a
"department of insurance" that can help direct
you to free resources so you can make the right decision. The
following links provide a good overview provided by the
California Department of Insurance. These information guides are
available in English and
Spanish. Please place the cursor on the subject title to
view the description of the guide, then click once to access the
guide.
that defines 2,800 key insurance and risk management terms in
plain English. This publication from the International Risk
Management Institute (IRMI) interprets unfamiliar terminology
used in insurance specifications and proposals, risk management
reports, and other related written materials. The Glossary
also contains a section on 860 frequently used abbreviations and
acronyms. The 11th Edition was revised in 2006. This is an
excellent resource for full time risk managers as well as those
only deal with risk and insurance occasionally but need to
understand the language. For more information,
