Risk Management that could have helped Penn State and Syracuse University sports teams. The awful discovery these past few weeks from prominent Universities and iconic head coaches like Joe Paterno and Jim Boeheim that their immediate staff was potentially abusing children was quite sad. Unfortunately these circumstances are not isolated and could happen to any […]

Are you involved in a church or ministry and are responsible for safety and security of your employees, members and/or guests? Now is the time to become trained in handling “lightning strike” situations before they happen. The Church is a target for radical organizations and individuals who seek to wreak havoc regardless of the cost. […]

  A Safety Program helps in two ways:  Many insurance companies provide a credit just for having a safety program in place and your loss history is one of the key factors underwriters take into account when rating your Workers’ Compensation premium. Several keys to a successful Safety Program 1. Management Commitment If upper management […]

The insurance market is cyclical; if prices have been low or dropping over the past year, they eventually will go back up. You must account for this change within your budget and be prepared for a premium increase next year. Limit your exposure to losses! You need to make your company attractive to insurers. This […]

The weather is heating up (relatively speaking) and summer is right around the corner. With that comes the usual break for kids from school and many other changes in our daily schedules. Not only are our children out of school and need to be accounted for every hour BUT that also means there are other […]

I get questions from churches all the time about their insurance options—especially when there are misunderstandings and myths about how insurance companies work. With accurate information, you can make decisions with more clarity and confidence. My insurance company, Brotherhood Mutual can help separate fact from fiction with these 5 easy explanations of standard insurance questions; […]

Many churches support full time foreign missionaries who are usually associated with other para-church organizations and/or denominational headquarters.  However, in the past decade, many churches have chosen to send out their own short and intermediate term mission teams.  These teams are being sent for various reasons.  Primarily to help the people in the foreign country […]

FORT WAYNE, Ind., March 12, 2013—Christian Ministries Insurance, in Welches, Oregon, was named one of Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company’s Top 15 agencies for 2012. The agency received the Five-Star Award at an awards banquet on March 8, 2013 at the company’s corporate office in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The annual award recognizes an agency’s outstanding production […]

The Pacific Northwest experienced one of its driest summers ever in 2012. That great weather disappeared less then 3 weeks ago and now the fall and winter weather appears to have settled in. That means there are maintenance and weather proofing issues we must all deal with before too long. Did you accomplish all of […]