News Releases
January 19, 2006
The Nonprofit Risk Management Center Announces National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. as a Corporate Sustainer
The Nonprofit Risk Management Center is pleased to announce that National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. (National Union), a member company of American International Group (AIG) — a leading provider of property and casualty insurance for nonprofit organizations — is the Center’s newest Corporate Sustainer. The Corporate Sustainers Program aims to strengthen the ongoing dialogue between the Center and the leading providers of insurance products to nonprofit organizations. Additionally the Program provides resources to support the Center’s core technical-assistance capacity geared to help nonprofit agencies increase their proficiency in risk management and improve their accountability to better enable them to achieve their missions.
“The willingness of National Union to become a Corporate Sustainer underscores the company’s commitment to the longevity of the nonprofit sector,” says Melanie Lockwood Herman, executive director of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center. “It also speaks to their concern to empower the leadership to manage risk for their organizations and thereby keep the nonprofit’s mission, its employees, staff and service recipients safe.”
“We’re grateful for their support,” added Herman. “We know this relationship will help us continue to deliver the free and low-cost risk management services nonprofits need and value and count on the Center to provide.”
Brian Inselberg, president of the Private Company and Non-Profit Management Liability Unit of National Union, said, “As a supporter and underwriter of nonprofit organizations, National Union is proud to support the Nonprofit Risk Management Center. We are looking forward to collaborating with the Center to help foster discussion about, and solutions for, the increasingly complex liability issues these organizations face.”
About the Nonprofit Risk Management Center and the Corporate Sustainers Program The Nonprofit Risk Management Center was established in 1990 to provide assistance and resources for community-serving nonprofit organizations. As a nonprofit itself, the Center is uniquely position to both understand and respond to questions with practical, affordable suggestions for controlling risks that threaten a nonprofit’s ability to accomplish its mission. Participants in the Corporate Sustainers Program pay an annual fee to the Center, which supports its technical assistance program and covers the cost of corporate sponsorship of its annual conference. For more information, visit the Center’s Web site at www.nonprofitrisk.org.
For more information on the Corporate Sustainers Program, contact Melanie Herman at (202) 785-3891 or via e-mail.