Category: Claims Stories
From the Claims Files: Personal Use of Nonprofit Vehicles
Allowing someone to use your nonprofit’s vehicle as their personal car means you could be assuming potential risk — whether they go straight home or straight to the bar. Is that a risk worth taking?
From the Claims Files: Accommodation
When it comes to employment, disability, and accommodations, the law considers nonprofits to be no different than any other kind of employer. Is your nonprofit in compliance?
From the Claims Files: Copyright Infringement
Improper use of copyrighted materials is an unforced error that no organization can afford to make. Is your nonprofit prepared?
From the Claims Files: Accidental Death
If someone dies while in your nonprofit’s care — and it’s not due to natural causes — the consequences can be devastating, public, and permanent.
From the Claims Files: Slip-and-Fall Incidents
What are you going to do when someone slips and falls at your nonprofit, then sues you?
RiskBits: Poor Documentation Predicts Poor Outcomes
If it’s not documented, it didn’t happen. Maintaining accurate, thorough, and consistent records of your nonprofit’s practices and procedures — and tracking your adherence to them — is a major component of a strong risk management plan that can help protect you from future claims of wrongdoing.
When a Website is Discriminatory for Not Being Accessible
Inaccessible websites are increasingly being targeted as violations of disability accommodation laws. Is your nonprofit's website at risk?
RiskBits: Scammers Hope to Hook You with Phishing — Don’t Take the Bait
Prepare to shield your nonprofit from a cyber event more than 2,000 times today — because that’s how often hackers attack.
Claims Stories: Woeful Website Wording
Without clear language on your website and other materials, individuals in the general public may misconstrue what it is your nonprofit does.
Don’t Let Water Damage Run Your Nonprofit up a Creek!
Whether your nonprofit owns or rents its property, water damage can be expensive and even catastrophic if not covered by your insurance policy.
Nonprofits: Why Words Matter with Independent Contractors
Did you know that the actions or inactions of an independent contractor could potentially put your nonprofit at risk
Claims That Could Have Been Avoided: The Ill Effects of Poor Communication
How poor or absent communication at your nonprofit can end up costing you tens of thousands of dollars.