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Prepare to Prevent

Active shooter incidents have become a concern for all in recent years. These incidents occur without warning and quickly progress. Although they cannot always be prevented, organizations can take steps to help minimize the impact to their organization, employees or students. Having a plan in place to respond to an active shooter event is essential […]

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Details Matter: What You Need to Know About Liability Release Forms

Your organization likely sponsors a variety of exciting activities, including trips. Ensure full participation and minimal risk in all of your activities by having each participant sign a carefully worded assumption of risk and release of liability. If you fail to fully disclose the potential risks of your activity, you expose your organization to potential […]

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Be Safe, Not Sorry When Live Streaming Your Worship Services

Sharing your worship services with a larger audience is easier than ever, thanks to live streaming. You can reach people who don’t attend your church, those who prefer an online faith community and members of your congregation who are traveling, ill or home-bound. If you currently live stream your church’s worship services, or are thinking […]

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Routine Maintenance Reduces Risk And Losses

Routine maintenance is one of the most cost-effective ways your church can reduce the risks associated with having to file a claim. Now is a good time to do a maintenance sweep around your church campus that can not only make your church cleaner, but it will make it safer, too. Start by identifying one […]

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Safety

Enjoy a Merry, Not Scary, Holiday Season

A fall, fire or other accident can take your holiday season from festive to frightening in a matter of moments, and these types of incidents tend to increase this time of year. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shared that the holiday season averages about 200 injuries related to holiday decorating each day, and during the […]

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Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks

What is a social engineering attack? In a social engineering attack, an attacker uses human interaction (social skills) to obtain or compromise information about an organization or its computer systems. An attacker may seem unassuming and respectable, possibly claiming to be a new employee, repair person, or researcher and even offering credentials to support that […]

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5 Cybersecurity Trends in 2021

An influx of new threats, technologies and business models have emerged in the cybersecurity space as the world shifted to a more remote work model in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fact that the technology landscape is constantly changing isn’t a new revelation, but it’s certainly been taken to a new level in the last year. Here, we analyze […]

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Property and Casualty Safety

Don’t be left in the cold — inspect your heating boiler

Proper maintenance of your heating boiler system is not a project that should be done — it’s a project that must be done. Over a recent two-year period, Church Mutual customers have experienced 53 fires caused by heating system failures. One of the biggest risks with boiler heating systems is that a problem will cause […]

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Preparing Your Organization for an Emergency

Whether a tornado strikes or a flood invades your community, your organization needs to be ready for the worst. Members of your congregation could be at your facility when a crisis occurs, and you’ll need to know how to evacuate the building or how to endure if trapped inside. If you are prepared, your chances […]

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When Should Your Church Re-Screen Employees and Volunteers?

  Recently, a church found itself at the center of every congregation’s worst nightmare; One of its former volunteers is accused of sexually abusing several children he met through the church. The worst part is that these newest charges come years after similar allegations plagued the man and the church. Once a clean record, not always a clean […]

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