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Member Benefit: Property Valuations
One of the member services Public Entity Partners provides is a comprehensive property valuation on a rotating four-year schedule. This service includes a description, a detail on building construction type, flood plain information, and a replacement cost and actual cash value for each location. Whether you are insuring water treatment plants, traffic signals, ball field lighting, or a library — we want to help ensure you have sufficient property coverage in place to rebuild important services that make a difference in your community.
Read more...Water & Wastewater Cyberattacks: A Case Study
On Feb. 5, 2021, unidentified cyber actors obtained unauthorized access, on two separate occasions, approximately five hours apart, to the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system used at a municipal water treatment plant in Florida. The unidentified actors accessed the SCADA system’s software and raised the amount of sodium hydroxide, a caustic chemical, being used as part of the water treatment process.
Read more...Preparing for Winter Weather
Are you prepared for cold weather? Here are a few common risks that you can help your organization and employees overcome.
Read more...Message From the President - February 2021
I had the privilege of co-presenting a session at the January training meeting of the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police (TACP), along with Chief Steve Isbell of the Dyersburg Police Department. The session was titled “Decision-Making: A Risk Management Case Study.” Law enforcement education, awareness of reasonable actions, sound decision-making, de-escalation and officer wellness are initiatives that Public Entity Partners strongly supports.
Read more...Coverage Corner – Renewal Applications
Each year, your organization is sent a set of renewal applications that details the coverages offered for your entity and provides information on limits, deductibles, schedules and endorsements. Making the right choices during renewal can feel like a challenging task, but securing the right coverage for your operations is a critical piece of your risk management program. Because of this, it’s important to take time to thoroughly review and understand this material – and to keep in mind that your local agent of record is available to help guide you as you evaluate your exposures. Your underwriter or member services representative can also assist you as you review the elements of Public Entity Partners’ coverage and understand how the services we provide set us apart from others.
Read more...Employment Practices Liability
Properly handling employment issues and related claims are key factors in reducing your entity’s employment practices liability exposure. As simple as it may sound, there are right and wrong ways to discipline or terminate an employee. Unfortunately, increasing numbers of employment claims, court awards and settlements all seem to indicate that the wrong way may be gaining ground. The workplace and the laws that govern it have changed in multiple ways, which has increased the number of exposures governmental employers face regarding employment practices.
Read more...Social Media and Municipal Liability
In many respects, social media has become a part of everyday life. As a result, it has changed the ways in which individuals, businesses and local governments communicate. Unfortunately, the lines between official and private use of social media can be difficult to discern.
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Message From the President - January 2021
In July of 2020, Public Entity Partners’ leadership team, in conjunction with our Board of Directors, began a strategic planning process. In December, the Board of Directors approved and adopted revised vision and mission statements and organizational values. These components of the strategic plan represent the cultural core of our organization, and will guide and define the programs and services Public Entity Partners seeks to provide to members in the coming years.
Read more...Virtual Academy
One year ago, Public Entity Partners began a partnership with Virtual Academy to provide a subscription supplement for law enforcement-specific online training. Virtual Academy provides high-quality, engaging training with nationally recognized experts, and the platform allows law enforcement agencies to easily manage, track and create training records and department files. PE Partners’ subscription supplement programs will cover 66% of the cost for law enforcement agencies with 1 - 15 officers, 50% of the cost for agencies with 16 - 30 officers, and 25% of the cost for agencies with 31 or more officers. Over the past year, PE Partners’ members with law enforcement agencies saved almost $76,000 as a result of this subscription supplement program.
Read more...How-To Videos for Online Claims Filing
In September, Public Entity Partners began using a new claims management system, Origami Risk. The online claims forms that are used to submit claims also changed as part of this claims administration system. Anyone within your organization who has access to our online portal can file claims for your entity online. The online claims forms include the ability to save an incident in draft status. Some members are leaving incidents in draft status without submitting the claim. When an incident is left in draft status our adjusters do not receive the claim for processing.
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