Posted September 29, 2016
Please click on the Learning Management System link above to be directed to our Risk Control Training platform. We currently have over 20 modules that will help build your loss prevention skillset and we plan to add more in the future. This is a free service and the individual registration allows the entire staff to participate.
Posted June 25, 2013
Effective June 30, 2013, all coaches, employees, volunteers, and other adults involved with a youth athletic activity must comply with Michigan’s Sports Concussion Awareness Laws, Public Acts 342 & 343 of 2012. There are many specific requirements in the sports concussion legislation, including requirements to complete a concussion awareness on-line training program, providing educational materials related to the signs and symptoms of concussions to parents and guardians, and the handling of an athlete who may have sustained a concussion.
Posted June 19, 2013
The Michigan Secretary of State has instituted a fraud procedure that may affect the renewal of your license plates. The Clergy Auto Program is written on a “Commercial Policy”. With your name and vehicle information on the ID card, some offices are presuming this is personal automobile coverage and try to find your Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) in their database. This being a commercial policy, the VIN is not in the database and this flags their fraud program. Please keep this letter of explanation with you and present it to the Secretary of State and they can call Michigan Catholic Conference for confirmation, if needed.
Posted January 20, 2012
Michigan Catholic Conference recently produced and distributed to parishes across the state a DVD and brochure intended to eliminate fraud and embezzlement in Catholic parishes and schools. The video features a forensic accounting expert and provides tips that are meant to promote sound practices in the field of parish accounting.
Posted January 4, 2011
Parish and school administrators need to be aware of a new avenue for obtaining personal and sensitive information that is stored and can be released without knowing. Please see the Risk Managment Newsletter, Volume 10, Issue 2 for more information.
Posted April 14, 2010
Lead-based Paint Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Program affects contractors, property managers, and maintenance personnel working in homes, child care facilities and schools built before 1978. Common renovation activities like sanding, cutting, and demolition can create hazardous lead dust and chips by disturbing lead-based paint, which can be harmful to adults and children.