For our next look at ways your association can control long term premiums through safety, we’ll be looking at the importance of child abuse prevention training. If you missed our introduction to how risk management can impact your premium, please look back to the first post in this series. Here are the rankings for criminal...
Non-swimmers are one of the highest risk group in any aquatic environment — and not just when they’re in the deep end. 70% of Redwoods-investigated drownings and near drownings happened in shallow water. Even though the deep end may look more dangerous, the shallow end is still deep enough for a swimmer to get in to...
For our next look at ways your association can control long term premiums through safety, we’ll be looking at the importance of criminal background checks for preventing abuse. If you missed our introduction to how risk management can impact your premium, please look back to the first post in this series. Here are the rankings...
Effectively supervising children is the best way to prevent injuries at camp this summer. This gets more challenging as the summer goes along though, as counselors start to tire or get too comfortable during camp activities. Counselors standing in the corner of a play area talking, or a staff member sitting on the bleachers...
Time for another Machine Safety Series post! We hope you’ll be able to use what you find here to check on the machines in your facilities and take proactive action before anyone gets hurt. For this post, we’ll look at the guards needed on a circular saw. Here’s how it should look: If any of the guards are...
For our second look at ways your association can control long term premiums through safety, we’ll be looking at the importance of reference checks for preventing abuse. If you missed our introduction to how risk management can impact your premium, please look back to the first post in this series. Here are the rankings for reference...
At The Redwoods Group, our goal is to provide insurance products that meet all of our customers’ needs. As new risks arise, we work to find new coverages to match them. Realizing that Identity Theft is a major and growing problem today, we have recently rolled out a new Corporate Identity Protection (CIP) coverage for...
According to a Boston University study, one out of four girls and one of six boys are abused before their 18th birthdays. This is a frightening statistic and shows that our current prevention models haven’t been good enough. In order for us to confront this epidemic, we need to elevate our efforts. That’s why...
Here at Redwoods, we rate our policies according to the exposure at each YMCA, JCC or Camp. This means that our customers can control their premiums over the long run through risk management. By strengthening their safety practices, they can eliminate some of their exposure to loss and earn either larger premium decreases, or...
In September 2009, The Redwoods Group was certified as a B Corporation, further demonstrating our commitment to using our business to “Serve Others.” What is a B Corporation? From B Corp’s website: “B Corporations are a new type of corporation which uses the power of business to solve social and environmental problems.” To become a B Corp,...