All property is important to upkeep and maintain, and the same is true of any property your Post owns.
Maintaining property and prioritizing safety improvements not only adds to your property value, but it also keeps your members and guests safe and comfortable.
Read on for a compilation of our most helpful property maintenance blogs.
Homes, vehicles, rentals and more—All property is important to upkeep and maintain, and the same is true of any property your Post owns.
Maintaining property and prioritizing safety improvements not only adds to your property value, but it also keeps your members and guests safe and comfortable.
Read on for tips to maintain and improve your Post property.
Whatever part of the country your organization is in, severe weather can impact your operations. Consider these statistics on severe weather from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):
Your organization relies heavily on its members and its volunteers. Whether you’re hosting bingo night, a bake sale, a food drive or other community event, you need volunteers to plan, organize, work and clean up the event for it to be a success.
While aiming for safety and security at your Post, your volunteers can still be injured during their duties. To protect
Protecting your organization from internal and external theft is an important risk management tactic to reduce loss and claims.
Theft may rise as inflation and prices rise, and fraternal organizations become a target for thieves hoping to grab cash, food, alcohol and other valuables.
Even in times of economic stability, theft remains a significant risk for fraternal organizations. Follow these tips for protecting your
Just as your fraternal organization faces cyber liability risks, so do your members.
In fact, the Senate passed the Fraud and Scam Reduction Act in 2021 to create an advisory group to educate consumers about scams, improve industry fraud-prevention training, develop better ways to stop scams before they happen and expand fraud prevention research.
And certain citizens may be impacted more
As a fraternal organization operating in today’s digitally connected world, your Post faces several cyber liability risks. Typically, most fraternal organizations do not consider themselves at risk for a cyber attack and have failed to take measures to secure their systems and data, making them an even bigger target.
To protect your organization, it’s important to understand your cyber liability risks and know
Without a strong culture of safety in place at your organization, unsafe conditions can go uncorrected or unnoticed. Volunteers and members may not feel comfortable raising safety-related concerns and the risk of serious injuries may increase.
To make your Post safer, it is important to take a proactive approach before incidents occur.
With the right plan in place, you can help prevent injuries, illnesses
If you have projects scheduled for your organization this year, it’s important to have hand tool safety practices in place when power tools are in operation.
Whether you’re building garden beds, volunteering in the community, designing parade floats or fixing things up around the Post, power tools can expose your organization to many potential safety hazards.
Make sure your organization’s leaders and members work
When someone gets hurt at your organization, workers’ compensation or volunteer accident coverage is often adept at delivering timely coverage. However, in today’s world, a comprehensive approach to your members and volunteers’ health is crucial.
There are many reasons members and volunteers may experience depression after an injury, including:
The COVID-19 pandemic