Resources & Links
Insurance for the Nonprofit/Voluntary Sector
Attend a information session for your community
"The ideas of a seminar dedicated to helping organizations like ourselves is amazing. We finally feel as though we understand our insurance information and are prepared for the future. I hope that many more organizations will be able to receive this valuable information." -- Insurance Seminar participant
Insurance Toolkit, Directors' & Officers' Liability and Risk Management Seminars are delivered across Alberta. Check for details on Volunteer Alberta current Risk Management Seminars or sign up for our eNewsletter Sector Connector. Want to offer a session in your community? Connect with us today.
Insurance Resources
Community Guard
Pilot project to provide Insurance for Alberta's Nonprofit/Voluntary Sector from The Co-operators
Insurance Coverages for the Alberta Voluntary Sector
From the Office of the Superintendent of Insurance - A Survey of Insurers Licensed to Undertake Property & Liability Insurance in Alberta - May 2007
Laws Governing Not-for-Profits in Canada – Do Your Directors Know Their Personal Liability?
From Industy Canada: Canada has numerous laws that apply to Directors of nonprofit organizations. But do your Directors understand their personal liability? Part one of this article underlines references in Industry Canada’s Primer for directors of nonprofit corporations (Rights, Duties and Practices) that apply to Directors of Nonprofit organizations. You may want to send your Board a link to this article.
Part two focuses on Canada’s Competition law which applies to all of us.
PDFs
Download a PDF of the D&O Liability Research
Research completed by ProBono Students Canada on Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance for Nonprofit Organizations (PDF)
Download a PDF of the D&O Liability Handout
The handout for the Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance Seminars (PDF)
Download a PDF of the general Insurance Toolkit
Full version of the Insurance Toolkit (PDF)
Web Applications
Web application of the D&O Liability Handout: Online Learning Tool
An online application to assist with understanding Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance information
Access the web application of the general Insurance Toolkit: Online Learning Tool
An online application to assist with understanding the Insurance Toolkit information
Additional funding for the general Insurance Toolkit online learning tool was provided by the Canada Volunteerism Initiative through Canadian Heritage.
Insurance Toolkit project
The voluntary sector said it needed better information about the complexities of adequate insurance and now it’s available!
The Alberta Voluntary Sector Insurance Council, through the generous funding of the Insurance Bureau of Canada, the Wild Rose Foundation, Canada Volunteerism Initiative-Alberta Network and Volunteer Alberta, created an insurance toolkit designed by Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations specifically for the voluntary sector.
"Alberta’s women’s shelters pride themselves on effective business practices that work to protect women as well as their organization. The Insurance Toolkit is an effective way of learning the ins and outs of risk management with appropriate coverage in an easy to use format for shelter boards and their management teams."
- Jan Reimer, Alberta Council of Women Shelters
The unique aspect of the Voluntary Sector Insurance Toolkit project is that it comes complete with a seminar leader – an insurance professional – to work directly with organizations. Seminars are focused on increasing your organization’s knowledge of the insurance industry, its products, and answers to your questions about adequate coverage.
Volunteer Alberta is coordinating the seminars in communities for organizations across Alberta. Led by an insurance professional who understands the needs of the voluntary sector, seminars offer a hands-on learning experience that reading a workbook or publication simply cannot offer.
Evaluation results from last year’s insurance project indicated that D&O insurance is the hot topic for the nonprofit/voluntary sector. These seminars were delivered in 8 major centres across Alberta specifically on Directors and Officers liability insurance. Please access the D&O Liability online learning tool for detailed information about this type of insurance.
One of the unique aspects of the Voluntary Sector Insurance project is the flexibility it provides to the varying education needs of volunteers and organizations. There are several ways to access the information about insurance and the nonprofit/voluntary sector in Alberta. Please check out the links above.