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Scott Wightman – Area Executive Vice President – Gallagher  Our 2019 year-end financial audit has been completed and approved by the Board the Directors. We had another very good year and over the last two years have added $11.7 million to our surplus. Our surplus at the end of 2019 was $34.9 million and getting […]

Anita Kiehne – Vice President Claims For the last two years, MUSIC has included Cyber coverage for all members as part of the regular assessment.  This year, the policy included a sublimit of coverage for “social engineering” that is new to this policy and those prior policies placed on an individual basis. The limit is […]

Jim Akers – Work Comp Specialist – Gallagher MUSIC has been working to develop a new tool to assist in tracking your workers’ compensation claims.  The Workers’ Compensation Incident Tracker does exactly that, it tracks your claims and incidents. The Tracker was designed to give you a format to log and track all of your […]

Jackie Turnage-Ferber – Client Training and Technology Coordinator As school districts and colleges make plans for the upcoming school year, do not forget to have all faculty and staff complete the MUSIC Sexual Misconduct:  Staff-to-Student training through the SafeSchools learning management system (LMS). This course is the required replacement for the former required training named, […]

By Peggy Wilson, CSS – VP – Member Services and       Alan Schmitt, ARM – VP – Loss Control The short answer is, because MUSIC is a self-insured pool, any claims savings caused by the pandemic and early closure of schools will be reflected in the 2021 assessment rates. What is a Self-Insured Pool? A […]

Jackie Turnage-Ferber, Client Training and Technology Coordinator MUSIC is committed to driving down costs associated with workers’ compensation claims. As part of this undertaking, MUSIC developed a Workers’ Compensation Incident Tracker. This tracker is designed for use by members, and it will allow MUSIC members to accommodate work-related injuries and illnesses. The goal of MUSIC is […]

When Your Facilities are in Use By Peggy Wilson, Arthur J. Gallagher   MUSIC members are frequently approached by various groups to use the members’ facilities. These requests can range from using one room for a meeting, to sports events in the gymnasium and social events, such as reunions or chili suppers, in the cafeteria. […]

What Are My Expectations and Options? Alan Schmitt, ARM-P – Area Vice President, Loss Control It seems every time you turn on the news, pick up a newspaper, or look online there is a reference to an active shooting event. Unfortunately, school violence and shootings are not going away. Therefore, it is extremely important that we review […]

Amy Mehrmann-Dale – Client Service Associate During the year, many Certificates of Insurance are issued – some require renewal and some do not. Each year, the MUSIC team provides a Certificate Renewal List to every Member for their Certificates issued for the current policy term. This list can be found in your ‘Document Library’ in […]