social services

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  Arson Awareness Week Aims To Prevent Youth Firesetting

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 8, 2012

  Sunday marked the beginning of a nationwide initiative to educate the public on preventing the loss of life and property stemming from blazes set by children.

• Social-Services Profile: Canfield Insurance Solutions

  By Bonnie Cavanaugh  |  January 19, 2012

  Market conditions for insurance in the nonprofit sector have shown sure signs of a hardening over the past six months, with prices stabilizing overall and slowly inching upward for some classes of risk.

• Market-Hardening Signals Have Social-Service Insurers Breathing a Sigh of Relief

  By Bonnie Cavanaugh  |  January 19, 2012

  Market conditions for insurance in the nonprofit sector have shown sure signs of a hardening over the past six months, with prices stabilizing overall and slowly inching upward for some classes of risk.

• IQ: P&C Industry Donates $500 million in 2010

  By Industry IQ  |  November 1, 2011

• P&C Companies Not Satisfied With Return on Charitable Giving

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 19, 2011

  The property and casualty insurance industry contributed over $500 million to charity in 2010, but executives are dissatisfied with the return, according to a report released today by McKinsey & Company.

• As Social-Service Groups Look for Alternative Revenue Streams, Insurance Risks Grow

  By Bonnie Cavanaugh  |  August 11, 2011

  With a still-shaky economy limiting donations to social-service organizations, many of these groups are radically reducing spending or branching out into new and untested revenue-raising waters—a move that can pose unexpected and even catastrophic risks.

• In Social-Services World, Pressure To Cut Costs, Find Alternative Revenue Streams Raises Risk Profile

  By Bonnie Cavanaugh  |  August 11, 2011

  With a still-shaky economy limiting donations to social-service organizations, many of these groups are being forced to radically reduce spending or to branch out into new and untested revenue-raising waters—a move which can pose unexpected and even catastrophic risks.

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  Buffett Lunch Surpasses Last Year's $2.6M Bid

  By Josh Funk, AP Business Writer  |  June 13, 2011

  An anonymous bidder agreed Friday to pay more than $2.6 million for a lunch with billionaire investor and Bershire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett.

• Annual Warren Buffett Lunch Auction Starts

  By Josh Funk, AP Business Writer  |  June 6, 2011

  Paying more than $1 million for lunch may seem excessive, but when the price includes a private audience with revered investor Warren Buffett some people think it's worth it.

• Market Directory: Child Care and Social Services

  By Market Directory  |  June 1, 2011