PACT Webinars

First Thursday of the month @ 3pm Central

Log-in. If you are a PACT Member, log-in and go to the calendar data (News & Events drop down tab) and click on the date for the automatic link that takes you in to the webinar. If you are a guest, please call the
CIAC Call Center for log-in instructions at
(800) 975-5442.

Upcoming Webinars
  • March 04, 2010
    Background Screening News and Tools

  • April 01, 2010
    Vacation Bible School and Safe Sanctuaries On line training

  • May 06, 2010
    Mission Trips for your Church

  • June 03, 2010
    Ministry Protection Tips for Your Church's Summer Activities

  • July 01, 2010
    Emergency Preparedness

  • August 05, 2010
    Facebook/Cybersafety: Going back to School

  • September 02, 2010
    Reports for the Local Church - Preparing your GCFA and Conference annual reports



Past Webinars have been converted to recordings that you can view after logging in.

Past Webinars

2009
  • December 03, 2009
    Social Services Ministry – Best Practices and Helpful Tips

  • November 05, 2009
    Church in Community – Outside Parties & Use of Church Facilities

  • November 05, 2009
    Facilities Usage

  • October 01, 2009
    Real Property Management – Preparing for the Cold Weather

  • September 03, 2009
    Day Care Safety – for Your Employees and Children

  • August 06, 2009
    Handling the Media in a Crisis / Crisis Management - Part II

  • July 09, 2009
    Handling the Media in a Crisis / Crisis Management - Part I

  • June 04, 2009
    Cyber Safety – What you really Need to Know to Protect Others

  • May 07, 2009
    Safe Sanctuaries – Operation Procedures and Vacation Bible School

  • April 09, 2009
    Safe Sanctuaries and Completing a Thorough Background Screen

  • March 05, 2009
    Vehicle Safety / Background Checks / Drivers

Welcome from C. Irene Howard, Esq., Chief Executive Officer of PACT

Thanks for visiting  the website for The United Methodist Property and Casualty Trust or PACT. We are a non-profit reinsurance company owned by member-conferences, local churches, and agencies of The United Methodist Church. PACT was initially incorporated in 2005 to fulfill the General Council on Finance and Administration’s Disciplinary responsibility to make property and liability insurance available to the United Methodist Connection in the United States. Today, PACT provides insurance for more than 30% of our conferences (their local churches) and general agencies.

Unique to PACT is a vision for ministry that was designed by United Methodists for the exclusive benefit of United Methodists. PACT strives to live out property and liability insurance not only as a business transaction but also as ministry and to orient the Connection to the possibilities of  both. 
As a Business Transaction
PACT provides property and liability insurance (including workers compensation); retains risk (subject to federal and state regulation); transfers excess risk to top, A.M. Best rated carriers, and pays claims out of the premium collected. The “business” of PACT includes stabilizing the cost of insurance and ultimately reducing those costs by pooling United Methodist premium dollars. Through aggressive ministry protection (i.e., loss control), PACT works to create surplus and, thereby, produce a return on member investments over time.
As Ministry
PACT is committed to insuring all ministries (not just those that present the best risks) and providing limits sufficient to respond in the litigious environment in which the Church does its work. “Loss control” in the commercial insurance context is “ministry protection” for PACT. And, “ministry protection” means helping conferences, local churches, and agencies design and execute ministry that protects their limited resources and the people their ministries seek to serve.
PACT undertakes ministry protection in a way that is consistent with United Methodist polity, including highlighting the best practices of our general agencies, conferences, and local churches. Our template resources reflect the unique guidelines and mandates of The Book of Discipline. Our Ministry Protection Memos (MPMs) address risk management topics of interest to local churches. Monthly on-line webinars are a regular source of live-learning for the entire Connection, with local churches teaching local churches and industry and general church experts offering their insights. In-person training on vital risk management topics, including responding to sexual misconduct claims and implementing Safe Sanctuaries, is provided at no cost to members. All resources, including an archive of past webinars, are available to members through this website, with a sampling available to non-members.
As reflected by our name, PACT covenants with its members to enable ministry in all the ways and in all the places they are at work winning disciples for Christ for the transformation of the world. If you represent a local church whose annual conference is not yet a member of PACT, please ask your Conference Treasurer to contact us for information about becoming a part of this important ministry. If you or your annual conference is currently insured through PACT, we thank you for your confidence, trust, and partnership. Let us know how we can bring more resources and services to bear in support of your ministry.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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