NLC-RISC

NLC-RISC is the National League of Cities Risk Information Sharing Consortium, a membership association of municipal league intergovernmental risk-sharing pools in thirty-four states and British Columbia. The mission of NLC-RISC is to facilitate information sharing between pools, provide staff and trustee training on pooling operations and risk management issues, and develop programs and information that support effective and efficient pool operations and member service delivery.


NLC-RISC member pools offer property, liability, workers' compensation, unemployment, and/or employee benefit programs to their combined 16,000+ member cities, towns, counties and other local government entities.


Conference & Workshop Materials

Health Reform 

Social Media

Tenant Users Liability Insurance Program (TULIP)

TULIP provides inexpensive insurance for individuals and groups renting city property for special events. TULIP covers liability for bodily injury to third parties, as well as the user's liability for damage to the city's property. Liquor liability coverage is available if needed. TULIP provides cities, tenant users and risk pools with a coverage solution for what otherwise might be claims against the city. For more information about TULIP contact Claire Reiss.

Service Line Warranty Program

The Service Line Warranty Program is an NLC value-added program that protects residents against the high cost of repairing or replacing broken or leaking water or sewer lines on their property. The program benefits cities and risk pools by reducing complaints and providing a source of funding for repairs.

NLC Mutual

The National League of Cities Mutual Insurance Company (NLC Mutual) is a member-owned captive reinsurance company founded in 1986. NLC Mutual reinsures general and automobile liability, workers' compensation and property programs for its 27 member pools.

Employment Opportunities

Below is a listing of job opportunities in governmental entity risk pools and/or risk management. To post a position contact Erin Rian.

Conferences & Workshops

2012 NLC-RISC Staff Conference: October 22-24, 2012

Francis Marion Hotel (Charleston, South Carolina)

The NLC-RISC Staff Conference provides staff of state municipal league pools with the opportunity to learn about trends, programs, services and best practices in a variety of coverage lines and functional areas, and offers a great opportunity to network with pool staff from across the country. Details for the 2012 Staff Conference will be available soon.

2013 NLC-RISC Trustees Conference

Colorado

The NLC-RISC Trustee Conference provides trustees and pool administrators of state municipal league pools the opportunity to learn about industry trends, programs, services and pooling best practices, as well as opportunities to network with peers from across the country. Please check back for dates and location.

Regional Meetings

Western Region Loss Control Conference: July 11-13, 2012

ICRMP Office (Boise, Idaho)

Pool Management Training Opportunities  

Essentials in Risk Pool Management Certificate Program

Essentials in Risk Pool Management is a one-course certificate program, developed through a collaboration of NLC-RISC, the Association of Governmental Risk Pools (AGRiP), California Association of Joint Powers Authorities (CAJPA) and Insurance Educational Association (IEA).  The curriculum provides a risk pool participant with theoretical and practical knowledge, which provides a solid foundation to successfully work within or manage the risk pool.  Completion of Essentials in Risk Pool Management satisfies one of the five required courses for the Associate in Risk Pool Management Designation.

Associate in Risk Pool Management Designation Program

A largely self-directed program, the Associate in Risk Management designation curriculum provides risk pool managers and prospective risk pool managers with theoretical and practical knowledge needed to successfully manage the risk pool.

RISC Report

The RISC Report is a monthly electronic newsletter that is distributed to league pool administrators and subscribed staff members.  To subscribe to the RISC Report, please contact Catherine Moses at moses@nlc.org.  

The RISC Report contains news of interest to state league intergovernmental risk pools, such as new and innovative programs recently initiated by league pools, activities at NLC-RISC, NLC-Mutual and NLC affecting or involving state league pools, and articles on important pooling issues.

League pools are invited to suggest topics or submit articles to Erin Rian at erian@nlcmutual.com.

Current Issue of the RISC Report (March/April 2012)

Previous Issues - 2012

January/February

Previous Issues - 2011

June     July     August     September     November/December    

Directories and Other Publications

2010 NLC Directory for State Municipal  Leagues and League Risk Pools

An e-mail list (listserv) is a list of e-mail addresses of people interested in a certain subject.  Each listserv has its own address for distribution among its members. NLC-RISC has created the following listservs available only to NLC-RISC member league and pool staff:

  • Pool Administrators - a discussion list for pool administrators only.
  • Claims
  • Health & Wellness
  • Loss Control
  • Underwriting

NLC-RISC also sponsors a listserv in coordination with the Association of Governmental Risk Pools (AGRiP) on the topic of health care reform, open to any pool whether or not sponsored by a state municipal league. In addition, other topical listservs are available through NLC and may be of interest to NLC-RISC members. A list can be found under State Municipal Leagues.

Pool staff are encouraged to participate in multiple listservs as appropriate for their function. Any listserv subscriber can submit content or reply to content posted. Any message posted to the listserv will be distributed to every other member of the listserv. 

To subscribe to any NLC-RISC listserv, contact Catherine Moses at moses@nlc.org.