This video is a podcast with insurance executive and international advisor Derek Gard and focuses primarily on NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), MSOs (Mission-Sending Organizations), and other international organizations. He discusses kidnap and ransom insurance, and he addresses the impact of kidnap and ransom insurance on reputation.

Learn about a $600,000 workers’ comp claim from a missions trip gone wrong here.

Watch a video on How Kidnap and Ransom Insurance Comes Into Play here.

Learn about Derek Gard’s monthly newsletter for international organizations.

Further Reading
The Volunteer Protection Act

The Volunteer Protection Act

Download a PDF of this article. To promote volunteerism, the Volunteer Protection Act (VPA) was signed into law in 1997. This act pre-empts...

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