Industry risk report nonprofits.
INDUSTRY RISK REPORT NONPROFITS
The nonprofit s listed in this report are engaged in human services
that range from betting on horses at a racetrack in Iowa to providing
reproductive counseling to men and Women across the country. As such,
their risk exposures run the gamut from property/casualty, to, medical
malpractice, to the interest rate and market risks inherent in
managing and investing millions and billions in pension fund
Company Name Location CRO
American National Red Cross Washington, D.C. Judy Nolan, Sr,
Director, Risk
Management
Division
Battelle Memorial Institute Columbus, Ohio Martin Inglis,
EVP and CFO
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Associate Bentonville, Ark. Linda Dillman,
Health and Welfare Trust EVP Risk
Management
Southwestern Bell Corp. San Antonio, Texas None
Voluntary Employees
Beneficiary Trust (AT&T)
National Rural Utilities Herndon, Va. John Borak, SVP
Cooperative Finance Corp. Credit Risk
Management
Boeing Company Master Trust Chicago, III. Steve Larsen,
(Boeing) Director of
Insurance
Procurement and
Policy
Management
Carnegie Corporation of New New York, N.Y Withheld
York
Planned Parenthood Federation New York, N.Y Handled by
of America Inc. multiple
officers
National Multiple Sclerosis New York, N.Y Carolyn H.
Society Hayes-Gulston,
Sr. Insurance
Risk Manager
Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Altoona, Iowa Jim Allpress,
Casino Loss and
prevention
manager
2007 Total
Company Name CFO Revenue
American National Red Cross Robert P. McDonald $6.00 billion
Battelle Memorial Institute Martin Inglis, EVP $3.8 billion
and CFO.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Associate Thomas Schoewe, EVP $2.67 billion
Health and Welfare Trust and CFO
Southwestern Bell Corp. Richard Lindner, $2.46 billion
Voluntary Employees SEVP and CFO
Beneficiary Trust (AT&T)
National Rural Utilities Steven Lilly, SVP, $1.85 billion
Cooperative Finance Corp. CFO
Boeing Company Master Trust James Bell $1.74 billion
(Boeing)
Carnegie Corporation of New Robert Seman, $1.69 billion
York Director of Finance
Planned Parenthood Federation Julia Nelson $902.80 million
of America Inc.
National Multiple Sclerosis Adrienne Glasgow, $250 million
Society CFO
Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Ann Long-Richards, $184.25 million
Casino VP, CFO
No. of Primary
Company Name Employees Broker
American National Red Cross 35,000 Withheld
Battelle Memorial Institute 20,400 USI
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Associate 1,900,000 Withheld
Health and Welfare Trust
Southwestern Bell Corp. 302,000 Withheld
Voluntary Employees
Beneficiary Trust (AT&T)
National Rural Utilities 218 Withheld
Cooperative Finance Corp.
Boeing Company Master Trust 154,000 Aon
(Boeing)
Carnegie Corporation of New 76 Withheld
York
Planned Parenthood Federation Withheld Withheld
of America Inc.
National Multiple Sclerosis 1,200 Aon
Society
Prairie Meadows Racetrack & 1,362 Holmes Murphy
Casino
Company Name Captives
American National Red Cross Boardman Indemnity Ltd.
(Bermuda)
Battelle Memorial Institute Research Insurance Co.
(Bermuda)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Associate Withheld
Health and Welfare Trust
Southwestern Bell Corp. Campanile Assurance Line
Voluntary Employees Ltd. (Vt.)
Beneficiary Trust (AT&T)
National Rural Utilities Withheld
Cooperative Finance Corp.
Boeing Company Master Trust Astro II Inc.
(Boeing)
Carnegie Corporation of New Withheld
York
Planned Parenthood Federation Affiliates Property
of America Inc. Reciprocal, (Vt.)
National Multiple Sclerosis None
Society
Prairie Meadows Racetrack & None
Casino
Company Name Risk Exposure:
American National Actuarial studies of the Red Cross' exposure
Red Cross indicate that the organization has liabilities
for outstanding losses and incurred but not
reported claims of approximately $91 million
as of June 30, 2007. The organization's debt
increased substantially in fiscal 2007 over
fiscal 2006, by some 13.5 percent.
Battelle Memorial The executives with Battelle oversee a network
Institute of highly sensitive and valuable research
facilities for the U.S. Department of Energy.
The labs conduct research on potentially
dangerous nuclear energy technology and
technology implemented by the U.S. Department
of Defense. Battelle also experiences
financial risk and has shown losses in recent
years in some investments by a subsidiary.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Wal-Mart and its employee health and welfare
Associate Health and plan specifically have been the subject of
Welfare Trust numerous class-action lawsuits brought on
behalf of various legal classes within the
company's U.S. employee population of some
1.36 million. Recently, the company agreed to
compensate female employees for the purchase
of contraceptives under a class-action
lawsuit filed under the heading Maudlin vs.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
southwestern Bell Like all pension and benefit funds managed by
Corp. Voluntary parent company AT&T, the trust is exposed tox
Employees interest rate risk and the volatility in
Beneficiary Trust pricing of any equities or real estate owned
by the trust Those risks include the
volatility in the price of AT&T stock which
the trust owns. AT& T stock price has shown
good strength in the past five years.
National Rural As a lender to its rural utility members,
Utilities Cooperative the NRU-CFC is itself a significant borrower.
Finance Corp. At the end of May, 2007, the nonprofit held
$4.3 billion in notes of varying due dates.
As such, the NRU-CFC is exposed to interest
rate risk and fluidity risk. For example, the
payment terms that the NRU-CFC accords to a
borrower may not directly coincide with the
terms the NRU-CFC has received from a capital
market lender.
Boeing Company The trust's investment vehicles include
Master Trust synthetic guaranteed contract investments in
which the assets of the trust are invested by
third parties such as AIG and Bank of America
in equities that may in some cases involve
mortgage-backed securities and other
investment vehicles that currently represent
a substantial degree of market and credit
risk.
Carnegie Corporation As a part of its investment strategies, the
of New York Carnegie Corporation engages in futures
markets. As a result, the nonprofit is
exposed to market risk and credit risk. The
nonprofit is also exposed to currency risk
because it holds securities in the
denominations of foreign countries.
Planned Parenthood The clinics of reproductive services
Federation of nonprofit Planned Parenthood dispense
America Inc. contraception and provide healthcare services
such as abortions, vasectomies and tubal
sterilizations. As such, the nonprofit is
exposed to medical malpractice lawsuits.
National Multiple Since the National MS Society is among a group
Sclerosis Society of non profits providing premier special
events, which in its case involves a 50-state
network of chapters successfully holding more
than 600 walks and 100 bike rides each year,
its events accommodate hundreds of thousands
of participants with various levels of
experience and training.
Prairie Meadows Protecting the assets of Prairie Meadows
Racetrack & Casino Racetrack and Casino, Inc., and maintaining a
safe and secure environment for its guests
and employees.
Company Name Risk Strategies:
American National The Red Cross maintains various insurance
Red Cross policies under which it assumes a portion of
each loss. Assumed losses are retained by the
Red Cross through its wholly owned insurance
subsidiary Boardman Indemnity Ltd. The Red
Cross also purchases insurance to supplement
the coverage offered by Boardman.
Battelle Memorial Battelle operates an offshore, Bermuda-based
Institute insurance captive with more than $50 million
in assets, according to the nonprofit's form
990 filing with the U.S. Government The
nonprofit self-insures for its active
employee medical expenses. Battelle paid
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. $276 million for
insurance services in 2005, according to its
annual filing.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Wal-Mart uses a combination of insurance,
Associate Health and self-insured retention and self-insurance for
Welfare Trust a number of risks, including workers'
compensation, general liability and
employee-related healthcare benefits. The
company says it applies appropriate loss
development factors to the incurred costs
associated.
southwestern Bell To manage the market risk in the trust's
Corp. Voluntary portfolio, the trust managers spread the
Employees trust's investments according to a formula
Beneficiary Trust of percentages between domestic securities,
international securities, debt securities and
real estate investments. Pension fund
managers with AT&T lowered the percentage of
the trusts debt securities holdings from 29
percent in 2005 to 27 percent in 2006,
according to SEC filings.
National Rural To spread its risk, the nonprofit disperses
Utilities Cooperative its loans widely throughout the U.S. As of
Finance Corp. the end of May, 2007, loans outstanding to
any one state or territory in the U.S. did
not exceed 15 percent of the total loans
outstanding.
Boeing Company The trust uses various derivative financial
Master Trust instruments for hedging related strategies.
Boeing has authorized the use of certain
derivative instruments in certain investment
management accounts. The trust also uses
wrapper contracts to provide cash flow and
market risk protection for any assets that
are being held via guaranteed investment
contracts with third parties.
Carnegie Corporation The nonprofit reduces the credit risk in its
of New York swap contracts by dealing only with major U.S.
broker-dealers. The nonprofit also uses
forward foreign currency contracts to manage
its currency risk. Its investment managers
monitor the financial condition of trading
partners to minimize losses.
Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood uses interest rate swaps
Federation of to manage the credit risk inherent in
America Inc. borrowings it undertakes to finance the
renovation of leashold premises in New York.
The federation retains any additional
interest rate risk.
National Multiple The NMSS provide participants with support
Sclerosis Society throughout its events to ensure that they
have a positive and successful experience
while they do their part to help create a
world free of MS. The society checks its
event routes and has support stationed in key
locations. Participants are also reminded to
review the rules of the road and are
encouraged to report unsafe behavior. The NMS
Society collaborates with organizations that
support safety, and promotes communication,
awareness and training for participants and
staff.
Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows uses four fundamental risk
Racetrack & Casino strategies 1) Avoidance by safe policies,
procedures, and audits 2) Reduction by
proactively using available technology to
reduce frequency or severity by prevention
and control by timely contact with claimants
and coordinate claims with carriers 3) Risk
transfer by purchasing insurance 4) Retention
by being self insured on some items.
COMPILED BY DAN REYNOLDS FROM THE FOLLOWING SOURCES: HOOVER'S, RISK
AND INSURANCE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY INC. DATABASES; COMPANY FILINGS AND
REPRESENTATIVES.
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