Virtual Learning

Thursday, March 28th at 2 PM EST

Proper Zipline Operations Webinar Replay

Please join us for a webinar replay, as our guest speakers outline the history and types of ziplines, the ACCT and ASTM industry standards, zipline regulations and the fast-paced development of both as they relate to zipline installations, operations, staff training, inspection, documentation and risk management practices.

Ziplines and the standards. Don’t allow your program to be caught off guard by changing standards and regulations. This webinar will help you to both stay current and be prepared for future anticipated changes to standards and regulations.

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“Save Play” Video: Violence Prevention

Violence involves any act or threat of an act of physical harm or harassment, intimidation, or any other disruptive behavior. Follow these 10 steps to make sure your organization is prepared to handle organizational violence.

Watch: Protect Your Organization with a Violence Prevention Program

“Safe Play” Video: Aquatic Safety – Staying Focused

Lifeguards must train themselves to stay focused and respond immediately to any aquatic event.  Here are eight tips to make the “Safe Play” when it comes to staying focused while on duty.

Watch: Aquatic Safety – “Staying Focused”

Print: Aquatic Safety – “Staying Focused” infographic

“Safe Play” Video: Summer Camps – Adopting a Culture of Safety

Welcome to camp! We look forward to having you as a camp counselor this summer and to make the most out of camp this year, it is important to adopt a culture of safety. Here are ten ways make sure safety becomes apart of your routine.

Watch: Summer Camps – “Adopting a Culture of Safety”

“Safe Play” Video: Preventing Slips, Trips, & Falls During Winter Weather

Watch: Preventing Slips, Trips, & Falls During Winter Weather

“Safe Play” Video: Summer Camps – Outdoor Archery Ranges

It is important to recognize that safety should remain the number one priority while at the archery range. Fortunately, if you take the appropriate precautions and follow established policies and procedures, most serious losses are controllable. Follow these 7 tips to make the safe play on the range.

Watch: Summer Camp Safety – Outdoor Archery Ranges

“Safe Play” Video: Outdoor Archer Safety

Summer Camp is for making fun memories and learning new skills such as archery. While on the range, safety should be the culture every archer adopts. Here are some tips to make the Safe Play when it comes to outdoor archer safety.

Watch: Outdoor Archer Safety

“Safe Play” Video: Summer Camp- Sun Safety

Summer camp can provide ample opportunity to enjoy the outdoors. Too much exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun, however, can cause skin cancer. Fortunately, it is possible to be outside while taking steps to help avoid dangerous exposure levels to UV light.

Watch: Summer Camp- Sun Safety

“Safe Play” Video: Summer Camp- Golf Carts and Similar Vehicles

From moving equipment to keeping grounds maintained and transporting campers, golf carts and similar vehicles are used in a variety of ways. Learn ways to take the appropriate precautions and follow established policies and procedures to help prevent serious incidents.

Watch: Summer Camp- Golf Carts and Similar Vehicles

“Safe Play” Video: Summer Camp- Prevent Bullying at Camp

Camp can be a great way for kids to make friends and enjoy the outdoors this summer. However, bullying has become widespread in the United States and up to 20% of high schoolers reported being bullied at school last year. Follow these 5 steps to minimize bullying at your camp:

Watch: Summer Camp- Prevent Bullying at Camp

“Safe Play” Video: Preventing Bullying

Bullying is becoming more and more common across many youth organizations. Whether it is physical abuse, mental abuse, or cyberbullying, follow these “Safe Play” facts to help reduce the chances of an event occurring at your organization.

Watch: Preventing Bullying

“Safe Play” Video: Helping Prevent Food Poisoning at Camp

Food poisoning can not only ruin camp for participants, but it can also lead to deadly consequences. Luckily, it is preventable by maintaining a healthy kitchen environment. Help prevent food poisoning at your camp by following these 6 “Safe Play” Steps.

Watch: Helping Prevent Food Poisoning at Camp

“Safe Play” Video: Hired and Non-Owned Auto Best Practices

Your organization may rely on your employees or volunteers to run errands on your behalf, transport goods, or even transport clients. It is important that you have policies in place to adequately protect yourself and those around you. Follow these 4 steps:

Watch: Hired and Non-Owned Auto Best Practices

Streamery Safety Video Library

Great American Policyholders have access to a vast library of streaming video and training content provided through Streamery. The library is an excellent supplement to our policyholders’ overall safety and risk management programs.

Library Overview

Great American’s safety video library includes over 800 training programs with over 400 titles available in Spanish covering a wide variety of hazard-specific and industry-specific topics. Topics are categorized in the online library to facilitate browsing by hazard, operation or industry. Content ranges from OSHA compliance and employee safety, to driving and driver issues, and human resources and management topics.

Each training topic contains a video that may be streamed using a built-in, user friendly media player with closed caption capability in both English and Spanish. Many topics come with downloadable and editable course materials in a Zip file that include course leader guides, course completion certificates, sign-in sheets, and post-video training quizzes and answer keys. Videos are best streamed using Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox or mobile phone browsers. Videos may be presented in a classroom setting with a moderator to record attendance and facilitate.

To Setup Account Access

For access to Streamery, contact your Great American Loss Control Consultant, or send a request to LCVideos@gaig.com. Please include your name, company name, email address, and policy number. Click here for more information on GAIG.com.

Over 800 titles with multiple selections in the following categories:

Chemicals & Gases
Construction Topics
Driver & Vehicle Safety
Ergonomics & Strain Prevention
Facilities & Premises Safety
Fire Safety & Extinguishers
First Aid / Emergency Prep
Food Safety & HACCP
Grounds & Landscaping
HazCom & HAZWOPER
HazMat Awareness
Heat Stress & Hypothermia
HR Related Topics
Industrial Safety
Leadership & Culture
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Retail, Restaurants & Hospitality
School Site Safety
Tools, Equipment & Machinery
Warehouse Safety

And many other topics!

A recorded webinar with Jared Bishop, Director of Risk Management, and Chelsea Wood, Specialty Human Services, to review current risk management resources available to our insureds.

View Segment 1 Here (25 min)

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A recorded live co-webinar with guest speaker Candace Collins, Director of Strategic Alliances, Praesidium, Inc.  Special focus on abuse prevention controls during a pandemic.

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A recorded live co-webinar with guest speaker Bob Krueger, Vice President of Client Relations, SafetyFirst Systems.  Covers the main parts of an effective organizational driver safety program.

View Segment 1 Here (8 min)

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This one-hour webinar will give an overview of best practices to manage the risks of operating a playground on your premises. Topics  include:

  • The history of playgrounds and playground safety standards
  • Standards of care
  • Design, selection and installation issues
  • Injury and claims information
  • Common hazards and maintenance issues
  • Record keeping

View Segment 1 – Here (30 min)

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A recorded live webinar with co-speaker Doug Svenkerud, Divisional Senior Vice President. Covers the potential risks and liabilities associated with organizations reopening during the Coronavirus pandemic.

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A recorded live webinar with with guest speaker Steve Ringler, Divisional Senior Vice President, Loss Control. Covers wildfire trends, building construction considerations, establishing defensible zones, emergency response and life safety considerations.

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A recorded live co-webinar with guest speakers from Great American Claims & Cyber Divisions focusing on Ransomware and Email Compromise exposures and how to prevent losses.

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A recorded live webinar with Jared Bishop & Chelsea Wood, from Great American Specialty Human Services, discussing best practices for:

  • Screening & Selection
  • Review of Applications
  • Interviewing
  • Reference Checks
  • Criminal Background Checks

View Segment 1: Here (25:22)

View Segment 2: Here (26 min)

Access a Copy of the Slides: Here

View the Screening & Hiring Participant Packet: Here

A recorded live webinar with Jared Bishop with Great American Loss Control discusses water intrusion resources and how to reduce your exposure to water damage issues. This webinar covers:

  • Best practices for mitigating water intrusion losses associated with cold temperatures and throughout the year.
  • How IoT is helping reduce water intrusion losses

View Segment 1: Here (27 min)

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A recorded webinar with co-speaker Doug Svenkerud, Divisional Senior Vice President and Jared Bishop, Divisional AVP Loss Control. The webinar covers social inflation and its impacts.

  • Defining Social Inflation
  • The Impact of Social Inflation
  • Controlling Exposure to Social Inflation
  • Resources

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A recorded webinar with Mr. Michael Oostman, President of Oostman Aquatic Safety Consulting, Inc., as he continues to lead us through a case study webinar to identify best practices for aquatic safety from real-life incidents. Co-hosting the webinar with Mr. Jared Bishop, Divisional AVP of Loss Control.

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A recorded webinar with Mr. Jared Bishop, Divisional AVP of Loss Control and Mr. Pete Abbott, Senior Loss Control Consultant. This webinar covers the dangers of distracted driving and the steps that organizations can take to help mitigate their risk of a loss.

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A recorded webinar with Mr. Gregory Goetz, Vice-President of Risk Management and Insurance at American Financial Group and Mr. Jared Bishop, Divisional AVP of Loss Control. This webinar covers Directors & Officers Liability as it relates to non-profit organizations and trends being seen across the industry.

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A recorded webinar with Jared Bishop, AVP of Loss Control. This webinar covers the definition of risk transfer, why risk transfer is needed, and an overview of the best practices of risk transfer.

View Segment 1: Here (21 min)

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A recorded webinar with Jared Bishop, AVP of Loss Control, and Chelsea Wood, Senior Account Specialist. This webinar covers how to provide corrective feedback, what to look for, monitoring participants and key considerations or high risk activities, monitoring facilities, and critical concepts for preventing peer-to-peer abuse.

View Segment 1: Here (23 min)

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A recorded webinar with Jared Bishop, AVP of Loss Control. This webinar covers the definition of risk transfer, why risk transfer is needed, and the use of waivers and contractual risk transfer.

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A recorded webinar with Jared Bishop, AVP of Loss Control, and Hannah Hamlin, Loss Control Specialist. This webinar covers abuse prevention training and it’s importance, internal feedback systems and it’s importance, and resources available from Great American.

View Segment 1: Here (24 min)

View Segment 2: Here (33 min)

A recorded webinar with Jared Bishop, AVP of Loss Control, and Mary Beth Ormiston, Risk Management Consultant. This webinar covers Adequate Trainings, Engineering & Administrative Controls, and Expense Allocation.

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A recorded webinar with Jared Bishop, AVP of Loss Control. This webinar discusses Vehicular Negligent Entrustment and dispels common myths around the use of personal and hired automobiles.

View Segment 1: Here (28 min)

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A recorded webinar with Jared Bishop, AVP of Loss Control, and special guest, Jake Newton with the Center for Personal Protection & Safety. This webinar discusses best practices for violence protection within nonprofit organizations, including planning, awareness, training, and response.

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A recorded webinar with Jared Bishop, AVP of Loss Control, and special guest, Mary Beth Ormiston. This webinar discusses defining zone assessments, how and when to conduct zone assessments, and what to do with the results.

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A Recorded Webinar with Jared Bishop, AVP of Loss Control, and special guests, Melanie Wills and Keith Jacobs with Experiential Systems, Inc., to discuss the history and types of ziplines, the ACCT and ASTM industry standards, zipline regulations and the fast-paced development of both as they relate to zipline installations, operations, staff training, inspection, documentation and risk management practices.

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A recorded webinar with Jared Bishop, Divisional AVP of Loss Control and Jake Newton, Vice President of the Center for Personal Protection and Safety (CPPS), to discuss de-escalation practices in non-profit settings.

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A recorded webinar with Jared Bishop, Divisional AVP of Loss Control to discuss the concept of risk transfer as a risk management practice. Topics covered include: definition of risk transfer, why risk transfer is needed, and best practices for transferring risk.

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A recorded webinar with Jared Bishop, Divisional AVP of Loss Control and guest speaker, Candace Collins, Director of Strategic Alliances with Praesidium, Inc., to discuss non-profit accreditation in abuse prevention.

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A recorded webinar with Jared Bishop, AVP of Loss Control, to discuss water intrusion sources and how to help reduce your exposure to water damage issues.

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