Marianne Krager, an associate trainer with Nan McKay and Associates (NMA), sits at a desk covered in black felt as she dutifully prepares for a long day’s work. It’s early morning, and there’s a sense of calm about Krager, even with a formation of cameras aimed at her. She’s clearly at ease about the task at hand.
While vandalism incidents may seem trivial compared to violent crime, they still come at a potentially high cost to affordable housing organizations. Repeated vandalism incidents can harm an organization’s reputation and could lead to more serious crimes.
HAI Group is a proud sponsor of the NHPD, a database that helps people better understand the stock of publicly supported housing in their community and preserve affordable housing options for low-income households. Kelly McElwain, MPP, tells us more about this vital tool.
Affordable housing organizations rehabilitating aging residential properties or building new developments are exposed to new risks, including the potential for fire on a construction site.
For the second straight year, HAI Group donated $5,000 to Connecticut Foodshare as part of Bank of America’s 23rd annual Turkey Tuesday event.
Like many cities across the U.S., the city of Yonkers has long been plagued by extreme heat and flooding brought about by climate change.
HAI Group’s Seeds of Kindness community garden is back and better than ever.
In the realm of commercial insurance, terms like "vacant" and "unoccupied" hold specific meanings, especially in the context of residential buildings. While they may appear synonymous at first glance, their distinctions are crucial and have significant implications for property insurance. Let’s delve deeper into these definitions and their insurance ramifications.
An HAI Group risk retention group is among a select group of property and casualty insurers nationwide to earn Demotech's 2022 Stakeholder Team Accomplishment Recognition (STAR) Award.
With flooding now the top natural peril in the U.S., and research finding that 40 percent of the nation’s occupied rental stock is located in areas likely to experience a substantial annual loss due to natural disasters, one thing’s for sure: It is critical for affordable housing providers to be prepared. On the heels of their recent webinar, titled Flood Planning and Mitigation for Affordable Housing Organizations, the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation’s Lead Research Analyst Kelly McElwain, and HAI Group’s Lynn Crisci, assistant director of Product Development, along with Mary Ciccaglione, manager of Risk Control and Consulting, spoke with HAI Group’s Staci Canny to answer some of the webinar audiences’ top questions.
