09.08.08
Bollinger Announces New Risk Management Tool for Golf & Country Clubs

The Bollinger Club Program Division announces a new exclusive partnership with the U.S. Golf Learning Institute (USGLI) that will provide a unique risk management tool for those clubs that purchase their insurance coverage through the Bollinger Golf & Country Club Program.

"We are very excited about this new product and partnership. We believe we are offering an innovative approach to help clubs better manage the risks associated with the golf course and club industry" stated David Hatlem, Senior Executive Vice President for the Bollinger Golf & Country Club Program.

The USGLI is a web-based training program that has been custom designed for the golf course and club industry that helps educate, train and inform employees on issues of compliance, health, safety, environmental and other key risk management issues.

"We believe the web-based training platform and portal will allow club managers and personnel to manage their compliance, safety and human resource issues in a manner that has never been available to the club industry through this type of bundled offering" states James Kaletta, co-founder of the USGLI and Fortune 100 Risk Control Consultant. "In addition, this training platform which is related to a range of workers' compensation, property and casualty exposures should benefit the clubs in managing their risk by helping to reduce or at least minimize future insurance claims. It also provides them with great flexibility in planning and managing their training and compliance issues" Kaletta notes.

The USGLI will be provided as part of the standard product and service offering from Bollinger. "We believe that the addition of this risk management tool will compliment the additional services that brokers and clubs receive when choosing to place coverage thru Bollinger. It should also allow a club to analyze and compare any current training program they may have in place and the associated costs" states Hatlem.

"For over 25 years we have been insuring clubs. We believe that this product and our partnership with USGLI will continue to reinforce Bollinger’s position as the leading company in providing innovative insurance coverage and value-added services for those clubs and their brokers that purchase their insurance through us and experience the Bollinger Club Program difference" concludes Hatlem.