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Insurance matters
 The question of insurance always seems to raise strong opinions; it's one of those things that we don't like doing, and often end up doing. We are required to insure our cars. OSIF is required to take out employer insurance for its staff. The Seminary takes out a teaching centre insurance to protect our students. And we ask IMA members on the Public Register to have professional insurance. The reason for this is to provide protection to your clients and the community you serve. If you make a mistake - and this is always in the judgement of your client, not of you - and she or he succeeds in a claim against you, then the insurance guarantees that there are funds available to meet the claim; and you don't end up homeless or bankrupt. We have negotiated a generic insurance policy for interfaith ministers in the UK with Balen's at a very competitive rate. The Balen's policy is not mandatory. If you have an existing policy with another company (e.g. to cover your therapy practice), this is entirely acceptable. The only requirement is that you have adequate insurance in place to cover whatever form your ministry takes. |
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Also in the news this week
In response to your suggestions, we've made it easier to find the list of accredited supervisors on the website. There are now direct links in the main navigation menu under both Seminary Training and For Ministers.
To help ministers with their individual marketing, there is a dedicated marketing area in the Ministers Resource Library devoted to resources that you can print and use. Just added is a one-page leaflet offering an overview of One Spirit Interfaith Foundation, interfaith ministry, and our code of ethics. (Login required; available to IMA members only.)
Rev Romany Buck posts about the One World Mosaic, an online map of the planet in which each pixel is one person's image and message to the world.
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