Timeline: 2010s
Decades: 1980-1989 | 1990-1999 | 2000-2009 | 2010-Present
2010
To assist member county road departments prepare for their annual construction season, a series of 32 one-day workshops are presented across the state to address and provide guidance on a broad range of construction, road and bridge maintenance, and department safety topics. More than 1,050 road department employees and county board members attend. Despite the country’s ongoing economic struggles, NIRMA’s average premium contribution is limited on average to a 2 percent increase, with a number of members actually receiving pricing decreases. For the 15th consecutive year and the 20th time since 1991, NIRMA returns member funds that are no longer needed to pay claims. This latest monetary return is in the form of a $750,000 dividend shared by 77 members. It increases the total amount that NIRMA has now returned to nearly $12.25 million. The reference library published for members continues to grow, this time with the addition of the Sheriff’s Office Model Policies and Procedures Manual. Forty-five members submit a total of 73 applications for ASSIST grants and funding assistance for a variety of loss prevention and safety projects or equipment purchases. Both are new records and the total amount requested substantially exceeds the amount appropriated. A total of $84,743 is approved, increasing to $363,946 the amount NIRMA has now awarded members since the ASSIST program began in 2008.
2011
In response to requests from member county highway departments, NIRMA presents four regional crane operator workshops which provides two days of comprehensive classroom and hands-on training for 60 road department employees. In excess of 325 county and area agency on aging officials and supervisory personnel attend NIRMA’s latest personnel seminars presented at five locations across the state. Each seminar contained nearly six hours of instruction and helpful information. As part of the regional seminars, NIRMA reissues a revised and expanded Guide to Creating a Personnel System for Nebraska Counties. Higher losses incurred by members results in an average 6.27 percent increase in the premium contribution levels. Despite the overall increase, nearly one in five members actually received decrease due to their favorable claims experience. For the 16th consecutive year and the 21st time since 1991, NIRMA returns funds to members, this time in the form of a $600,000 dividend distributed among 79 eligible members during the NIRMA’s Self Defense for County Officials Conference in October. Also at the conference, a new Insurance and Risk Transfer Manual is introduced and distributed. An additional $393,864 in dividends is made available to members who meet the dividend eligibility requirements and who adopt a resolution extending their participation in NIRMA for another three-year period. NIRMA introduces a new Interact portal on its website through which members can quickly and easily electronically submit data and information to the NIRMA office and access their coverage and loss information.