When commercial property insurance for homes on reservations became prohibitively expensive, the National American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC) and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) encouraged Tribes to band together to self-insure.ĪMERIND Risk CEO Derek Valdo (Acoma Pueblo)ĪMERIND Risk Chief Executive Officer Derek Valdo (Acoma Pueblo) tells Native Business Magazine that hundreds of Tribes responded to create AMERIND after the cost of insuring HUD’s Tribal housing portfolio jumped from $5 million for three years to $15 million for one year. Native Business Magazine recently spoke with the AMERIND Risk executive team about its products and reliable service to Indian Country for 33 years and counting:ĪMERIND Risk was founded more than three decades ago in response to a crisis in housing insurance. Register here for the 2019 AMERIND Symposium. Registration is now open for the Symposium, a must-attend event for everyone involved in Tribal government and business, taking place October 9-11th at Santa Ana Star Casino Hotel on the Pueblo of Santa Ana in Bernalillo, New Mexico. The upcoming 2019 AMERIND Symposium will equip Tribal leaders and employees with critical knowledge concerning legal hot topics, cyber security, risk management, preventing workplace violence and active shooter safety, Tribal Workers’ Compensation, and more.
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