In addition to our in-house team of experts, we have developed partnerships with leaders in the insurance industry including:

John Glenn Adjusters & Administrators

John Glenn Adjusters & Administrators has been NPU's Third Party Adjuster (VIP) since the inception of the pool in 1998. JGAA provide's full claims adjusting, third party administration, and appraisal services throughout California. They have been serving the insurance industry as independent adjusters since 1966 and currently administrator claims for over 200 entities, including many of the top insurance companies in the country. Privately owned, JGAA staffs offices in both Northern and Southern California with professional and experienced claims personnel who work with integrity and pride.

Gregory B. Bragg & Associates

Gregory B. Bragg & Associates has been NPU's Third Party Adjuster (WCG) since the inception of the pool in 2004. They represent over 150 self-insureds and have provided services to over 250 insurance companies, risk retention groups, attorneys, brokers and managing general agencies. They are listed in BEST's Directory of Recommended Insurance Adjusters and for the past several years have made the Sacramento Business Journal's list of "The top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in the Sacramento Area".

Technology Insurance Services, Inc.

Technology Insurance Services, Inc. provides brokerage services for NPU and represents the pool in the re-insurance market. They are a full-service property-casualty insurance brokerage specializing in commercial insurance and risk management services for technology and bio-tech companies.

Gibbons and Conley

Byrne Conley, Esq. is a partner with the law firm of Gibbons and Conley. He works with many governmental entities and insurance pools in the areas of contract law and joint powers authority agreements.

Warner & Pank, LLC

Our legislative advocates, Warner & Pank, LLC have taken up the cause of nonprofits with a fervor. They are monitoring legislation that affect not only the insurance industry but the entire nonprofit community in general, and they are helping us formulate a strategy to be pro-active for our membership. Nick Warner, Managing Partner has partnered with Louie Brown, Attorney At Law, of the firm Kahn, Soares and Conway, LLP to assistant in our legislative efforts.

Kaku & Mersino, LLP

Peter Mersino, CPA, is a partner with the accounting firm of Kaku & Mersino, LLP, in Fresno, CA. They work with many nonprofit agencies to provide accounting and auditing services.

Special Mention

We would also like to mention those agencies, organizations and companies which have had a tremendous amount of influence in our success:

California Association for Coordinated Transportation (CalACT) -- after a number of workshops and a member survey, the CalACT Board of Directors made the insurance crisis of the mid-80's a priority by forming and sponsoring the Steering Committee that created NPU. (See more about NPU's roots on the History page.)

Peter Steinert, Program Manager for the Department of Mass Transportation (Caltrans) submitted a proposal to the Federal Government (Urban Transportation Special Projects Program) resulting in a grant for $60,000 that funded the feasibility study that lighted the way for the pool's development.

Phil Buchannan, President of Curtis Day & Co., loaned us $50,000 for seed money and bought the Steering Committee a decent meal. Curtis Day was our first brokerage for excess coverage.

Paratransit, Inc. -- provided the Steering Committee with administrative services and loaned us a staff person, Katherine Adcock, who eventually became our first Executive Director.

Greg Trout, of Arm Tech -- provided us with our initial actuarial studies that set the foundation for our pool.

And all the agencies and organizations that generously supported the formation of the pool including Community Transportation Agency, Bakersfield Senior Services, Fresno County Rural Transit Agency, Western Contra Costa Transit Agency, Community Bridges, Volunteers Wheels, Far Northern Regional Center, and Metropolitan Transit Commission.

Bickmore Risk Services -- California's largest independent full-service provider of actuarial, risk management, program management, loss control and litigation management services to insured and self-insured employers. Their experience in creating and administering self-insurance pools was instrumental in the creation of the Workers Compensation Group. They led us through the labyrinth of legislative regulations and requirements, helped us build the pool, and prepared us to take control of the pool in-house.

Driver Alliant Insurance Services -- a multi-line insurance brokerage company that provides property and casualty insurance services, workers compensation coverage, employee benefits products, surety coverage and various financial services to a broad range of clients. Driver provided NPU with brokerage services for many years and was instrumental in the creation of the Workers Compensation Group.