Legal General and/or Coverage Counsel Services for VCJPA

VCJPA (Vector Control Joint Powers Agency)

The Board of Directors of the Vector Control Joint Powers Agency (VCJPA) requests proposals from qualified counsel to provide general counsel and/or coverage counsel legal services to its Board of Directors and staff.

Key Dates:
RFP Issued: 7/29/26
Proposal Due Date: 8/19/26 by 5:00 p.m. PST.

For additional information, please contact:
Hillary Waddle
Hillary.Waddle@Sedgwick.com 

PDF File: VCJPA Board-Coverage Counsel RFP - 7.29.26 - with exhibits.pdf (1.36 MB)

CHWCA RFP for TPA services

California Housing Workers' Compensation Authority (CHWCA)

California Housing Workers' Compensation Authority (CHWCA) is soliciting proposals from qualified firms to provide worker's compensation third party administrator services.

Interested vendors may obtain the RFP documents and submission requirements at https://www.chwca.org.

Key Dates:
RFP Issued: 7/2/26
Questions Due: 7/17/26 by 3:00 p.m.
Proposal Due Date: 7/24/26 by 5:00 p.m.

Proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements outlined in the RFP. CHWCA reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the procurement process.

For additional information, please contact:
Ms. Yahaira Velasquez
California Housing Workers' Compensation Authority (CHWCA)
yahaira.velasquez@sedgwick.com

PDF File: RFP for TPA Services - Final 7.2.26.pdf (285.7 KB)

RFP for Final Audit and Accounting Services

The Cities Group

Paul Chrisman
Email: paulchrisman@citiesgroup.net 
Listing Date: 01/09/2026

The Cities Group is seeking a qualified CPA firm to review and conclude its financial records.

PDF File: RFP For Accounting Services for The Cities Group.pdf (565.22 KB)

RFP due date: February 13, 2026, by 5:00 pm

Financial Auditor RFP

ACCEL

Thomas Joyce
Email: thomas.joyce@alliant.com 
Listing Date: 12/19/2025

ACCEL (Authority for California Cities Excess Liability) is requesting proposals for financial auditor services.

PDF File:  ACCEL - Financial Audit Services RFP - FINAL.pdf (535.93 KB)

Third Party Administrator and Incident Management Services

San Bernardino County Transportation Authority

Natalie Lopez
Email: nlopez@gosbcta.com 
Listing Date: 09/03/2025

San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) seeks a consultant to provide professional and technical staff to perform General Liability and Property Claims Administration services with the assignment of qualified personnel, including at least one principal claims examiner, to efficiently and effectively meet the scope of work listed in this section. See Request for Proposals (RFP) - Attachment A - Scope of Work for additional details

PDF File: RFP25-1003322 - Third Party Administrator and Incident Management Services - PB.pdf (862.3 KB)

Property and Casualty Liability Brokerage Services (HR-23-308) with the City of Long Beach

City of Long Beach

Keisha Sanker
Email: rfppurchasing@longbeach.gov 
Listing Date: 07/01/2025

Dear Prospective Bidder, The City of Long Beach is soliciting request for proposals for Property and Casualty Liability Brokerage Services (HR-23-308). We are contacting you because your company was recommended to us or have done business with us in the past. 

Summary: 
The City of Long Beach Department of Human Resources is seeking proposals from qualified insurance brokerage firms to provide seamless continuity for its Property and Casualty Liability insurance coverage. 

I would like to take this opportunity to refer you to our Long Beach Buys webpage at https://www.longbeachbuys.com, so you may begin registering on our electronic bidder database if your company isn’t already registered. Once you’ve done so, you can download the RFP documents so that you can determine if what the City is asking is something that your company can provide. 

It is also important to register since this is the site on which all addenda and other communications regarding the RFP will be posted. You will also be required to submit your RFP electronically on this site. 

Registering your company’s commodity codes with Long Beach Buys will ensure that you will be notified of any potential bidding opportunities for those codes. The registration process is at no cost to you or your firm. Should you encounter any issues during the registration process, you may contact us at LBPurchasing@longbeach.gov. 

RFP due date: August 12, 2025, by 11:00 am PST 
NOTE: Deadline for submitting questions is July 15, 2025, by 11:00am PST, please submit questions to RFPPurchasing@longbeach.gov 

RFP for Workers' Compensation Third Party Administrator Services

City of El Monte

Rigo Gutierrez
Email: rgutierrez@elmonteca.gov
Listing Date: 03/13/2025

The City of El Monte is going out to Request for Proposals (RFP) for third party administrator workers’ compensation claims management services. Attached please find the city’s RFP. Please note, the deadline to submit proposals is Thursday, April 10, 2025, at 5:00 pm. We look forward to receiving your proposal. Thank you. 

PDF file: RFP El Monte Human Resources Issuance of RFP for TPA for WC Services edited 03.13.2025 (Final).pdf (814.55 KB) 
PDF file: Addendum (El Monte Human Resources Issuance of RFP for TPA WC Services)Links included.pdf (287.46 KB) 

RFP due date: April 10, 2025 by 5:00 PM PST.

Pierce Transit Request for Proposals E2152 Workers’ Compensation Third Party Administrator

Pierce Transit

Linda Shilley
Email: lshilley@piercetransit.org 
Listing Date: 01/24/2025

Pierce Transit is a municipal corporation with administrative offices located at 3701 96th Street SW, Lakewood, Washington 98499-4431. Pierce Transit is requesting proposals from firms qualified and interested in providing Workers Compensation Third Party Administrator Services. Request for Proposals documents are available on-line through Builders Exchange of Washington, Inc. at http://www.bxwa.com. Click on: “Posted Projects”; “Goods and Services”, “Pierce Transit”, and “Projects Bidding”. Bidders are encouraged to “Register as a Bidder”, in order to receive automatic email notification of future addenda and to be placed on the “Bidders List”. This service is provided free of charge to Prime Bidders, Subcontractors, & Vendors bidding this project. This online plan center provides bidders with fully usable online documents, including time saving on-line digitizer/take-off tools; automatic addenda notification; viewing and or printing plans, details, & specifications at your own desk top printer, plotter, or from multiple reprographic houses utilizing on-line print order form. Contact Builders Exchange of Washington at 425-258-1303 should you require further assistance. Proposals will be accepted until 4:00p.m. February 7, 2025, and shall be submitted electronically to Linda Shilley, Procurement Manager, email: lshilley@piercetransit.org.

RFP due date: February 7, 2025 by 4:00 PM PST.

RFP for Actuarial Services Related to Workers Compensation Liability Pool

The Cities Group

Kai Ruess
Email: kruess@adcl.com 
Listing Date: 01/23/2025

The Cities Group is a 6-member agency that requires actuarial services to value the accrued liabilities of each of its members to assist the membership in assessing the financial implications of each member agency withdrawing from the Cities Group and/or dissolving the Cities Group. As optional, add-on work, the Cities Group also invites proposals to provide accounting services to assist in calculate the equity-to-liability ratios of each member agency. 

PDF file: RFP for Actuarial Services - the Cities Group JPA.pdf (257.2 KB)

RFP due date: February 14, 2025 by 5:00 PM PST.

Careers in Public Entity Agency Risk Management

Public agency risk management is a rewarding and challenging career.  Schools, cities, counties, special districts and state agencies all need high quality candidates for all levels of employment from entry level to experienced professionals.

Transferable Skills

People with experience from related industries in the private sector, often find themselves transitioning to positions in public agency risk management.  In California, there are 687 members of PARMA, consisting of public entity/agency employees and associate members from a variety of fields associated with risk management.

Compensation Range

The public agency risk management Job Titles and Compensation Ranges describe the experience required, scope of responsibilities, and compensation you can earn at different points in your public agency risk management career.  

PARMA, the acronym for the Public Agency Risk Management Association, was founded in 1974, by a group of eight risk managers. PARMA was the first organization of its kind, and was formed to provide a forum for California public sector risk managers to share ideas on how to perform their duties in this emerging field. At that time in the history of public entity risk management, no venue existed for risk managers to learn their trade, and most of what was being done was experimental in nature. That being the case, the founders of PARMA wished to share their experiences and risk management techniques so that their fellow risk managers would not have to continually keep “reinventing the wheel.” This collegial spirit still permeates PARMA, and the networking that it engenders is the cornerstone of PARMA.

PARMA has grown from that tiny band of risk managers, to an organization that spans the entire State of California, has members in Washington, Oregon, Colorado and Nevada, and which is now comprised of over 600 members in six local Chapters It is still governed by its members and a central Board of Directors, whose members are nominated and elected by the membership.

To contact a PARMA Chapter Officer, please click here.

To become a sponsor, please click here.

Chair

Toni Hoang, CRMP, Esq.
Reliability Risk and Controls Manager
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
6301 S Street MD-1
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 732-6532

Vice Chair

Tani Corona
Member Services Supervisor
PRISM
75 Iron Point Circle, Ste 200
Folsom, CA 95630
(916) 850-7420

Secretary / Treasurer

Vacant

Join Parma Today!   ●   Advance in the field of public agency risk management!

There are two types of members in PARMA. The first are Regular members, and the second are Associate members. No member shall hold more than one membership in the organization.

Any public agency as specified in the California Government Code or similar laws in other states shall be qualified to become a Regular member of PARMA. Regular members may vote and be elected to the Board of Directors. No member may transfer a membership or any rights arising from membership. The Board of Directors may grant individual lifetime memberships.

Dues for Public Entity Memberships are currently $300 per fiscal year and for Associate members $450 per fiscal year (the PARMA fiscal year is July 1 - June 30). The individual employees of a member firm receive the benefits of the entities membership.

Applicants shall be admitted to membership upon making application and upon payment of the membership dues. The membership is nonassessable.

The Associate members are comprised of all public and private entities, which do not qualify as a public agency under the California Government Code or similar laws in other states. These members are usually providers of services to Regular members, such as law firms, insurance brokers and agents, third party administrators, and other similar services connected with the provision of risk management to public agencies.

The Associate members have the same rights and privileges as Regular members, with the exceptions of the right to vote or to hold office.

PARMA Associate Membership Value Proposition

PARMA Associate Membership delivers meaningful value through cost savings, professional visibility, and access to high-quality education. Members receive reduced registration rates for our Annual Conference, creating immediate cost savings while gaining access to premier risk management education and networking opportunities. Members are encouraged to share their expertise by submitting session ideas for consideration by the Conference Planning Committee for future conferences, which provides a platform to contribute thought leadership and shape educational content to the risk management community.

Members can engage at the chapter level through sponsorship opportunities and attend select chapter events, further expanding their professional network and learning opportunities.

PARMA may also consider vendor-supported webinars or podcasts, subject to review and approval by PARMA leadership, that are designed strictly as educational enhancements aligned with PARMA’s strategic learning objectives.

Together, these benefits position PARMA associate membership as a strategic investment in professional growth, education, and community engagement.

Please consider Joining PARMA now!

February 12-15, 2017

43rd Annual Risk Management Conference
Ride the Risk
Disneyland_® Hotel
1150 West Magic Way
Anaheim, California 92802

Thank you to all of our sponsors, exhibitors, and attendees for another great PARMA Conference!

Click here for the full conference brochure and fillable/printable registration form.    

Exhibitor Registration

Click here for the Exhibitor/Sponsor brochure.

Click here for the exhibit rules. 

Key Conference Dates & Deadlines

Questions? Contact Brenda Johnson at (888) 907-2762 x548 or exhibit@parma.com.

PARMA is pleased to announce that the interactive smart phone application, EventLink is being brought back for the 2015 PARMA Conference! 

The app is available for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and any smart phone mobile device that has web-enabled browser capability, and offers many useful year-round features.

Click here to access the application for download.

Or, you can scan this QR code with your smartphone:

Participants who download the PARMA Conference App on their SmartPhone and stop by the PARMA booth will be entered into a drawing for a $250 Amazon Gift Card. The drawing will take place during the Conference, stop by the PARMA booth for more details

Special thanks to our overall app sponsor (and PARMA Platinum Sponsor): 

Act fast to secure your sponsorship today!

To purchase:

Please click here to fill out the 2015 App Sponsorship Form

Questions?  Contact:

Gloria Peterson, PARMA Executive Director at:

(844) 467-2762 or

ed@parma.com

1x Opportunity - $4,500 No Longer Available

Overall application sponsorship:

Sponsorship includes logo at start-up, logo in watermark for schedule, one banner ad with video and green package.

• Opportunity Specs:
  • Logo at start-up: Any size logo - .jpg or .png only, 300 dpi, with transparent background
  • Logo in watermark: Any size logo - .jpg or .png only, 300 dpi, with transparent background
  • One banner ad with video: 
    • Banner ad: 320Wx55H pixels .jpg or .png format 300 dpi 
    • Video will live on and be launched from the App Exhibitor Profile.
      • Format is preferred in HD h264 with ACC audio.  
      • If video is shot in 16:9, we can accept it in that format.
      • Cropping it to 3:2 would be fine, but if only adding letterbox to output 3:2, then our system will do that automatically if needed. .mov and .mp4 format accepted.
  • Green Package:
  • Company's .jpg logo: Attendees see this on your mobile app exhibitor profile.
  • Product literature, show brochures, press releases, and other .pdf documents you would like included in your exhibitor profile. Saving you money on printing!
  • Your company information remains available on the mobile app for an entire year.  It's a place to point new business prospects whenever new information about your company or products becomes available, on a device they use daily right in the palm of their hands
  • Specifications:
    • Logo: .jpg or .png only, 72dpi, size should be no larger than 300 pixels per side.
    • Document Handouts: PDF format only. Product literature, press releases, show specials, announcements, etc.

3x Opportunity - $2,000

Exhibitor Banner advertisement with landing page

Includes rotating banner ad into full page ad or exhibitor detail information page.

• Opportunity Specs:
  • Rotating banner ad: 320Wx55H pixels .jpg or .png format 300 dpi 
  • Full page ad: 320Wx418H pixels .jpg or .png format 300 dpi
  • -OR- Exhibitor detail information page: 
    • Logo: .jpg or .png only, 72dpi, size should be no larger than 300 pixels per side.
    • Document Handouts: PDF format only. Product literature, press releases, show specials, announcements, etc 

3x Opportunity - $2,000

Exhibitor Multimedia Package - located in landing page for exhibitor:

Includes a rotating banner ad linked to a full page ad or exhibitor detail information page with video.

• Opportunity Specs:
  • Rotating banner ad: 320Wx55H pixels .jpg or .png format 300 dpi 
  • Full page ad: 320Wx418H pixels .jpg or .png format 300 dpi
  • -OR- Exhibitor detail information page: 
    • Logo: .jpg or .png only, 72dpi, size should be no larger than 300 pixels per side.
    • Document Handouts: PDF format only. Product literature, press releases, show specials, announcements, etc 
    • Video: will live on and be launched from the App Exhibitor Profile. Format is preferred in HD h264 with ACC audio.
      • If video is shot in 16:9, we can accept it in that format. Cropping it to 3:2 would be fine, but if only adding letterbox to output 3:2, then our system will do that automatically if needed. .mov and .mp4 format accepted.

5x per day Trade Show Alert - $1,000

Trade Show Alerts

Alerts of text messages sent out by show personnel can be sold.  Typically these are limited to a max of 5 per day.

• Opportunity Specs:
  • Subject Title Line: Alert subject lines or titles longer than 29 characters will be automatically and randomly abbreviated by the mobile app. So, to maintain content and context, consider keeping your subject line fewer than 29 characters.
    • Utilize a Call to Action or a Strong Message to grab the users attention.
  • Body: The body of the alert message can be scrolled to accommodate lengthier messages, and can contain full URLs to link the user to a webpage.
  • Please provide:
  • Date/Time Alert will be scheduled to send
  • Alert Subject Title
  • Body of Alert message
  • Note: The three most recent alerts appear at the top of the Dashboard page, and all alerts are saved under the "Alerts" Dashboard icon.
  • On the Apple and Android app version, "Push notification" alerts can be set to be received as "overlay" messages, shown below. The user simply taps the message to open the app and be taken to the alert message.

Ad Examples

Full Page Ad:

Banner Ad:

Exhibitor Detail Information Page:

Program ID:  225631

Title: 2015 Annual Conference

Start Date:  2/8/2015

End Date:  2/11/2015

Recertification Credit Hours Awarded: 15 Specified Credit Hours: HR (General) Reviewer Comments: HR (General) Credit Awarded.

Please Click here for the IEA CE Reporting Form

2015  Conference Handouts

30 questions Public Sector Risk Managers Quiz

A0_Intro To Insurance Contracts

A0_Risk Management 101-1

A0_Risk Management 101-2

A0_Risk Management 101-3

A0_Workers' Comp 101

A0.2_Workers' Comp 101

A2 Certificate

A3_Inclusion Ergo for Differently-abled Workforce

A3 Certificate

A4_IDR Update_RS

A4 Certificate

A5_Covering Up The Sins of the Flesh

A5 Certificate

A6_Don't Be Frozen Out-Disability Leave Interaction

A6 Certificate

B1_1_D-Reptile

B1_2_D-Reptile

B1_3_D-Reptile

B1_4_D-Reptile

B1_5_D-Reptile

B1 D Certificate

B4_Power Of The Pen

B4 Certificate

B5_How A Trier of Fact

B5 Certificate

B6_Identify RisksVulnerabilities

B6_School_Vulnerability_Assessment_Training_Flyer

C1_Managing Your Police Department Workers' Comp Program

C2_Emerging Health Wellness  Safety Strategies

C4_We The Rude Angry and Violent People

C5 - Risk Management Nightmares

C6_Stop Treating Strains and Sprains

D1_Workers'CompBINGO

D1_Workers'CompBINGOHandout

D3_Moving From Conflict to Consensus

D3_E3_Moving From Conflict To Consensus

D3 E3 Certificate

D4 - Litigation Process Start to Finish

D4 Certificate

D5_Officer Involved Shooting

D5 Certificate

D6_Things That Go Bump In The Night

E1_Ed Code 101

E2_Public Risk-The Trivial Defect Doctrine

E3_Moving From Conflict to Consensus

E4_AM I COVERED

E5_Exposure Assessment

F1_5 Steps to Better Health Outline

F2-G2_Risk Transfer, Compliance and Verification Parts 1 and 2

F3_Workers' Comp Fraud

F5_1_Job Accommodation

F5_2_Job Accommodation

F5_3_Job Accommodation

G1_Disrupting The Disruptions

G3_Shared Services Agreement.1

G3_Shared Services Agreement.2

G3_Shared Services Agreement.3

G3_Shared Services Agreement.4

G3 Certificate

G4 Certificate

G5_Psychiatric & Stress Claims: How Not to Go Crazy Just Because Your Employee Did

G5 Certificate

H1_Identify Safety Issues

H2_Trying a WC Case

H2.2_Trying a WC Case

H2.3_Trying a WC Case

H2.4_Trying a WC Case

H2.5_Trying a WC Case

H2.6_Trying a WC Case

H2 Certificate

H3 Certificate

H4_The Basics of Disability Rights and Public Transportation

H4 Certificate

H5_Training Development

H6-1_Tapering Injured Workers Off Prescription Drugs

H6-2_Tapering Injured Workers Off Prescription Drugs

H6 Certificate

The following sessions were individually eligible for continuing education credit.  Please print the certificates for the sessions you attended.  Certificates for MCLE sessions are not available here as those certificates were given at the conclusion of the session.

NOTE:  Please only print certificates for the sessions you attended AND signed the record of attendance.  PARMA retains the record of attendance in case of audit.

A2_It's About Process, Retention and Access Certificate

A3_Inclusion Ergonomics for the Differently-Abled Workforce

A4_Litigating and Winning Industrial Retirement Cases

A5 Covering Up The Sins of the Flesh - Coverage and Risk Management for Sexually Based Torts

A6_Don't Be Frozen Out When Faced With Disability Leaves-Let It Go Instead and Claim Victory

B1 D-Reptile-  Successful Resolution Using Defense Reptile Strategy

B4 Power of the Pen-Creating Effective Documentation in the Workplace

B5 How a Trier of Fact Reaches Decisions

D3 E3 Leadership Session I and II - Attendance at Both Required

D4 Taking a Claim Through the Litigation Process Start to Finish

D5 Officer Involved Shootings-Preparing for the Plaintiffs Big Bang Theory

G3 Shared Services Agreement-How Good is that Mutual Hold Harmless Anyway

G4 Kid Gloves or Iron Fists - Dealing with Whistleblowers in the Workplace

G5 Psychiatric & Stress Claims - How Not to Go Crazy 
Just Because Your Employee Did

H2 Trying a Workers' Comp Case

H3 Top Ten Do's and Don'ts in Conducting Performance Evalutions

H4 The Basics of Disability Rights and Public Transportation

H6 Tapering Injured Workers Off Prescription Drugs

Continuing Education Credit through the Insurance Educational Association (IEA) and the HR Certification Institute is also available.  Pre-approved reporting forms are provided below:

IEA Continuing Education Reporting Form – click here

HR Certification Institute Recertification Credit Form – click here