United Educators Partners With Praesidium to Help Mitigate Abuse
Bethesda, Md., May 19, 2026 — United Educators (UE) has partnered with Praesidium to help strengthen the sexual misconduct prevention and response of K-12 schools, colleges, and universities. Eligible institutions that receive Praesidium Accreditation can earn insurance premium credit.
Praesidium Accreditation is a structured, research-informed process that helps education institutions embed abuse prevention into systems, culture, and daily operations. The process evaluates policies, screening, training, supervision, reporting, and leadership oversight, while also assessing implementation and institutional culture.
In an increasingly complex insurance environment, proactive risk management helps institutions identify evolving exposures and strengthen safety practices before issues arise.
“We continuously seek practical, innovative ways to help institutions strengthen abuse prevention practices,” said Sarah Braughler, Vice President of Risk Management for UE. “This partnership supports UE’s structured approach to helping members reduce education-specific risks and build safer learning environments.”
“Praesidium Accreditation provides schools and universities with a comprehensive, research-informed framework to proactively identify risk, strengthen safeguards, and build a culture of safety across campus,” said Aaron Lundberg, MSW, President and CEO at Praesidium. “We are proud to support UE members in advancing this critical work and demonstrating their commitment to protecting students and preserving trust.”
Praesidium will provide a discount for its service to UE members.
Eligible institutions reduce their premium through UE’s Risk Management Premium Credit (RMPC) program. For more information on how to apply and earn the UE premium credit, visit ue.org/RMPC.
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About UE
UE provides liability insurance and risk management solutions to meet the unique needs of K-12 schools, colleges and universities. UE serves members from large university systems to small, independent K-12 schools, providing coverage and tools to help institutions confidently manage education-specific liability risks. Founded exclusively for education, UE has received an A (Excellent) financial strength rating from AM Best every year since 1998. UE is among Ward’s 50® top-performing insurance companies.
About Praesidium
Praesidium is the national leader in sexual abuse risk management. For more than 30 years, Praesidium has supported organizations of all sizes by providing comprehensive accreditation, consulting, and programming for preventing and identifying the abuse of children and vulnerable adults.
Praesidium has reviewed thousands of cases of abuse within organizations to determine the root causes of sexual abuse within organizational settings. Praesidium employs more than 85 staff, including licensed social workers, lawyers, researchers, and other experts. They have served thousands of clients with a broad range of solutions and services to aid organizations in preventing abuse, including online and instructor‐led training, organizational risk assessments, model policies, screening and more. Praesidium has trained more than one million people online and hundreds of thousands in person. As the largest and most comprehensive sexual abuse risk management firm globally, Praesidium knows how sexual abuse happens, and more importantly, how to prevent it. For more information, visit praesidiuminc.com.