2025 CAI Annual Trade Show/Expo in Saint Louis on Tuesday, August 12th
We are back at it again! This time we will be at the CAI Annual Trade Show/Expo at the Sheraton Lakeside Chalet in Saint Louis, Missouri on Tuesday, August 12th from 4 to 7 PM. There will be an educational session for Board members/Trustees from 4 to 5:15 PM titled “Community Rocks!” The presentation will be led by a [...]
CAI Trade Show in Kansas City on August 4, 2025
We had a great time at the 2025 CAI Trade Show in Kansas City on Monday, August 4th and we are grateful for all of the attendees who stopped by our booth to talk about the current insurance market for associations or learn more about our new website. We understand how hard of an insurance market that we are [...]
CAI National Article: CAI Meets with FHFA Leaders to Discuss Condo Lending Eligibility Concerns
For any association manager or association insurance professional who has been struggling with the continuous lending requests stemming from the ever changing guidelines from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, please read the following CAI National article on the efforts that are being undertaken by CAI, now under the leadership of CEO Dawn Bauman, to help bring some much needed relief to [...]
Building Fire Sprinkler Systems: What is the Difference Between NFPA 13 vs. 13R
Life in a condominium association can have a lot of moving parts, some more complicated than others. One common feature in many newer condominium associations or in most high rise buildings is a fire sprinkler system. According the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) there are two similar types of fire sprinkler systems found in your residential condominium associations and [...]
CAI National Article & Remembrance — Champlain Towers South Collapse on 6/24/21 at 1:22 AM
I have to image almost everyone involved in community associations has heard of or remembers where there were the moment they learned of the tragic collapse of part of the Champlain Towers South Condominium at 1:22 AM on June 24, 2021. The following article is from CAI's very own Dawn Bauman, CAE and is as posted below: Four years ago [...]
CAI National Article — Navigating Insurance Pressures in Today’s Condo Market
Please read below for another great article by CAI's Dawn Bauman, CAE -- recently named to be CAI's next CEO. We work with clients in the habitational market space everyday and know all too well how tough this market is to to find and place coverage that meets the needs of all parties involved. Below is a snippet of [...]
Post-Storm Recovery: Key Steps for Condominium Association Boards and Managers After Major Storm Loss
Severe storms, like those that recently impacted the St. Louis area on May 16, 2025, can cause widespread damage and disruption for condominium associations. In the aftermath of such events, it is critical for association boards to act swiftly and strategically to protect residents, property, and finances. Attached through the weblink below is a step-by-step guide for condominium association [...]
CAI Article (4/9/25) – New Guidance Helps Navigate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Lending Eligibility
Please see the article below from Dawn Bauman, CAE of CAI on new lending guidance for anyone living in a community association -- especially in condominium associations. At the 2025 Law Seminar in January, Dawn spoke in front of a large group of insurance professionals to let them know that CAI was working with the current administration in D.C. toward [...]
Insurance Trends – Contractors and The Community Association Commercial General Liability Policy
Managing insurance renewals for community associations has been challenging enough over the past several years for community association managers and their Board members. Now associations are facing challenges involving their commercial general liability policies, particularly in regards to the language found in the contracts being presented from contractors for service to be rendered for a community association. Please take [...]
CAI – Missouri Legislative Action Committee (MOLAC) Updates
The legislative action committee for the CAI Heartland Chapter has been very busy the past few years as the members of this committee have been working very closely with an experienced State lobbyist, Steven R. Carroll, to work toward preventing legislation that would adversely impact community associations from becoming law in the State of Missouri, supporting legislation that helps [...]
