Catholic Church Insurance Association
Catholic Church Insurance Association (CCIA) was established in 1975 by the Bishops’ Conferences of England and Wales, and Scotland, to provide insurance for Roman Catholic dioceses; religious orders; schools; care homes and other Catholic organisations. CCIA is accountable to the Bishops’ Conferences and endeavours to maintain business practices consistent with the ethos of the Church. Through CCIA, Catholic organisations access Catholic National Mutual Ltd.(CNM), the Catholic Church's own insurance company and primary insurer within the CCIA scheme. CNM, based in Guernsey, is a mutual wholly owned by its clients with any profit used for the benefit of its members. In 1996 CCIA and CNM received criticism from BBC Radio Scotland for their part in the Church's handling of abuse compensation claims. Following the hearings into the Archdiocese of Birmingham at IICSA, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, Stephen Parsons wrote on an influential blog Had Stephen Parsons bothered to check, however, he would have discovered that the Archdiocese of Birmingham is not now nor has it ever been insured through the Catholic National Mutual. He would also have discovered that, far from secretive, the Catholic National Mutual is an insurance company wholly owned by many of the dioceses of