Workers Compensation Research Institute

“The organization is a research organization whose members consists of employers, insurers, state funds, state governments and labor organizations.”

“The responsiblity for policymaking rests with the organization's board of directors, a representative group that is elected by the membership for staggered three-year terms.”

“After the preparation of the 990 by the accounting department and an outside accounting firm, it is reviewed by the executive director and deputy director prior to filing. A copy is also provided to the treasurer of the board of directors and the executive committee for review prior to filing.”

“The conflict of interest policy is distributed annually to the board of directors and the deputy director tracks the disclosures, if any, by any board members.”

“Annually, the board of directors determines the compensation for both executive director and the deputy director which are two key management positions for the organization. The compensation determination is based on appropriate comparable data and is aproved by and documented by a compensation committee. A compensation survey of similiar positions is conducted by an outside consultant every three years.”

“Documents available to the public upon request.”

“Cristina dobleman - stanford univ., 651 serra street rm 250, stanford, ca 94305-6207. Barbara n sandelands - chubb & son, a div of fed insurance co., 202 hall's m whitehouse station, nj 08889. Jon e stewart - ky employers' mutual ins.,250 west main street, suite 900, lexington, ky 40507. Tracy a ryan - liberty mutual; 175 berkeley street, boston, ma 02117. Steve perroots - marriott intl. Inc.; 10400 fernwood rd., betheseda, md 20817. David patterson - esis inc. 436 walnut st.-wa03f, philadelphia, pa 19106. Joseph wells - the hartford, one hartford plaza, hartford, ct 06115. Michael fenlon - ups, 55 glenlake parkway, ne, atlanta, ga 30328. Janine kral - nordsrtom, inc., 1700 seventh avenue, suite 1000, seattle, wa 98101. Pete mcpartland - sentry insurance, 1800 north point drive, stevens point, wi 54481. Vincent donnelly - the pma insurance group, 380 sentry parkway, blue bell, pa 19422-2328. Vincent armentano - the travelers co., inc. One tower sq., 7ms, hartford, ct 06183-1120. Darrell brown - sedgwick claims mgmt. Serv., inc. 3760 kilroy airport way, long beach, ca 90806. Srivatsan sridharan - gallagher bassett svc, inc. The gallagher centre. Two itasca, il 60143-3141. Shelley boyce - medrisk, inc;2701 renaissance boulevard, suite 200, king of prussia, pa 19406. David stills - wal-mart stores, inc. 922 west walnut, rogers, ar 72756-3540. Keith bateman - property casualty insurers assoc of america. 8700 west bryn chicago, il 60631-3512. Thomas nowak - aig; 175 water st. 3rd fl, new york, ny 10038. Peter mccarron - zurich; 1400 american lane t2f6, schaumburg, il 60196.”

“The process of overseeing the audit of the financial statements and the selection of independent accountants has not changed from the prior year.”