Presented by The Southern Association of Workers’ Compensation
Administrators and The Self-Insurance Guaranty Funds of America
Separate Registration Is Required.
Register at: www.sawca.com.
Open Only To State Regulators, Officials and Legislators.
Monday, August 20, 2018
8:00 – 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 4:30 pm
Hall of Cities – New York & New Orleans
Convention Level
College Deans:
Honorable Deneise Turner Lott
Senior Administrative Law Judge
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
Jackson, MS
Honorable R. Karl Aumann
Chair
Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission
Baltimore, MD
9:00 – 9:15 am
Workers’ Comp 101: A Brief History & Overview… Transferring The Legacy
Presenters:
Honorable Deneise Turner Lott
Senior Administrative Law Judge
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
Jackson, MS
Honorable R. Karl Aumann
Chair
Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission
Baltimore, MD
This session consists of introductions and an overview of topics to be covered including issues to be discussed during the 2-day college. A brief history of the origins of state workers’ compensation programs will be provided with particular emphasis on the historical relevance to today’s systems.
9:15 – 10:15 am
Insurance Contracts & Their Consequences – What Does The Policy Really Say?
Presenters:
Susan Schulte
DOL Focus Lead
NCCI
Boca Raton, FL
Tom Glasson
State Relations Officer
AIG
Dallas, TX
Susan Schulte and Tom Glasson focus on insurance contracts cutting through the layers of “insurance speak” to reveal the meaning and consequences of the polices that govern workers’ compensation throughout the nation including “all states” & “if-any” endorsements, PEOs, captives, fronting, split coverage, large & small deductibles, specific excess & reinsurance, restrictive endorsements, and much more.
10:15 – 10:30 am
Morning Refreshment Break
10:30 – 11:30 am
Self Insured Guaranty Funds & Bankruptcies
Moderator:
Gary Davis
Executive Director
KY Coal Employers Self Insurance Guaranty Fund
Lexington, KY
Presenters:
Brian Gee
Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association
Tallahassee, FL
Charles Hough
Alabama Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurer’s Guaranty Association
Decatur, AL
Steven Jones
Director, Insurance Compliance & Reporting
Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission
Baltimore, MD
The officers of the Self-Insurance Guaranty Funds of America are joined by Maryland’s Steven Jones to discuss the challenges, responsibilities, and issues of administering individual self-insured guaranty funds. Topics include reserving, security/amount, specific & aggregate insurance, employer and carrier defaults, distinctions between self-insured guaranty funds and the voluntary market property & casualty insurance guaranty associations, and the growing intrusion by Federal Bankruptcy Courts when defaults occur.
11:30 – 12:30 pm
Lunch Provided For All “Students” & “Faculty”
12:30 – 1:50 pm
Planning For The Future Survival Of Your Agency
Moderator:
Honorable T. Scott Beck
Chair
South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission
Columbia, SC
Presenters:
Mark S. Formby
Chair
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
Jackson, MS
Honorable Dwight Lovan
Former Commissioner of Kentucky Division of Workers’ Compensation
Frankfort, KY
As “Baby Boomers” reach retirement age a number of key personnel will be leaving state agencies taking with them the historical and institutional knowledge that has been acquired through careers spanning more than 40 years. Couple this monumental exodus of personnel with the technological changes that are occurring…also at a pace never before experienced…that require an agency to “keep up”…and then add in financial concerns with a diminishing budget and you have a situation that begs for creative yet thoughtful responses. Scott Beck, Mark Formby, and Dwight Lovan…together possessing over 100 years of experience discuss these issues and share their insight gained as judges, administrative regulators, and state legislators.
2:00 – 4:30 pm
8th Annual National Regulators Roundtable
Crystal Ballroom G1
Convention Level
The National Regulators Roundtable brings together regulators from throughout the nation to discuss challenges concerns and issues facing individual jurisdictions in the oversight of the constantly evolving workers’ compensation industry. Issues encountered by one state may have already been successfully resolved by another. An emerging problem or concern in one jurisdiction may be an omen for developments in another, as workers’ compensation trends know no boundaries. The National Regulators Roundtable is a forum where regulators share lessons learned and seek timely answers.
Welcome:
Gary Davis
Executive Director
SAWCA
Lexington, KY
Moderator:
Honorable Melodie L. Belcher
SAWCA Past President
Administrative Law Judge
Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation
Columbus, GA
Panel Participants:
Steve Garrett
Alabama Department of Labor
Workers’ Compensation Division
Montgomery, AL
Honorable Gaetano Testini
Administrative Law Judge
Industrial Commission of Arizona
Phoenix, AZ
Paul Tauriello
Director
Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation
Denver, CO
Tanner Holloman
Director
Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation
Tallahassee, FL
Andrew Sabolic
Deputy Director
Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation
Tallahassee, FL
Honorable David Langham
Deputy Chief Judge
Florida Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims
Pensacola, FL
Honorable Frank R. McKay
Chair
Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation
Atlanta, GA
Honorable Robert Switzer
Commissioner
Department of Workers’ Claims
Frankfort, KY
Honorable Bruce Moore
Administrative Law Judge
Kansas Department of Labor
Division of Workers’ Compensation
Salina, KS
Honorable Sheral Kellar
Director
Louisiana Office of Workers’ Compensation
Baton Rouge, LA
Honorable Shannon Bruno Bishop
Judge
Louisiana Workforce Commission
Harahan, LA
Paul H. Sighinolfi
Executive Director / Chair
Maine Workers’ Compensation Board
Augusta, ME
Honorable R. Karl Aumann
Chair
Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission
Baltimore, MD
Scott Curtis
Assistant Attorney General
Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission
Baltimore, MD
Honorable Deneise Turner Lott
Sr. Administrative Law Judge
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
Jackson, MS
Mark S. Formby
Chair
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
Jackson, MS
Honorable Thomas Stine
Judge
Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court
Lincoln, NE
Honorable Rachel Bayless
Judge
New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration
Albuquerque, NM
Gary M. Cannon
Executive Director
South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission
Columbia, SC
Honorable T. Scott Beck
Chair
South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission
Columbia, SC
Honorable Kenneth M. Switzer
Chief Judge
Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims
Nashville, TN
Honorable Marshall Davidson
Presiding Judge
Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board
Nashville, TN
Honorable Jennifer Hopens
Director of Appeals Panel
Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation
Austin, TX
Dan Paschal
Deputy Commissioner
Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation
Austin, TX
Honorable Wesley Marshall
Chair
Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission
Richmond, VA
Frank Lasee
Division Administrator
Wisconsin Division of Workers’ Compensation
Madison, WI
Joe Moreth
Director, Bureau of Insurance Programs
Wisconsin Workers’ Compensation Division
Madison, WI
* The 8th Annual National Regulators Roundtable is open to all WCI® Conference attendees.
5:00 – 6:00 pm
SAWCA & NAWCJ Reception
Grand Ballrooms 1 & 2
Convention Level
All Faculty and Students are invited to attend the perfect closure for the first full day of the College. Mingle and unwind with old friends and new acquaintances.