(Source: Business Wire)

Safety National announced today that former Deputy Insurance
Commissioner for the State of Nevada Gary Cooper has joined the company
as association manager in the company's underwriting department. He will
help lead the company's efforts regarding self-insured groups and
associations and serve as a liaison with state regulators and workers'
compensation agencies.
Cooper joined the Nevada Division of Insurance in 2004, rising to the
rank of deputy commissioner, where he was in charge of the state's
Captive Insurance Program. Prior to that position he was chief insurance
examiner of the Self-Insured Workers' Compensation Section where he was
responsible for the financial and regulatory oversight of the individual
and group self-insured workers' compensation programs.
Prior to joining the Division, Cooper spent 27 years in the private
sector, holding positions with AIG, Meadowbrook Insurance, Louisiana
Workers' Comp Corporation, Great West Casualty, Travelers Insurance Co.,
and Commercial Union Companies.
Safety National A.M. Best Rating "A" (Excellent), Financial Size
Category X is a versatile alternative market insurance provider
offering a broad range of alternative risk funding products through
independent insurance agents and brokers. Founded in 1942, Safety
National is the leading provider of excess workers' compensation
coverage to self-insured employers and groups nationwide and has
provided that type of coverage longer than any other company in the U.S.
In addition, Safety National offers Large Casualty Programs, including
Large Deductible and Auto and General Liability; assumed workers'
compensation reinsurance, Loss Portfolio Transfers (LPT), Texas
non-subscriber coverage, self-insurance bonds, and other alternative
risk programs. The company is licensed to provide workers' compensation
insurance in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Safety
National is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delphi Financial Group, Inc.
(NYSE: DFG), a $6 billion insurance holding company.
For more information, please visit www.safetynational.com
A service of YellowBrix, Inc.