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Kathy Kukor to Speak at National Workers' Comp Conference.
Summary. Kathy Kukor will present “The Erosion of Exclusive Remedy” at the National Worker’s Compensation and Disability Conference® & Expo on Friday, Nov. 11, in Las Vegas.
Fairlawn, Ohio, October 17, 2011 Kathy Kukor, Risk International Senior Consultant, has been selected to speak at the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference® & Expo on Friday, Nov. 11, in Las Vegas. The conference is the nation’s leading training event for workers comp and disability management professionals.
With co-presenter Diana Bentley, Senior Vice President at Marsh, Ms. Kukor will speak on “The Erosion of Exclusive Remedy: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Company.” Conference leaders chose the topic from thousands of speaker proposals.
“Kathy is well known and respected in the workers' comp community, so we are very happy to have her as a speaker,” said Nancy Grover, Program Director. “Her topic is vitally important in the workers' comp system.”
According to Ms. Kukor, “The exclusive remedy doctrine has long been the cornerstone of our workers’ comp system, and it’s in jeopardy. We can’t protect the system unless we understand its weaknesses — as well as the trends threatening it.”
In their presentation, Ms. Kukor and Ms. Bentley will explore recent case law and state legislative reforms that are eroding the exclusive remedy doctrine. They’ll show potential pitfalls of employers’ liability policy language and help employers learn how to minimize exposures and claim payouts.
“The worker’s compensation system, which is intended to protect both employees and employers, is increasingly being threatened,” said Kirk Walsh, Risk International Vice President and Director of Finance. “Every day, there are new and more creative arguments for employees to sue employers. Kathy will help industry professionals learn how to minimize that risk.”
Ms. Kukor will also be a featured speaker at the Western North Carolina Safety and Health Education Conference on November 7th in Asheville, NC.
About Kathy Kukor
Kathy Kukor, CRM, joined Risk International in 2003. She specializes in claims mitigation services and loss prevention & control.
With more than 35 years in the risk management industry, Ms. Kukor has trained thousands of employees and business leaders in cost-saving employment practices, workers’ compensation and liability claims management.
Early in her career with Risk International, Ms. Kukor helped our largest client, an international manufacturing organization, significantly reduce costs through employment practices consulting and claims management. Within two years, the client’s new program was nominated for two prestigious industry awards: the Arthur Quern Quality Award at the 2005 Risk and Insurance Management Society Conference, and the Best Workers’ Compensation and Disability Management Program of the Year at the 2004 National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference.
Ms. Kukor is active locally and nationally in the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS). She was a featured speaker at the 2004 Annual Integrated Benefits Institute Conference and the 2005 RIMS Conference.
about risk international
Risk International (http://www.riskinternational.com/) is a risk management consulting company offering the ability to outsource entire risk management departments. It serves client companies worldwide, collaborating with them to improve risk management practices, reduce the total cost of risk and realize the competitive advantages of well-managed risk.
One of the top three risk management consulting companies in the U.S., according to Business Insurance magazine, Risk International is a 4-year recipient of the magazine’s Silver Circle Award for service, value, quality and innovation.
Founded in 1986, Risk International is headquartered in Fairlawn, Ohio, with offices in Charlotte, London and Singapore. The firm has been named one of the Weatherhead 100 fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio.
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