To have a unified, integrated loss control effort throughout the Mesquite ISD
 
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"Working together to create a safe working and learning environment"

KIM WEBB, TASB Risk Management consultant,  presents a $2000 check to DR.  LINDA  HENRIE, superintendent.  Also pictured,  RICHARD KOONCE, assistant superintendent - Business Services and JAMES E. HUCKABY, ARM-P,  director - Risk  Management.

( Austin ) - Mesquite ISD has been awarded a loss prevention grant of $2000 from the Texas Association of School Boards' Risk Management Fund. Grant monies will help implement loss prevention and safety initiatives to reduce the potential for property losses and on-the-job injuries and raise safety awareness. A total number of 206 public school districts and education entities received grants of $550,000 from the Fund this year. Since 1998, the Fund's Loss Prevention Grant Program has distributed 1,381 total grants of more than $3.4 million to Fund members in the workers' compensation and property/casualty programs.

The 2008 grants were awarded to 192 school districts, 6 colleges, 4 regional education service centers, 2 appraisal districts, and 2 educational cooperatives. Workers' compensation grants focused on fall prevention, personal lifting devices, and personal protective equipment. Facilities security initiatives, driver improvement, and vehicle safety were the primary areas receiving grants under the property casualty program area.

Austin, Texas – Mike Geeslin, Texas Insurance Commissioner, recently appointed JAMES E. HUCKABY, ARM-P to serve as a public representative to the Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office Board of Directors. The nine member board will consist of four members representing the general public and five members representing the surplus lines industry. Huckaby's three year term will begin January 1, 2008.

The purpose of the Surplus Lines Stamping Office is to assist the Texas Department of Insurance in the regulation of surplus lines insurance and to encourage compliance by surplus lines agents and insurers with the surplus lines laws and regulations of the state.

Although the Stamping Office performs many functions, its principle responsibilities fall under three main categories: evaluation of surplus lines insurers for eligibility to write in Texas; review of all surplus lines insurance policies procured by Texas licensed surplus lines agents; and education. The Stamping Office performs other duties, such as tabulating extended coverage premiums written by surplus lines affiliates of admitted insurers for use by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association in determining assessments. Over the years, as the Texas surplus lines industry has grown to serve the second largest market in the US, with annual state premiums now exceeding $2.5 billion.

The Mesquite ISD Risk Management Team is proud to announce that our Safety Officer, JOHN F. PALM III, has successfully completed the requirements for the Associate of Risk Management designation. 

The ARM designation program teaches practical, relevant skills needed to help manage risk at all levels by providing in-depth knowledge needed to assess and respond to the numerous hazard risks a company faces. ARM helps employees build a strong foundation in the science of risk management while gaining practical skills to avoid, reduce, and manage risk, and to learn how to adapt those skills to meet changing needs. Less than 20% of all public sector risk managers have this designation.

2007 EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE RENEWAL REWARD

TASB's Risk Management Consultant KIM WEBB presents $10,000 check to RICHARD KOONCE,  assistant superintendent - Business Services.  Also pictured is JAMES E. HUCKABY, ARM-P,  director - Risk Management

2007 TASB LOSS PREVENTION GRANT RECIPIENT

The Texas Association of School Boards' Risk Management Fund honored MESQUITE ISD as a 2007 TASB Loss Prevention Grant recipient. Grant monies will help implement loss prevention and safety initiatives to reduce the potential for property losses and on-the-job injuries and raise safety awareness. A total number of 214 public school districts and education entities received grants of $565,000 from the Fund this year.

"The safety and well being of all employees and prevention of losses are crucial issues in the workplace. The Fund is dedicated to partnering with its members to save valuable resources and do everything we can to help educate staff to provide for a healthier work force and create a safer work environment," said EDWIN THOMPSON, Director of TASB'S Loss Prevention Services. "We are quite proud that the Fund has been able to award much-needed resources to our members over the years," he said.