PARMA Member Spot Light

Meet Leonardo Selvaggi PARMA Member Spot Light How did you enter Risk Management? It all started twenty-four years ago just after college when I was hired by a small third-party administrator in Philadelphia, Curley Adjustment Bureau, to handle entry level claims. After eighteen years, 27 state licenses and many complex cases later, I entered into my current position with the County of Ventura’s Risk Management Department. What are the rewards you experience professionally by being a PARMA member? PARMA presents the opportunity to meet other risk professionals like myself. PARMA also has a
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Webinar: Effectively Managing Your IDR Program

Wednesday, September 6th: 9am-11am PT Description CalPERS issued a memorandum to public agencies on 03/30/2017 detailing their policies with respect to Industrial Disability Retirements, and announcing audits that would soon take place. They have since conducted an unprecedented 60 audits of member public agencies. For some agencies the policy does not represent a change in their existing practices, but for many, the announced policies are significant and will dramatically impact how they handle future IDR Applications. Hanna Brophy law firm has had discussions with CalPERS about the policy
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PARMA Member Spot Light

Meet Paul Zeglovitch PARMA Member Spot Light What inspired you to pursue a career in risk management? After graduating college, I wanted a job that I could be partially “out in the field.” I accepted a job as an auto liability claims adjuster with Transamerica Insurance and off I went. That was 27 years ago and along the way I found myself in the public entity arena, working with the County of Los Angeles and now cities throughout California. It was during my public entity experience, especially most recently with the California JPIA, that risk management became something that is part of my
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PARMA Member Resources

Reminder: The PARMA website currently includes a Member Resources page. Currently, this section of the website contains the contact information of members who have volunteered to make themselves available as a resource for various topic areas such as risk management, workers’ compensation, insurance, human resources, etc. PARMA members can look forward to the website being expanded to include shared documents and archived webinars for on-demand learning. Website login is required to view these pages. Your e-mail address on file with PARMA is your login ID. If you are not certain of your
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Risk Management Loses Two Great People

In Memory of Susan Eldridge
It's with a heavy heart that PARMA says goodbye to a dear member of our organization.  Susan Eldridge passed away on Saturday, June 3.  No services have been announced.
PARMA recently announced the renaming of its Annual Conference Scholarship to the Susan Eldridge PARMA Conference Scholarship.  Susan is a life member of PARMA who has been a strong advocate for education and PARMA's roll in providing affordable quality educational opportunities to the risk management profession.  Susan also served on the PARMA Board of Directors from 2000 - February 2017 and served multiple terms as our Secretary / Treasurer.

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