People Moves: Thaler to Chair California Workers’ Comp Institute Board; Belk, Brady, Hansen, Mathis, Steiner, Zender on Executive Committee

Sharon Thaler, national director of workers’ compensation field underwriting operations at AF Group/CompWest, has been elected to chair the California Workers’ Compensation Institute board for 2022.

Thaler was elected at CWCI’s 58th annual meeting in Walnut Creek. She was first elected to CWCI’s board as a representative of AIG in 2017 and has been a member of the institute’s executive committee since 2020, serving as vice-chair for the past year.

Also on CWCI’s 2022 executive committee will be Eric Belk of Travelers; Martin Brady of Schools Insurance Authority, an associate member; Eric Hansen, Preferred Employers Insurance; Kris Mathis, CopperPoint Insurance Cos.; Vernon Steiner, State Compensation Insurance Fund; and Matthew Zender, AmTrust North America, who chaired the Institute’s Board for the past two years.

Also elected to serve on CWCI’s 2022 board were Ira Feurlicht, AIG; Mary Beth Pittinger, CHUBB; Christopher M. Thurman, CNA; Dwight Robertson, Employers; Robert L. Hughes, The Hartford; Amanda Granger, ICW Group; Carolyn Turpin, Liberty Mutual Insurance; Jim Hurley, Republic Indemnity; Carmen Sharp, The Hanover Insurance Group; Christine Closser, WCF Insurance; Michael Cunningham, Zenith Insurance Company; Neil DeBlock, Zürich North America; and Peggy Sugarman, City and County of San Francisco, an associate member.

CWCI is a private, nonprofit association whose members include 23 insurer groups, as well as 30 lare public and private self-insured employers in the state.

Topics California Workers' Compensation