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Provide loss prevention and control programs and direction, insurance,
environmental and claims management services to Maricopa County
departments, districts and Trust members to reduce or eliminate
losses.
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Risk Management
will establish an Enterprise Risk Management program to identify
and address areas of risk that adversely effect either County
operations or citizen perceptions of County services.
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Risk Management
will seek to reduce the County’s injury incident rate
as compared to its prior three year average.
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Risk Management
will work to keep the cost of risk (risk management expenditures
divided by self-insured trust fund participant’s expenditures)
at 1% or less.
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Risk Management
will strive to hold its voluntary, non-retirement employee
turnover rate at or below 10%.
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To be recognized within the State of Arizona, Maricopa County, and
among U.S. County governments for innovative, proactive and effective
Risk Management.
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The Risk Management
Department administers the County's self-insurance program. Risk Management's
mission is to provide loss prevention and control programs and direction,
insurance, environmental and claims management services to Maricopa
County departments, districts, and Trust members to reduce or eliminate
losses. Its vision is to be recognized as a leader, and to be relied
upon for a Countywide risk management philosophy and culture. Risk Management's
primary activities are:
- Risk consulting
- Insurance procurement
above self-insured retention levels
- Maricopa County
Self-Insured Trust Fund management and financing
- Administration
and monitoring of third party administrators' adjusting
of workers' compensation and unemployment claims
- Investigation
and disposition of casualty and property claims and lawsuits
- Safety training,
reporting, and compliance
- Loss control
programs
- Environmental
investigation, remediation, and reporting
- Contractual
indemnification and insurance requirement language drafting and
review
The
Risk Management Department is divided into three operating divisions,
Claims, Safety, and Environmental, and one Administration division.
The Department strives to accomplish its mission with assistance and
direction from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the Maricopa
County Self-Insured Trust Fund Board of Trustees, and the Office of
the County Attorney. The Risk Manager reports to the Chief Financial
Officer of Maricopa County.
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County, Arizona Self-Insured Trust Fund |
Arizona
law (ARS § 11-981) authorizes Maricopa County to self-insure, procure
insurance from any insurer authorized by the State of Arizona Department
of Insurance, or both. Insurance (defined in Title 20 Arizona Revised
Statutes) includes, but is not limited to, auto liability, auto physical
damage, general liability, medical malpractice, property, workers' compensation,
and unemployment insurance.
Upon
establishment of a self-insurance program, Maricopa County is required
to designate a Trust Administrator (Risk Manager), and establish a Trust.
The Trust is funded by an allocation of funds from General Fund and
Non-General Fund departments and Special Districts, or such other funding
techniques permitted by state statute and authorized by the Trust's
Board of Trustees. A
Board of Trustees manages and directs the Trust's activities and affairs.
Trustees must be United States citizens and residents of Maricopa County,
and are appointed by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (BOS)
and County Manager.
Maricopa
County Risk Management
222 North Central Avenue, Suite 1110
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
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Last
updated: 12 Feb, 2009, jld
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