ST. LOUIS-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Safety National announced today that former Deputy Insurance Commissioner for the State of Nevada Gary Cooper has joined the company as association manager in the company’s underwriting department. He will help lead the company’s efforts regarding self-insured groups and associations and serve as a liaison with state regulators and workers’ compensation agencies.

Cooper joined the Nevada Division of Insurance in 2004, rising to the rank of deputy commissioner, where he was in charge of the state’s Captive Insurance Program. Prior to that position he was chief insurance examiner of the Self-Insured Workers’ Compensation Section where he was responsible for the financial and regulatory oversight of the individual and group self-insured workers’ compensation programs.

Prior to joining the Division, Cooper spent 27 years in the private sector, holding positions with AIG, Meadowbrook Insurance, Louisiana Workers’ Comp Corporation, Great West Casualty, Travelers Insurance Co., and Commercial Union Companies.

Safety National — A.M. Best Rating “A” (Excellent), Financial Size Category X — is a versatile alternative market insurance provider offering a broad range of alternative risk funding products through independent insurance agents and brokers. Founded in 1942, Safety National is the leading provider of excess workers’ compensation coverage to self-insured employers and groups nationwide and has provided that type of coverage longer than any other company in the U.S. In addition, Safety National offers Large Casualty Programs, including Large Deductible and Auto and General Liability; assumed workers’ compensation reinsurance, Loss Portfolio Transfers (LPT), Texas non-subscriber coverage, self-insurance bonds, and other alternative risk programs. The company is licensed to provide workers’ compensation insurance in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Safety National is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delphi Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: DFG), a $6 billion insurance holding company.

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