Oakland – Alex Swedlow has introduced his plans to retire as President of the Oakland-based California Staff’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) efficient August 2025.
Mr. Swedlow’s retirement would be the fruits of a 36-year affiliation with the Institute that started in 1988 when he served as a volunteer on CWCI’s Analysis Committee, then as a guide, working to reinforce knowledge assortment and analysis on matters together with medical and indemnity profit improvement, 24-hour protection and medical remedy utilization, and value drivers. In 1998, he served because the Techniques Architect and Undertaking Supervisor for the Business Claims Info System Undertaking, which supplied the inspiration for CWCI’s Business Analysis Info System, one of many largest and most important transactional knowledge warehouses within the employees’ compensation business. Upon completion of that challenge he was named the Institute’s Senior Vice-President of Analysis, and ultimately succeeded J. Michael Nolan as President of the group in Might 2013. An lively participant in business advisory committee work and a frequent speaker at regional and nationwide conferences and boards, Mr. Swedlow has grow to be a well-respected fixture within the employees’ compensation neighborhood each in California and nationwide.
Commenting on his lengthy tenure on the Institute, Mr. Swedlow notes, “I’m notably proud that we have been in a position to change the way in which analysis is completed in employees’ compensation by pioneering new strategies of large-scale knowledge improvement, publishing sensible and goal analysis and commentary, and increasing collaboration throughout our business. The Institute is extra important than ever and has the suitable workers to proceed the work supporting our members and different business stakeholders. Though I really like the work and my colleagues at CWCI, after greater than three many years I notice it’s time for me to pursue another issues that make life worthwhile.”
The CWCI Board of Administrators has shaped a search committee to start the duty of screening candidates and deciding on the subsequent President of the Institute as Mr. Swedlow continues within the position by way of subsequent summer time.
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The California Staff’ Compensation Institute, established in 1964, is a personal, nonprofit group of insurers licensed to write down employees’ compensation in California, in addition to private and non-private self-insured employers, who function affiliate members. CWCI’s main perform is to generate dependable, goal knowledge that can be utilized to determine and monitor system-wide tendencies, help members in assessing their very own operations, and to investigate key problems with curiosity to the employees’ compensation neighborhood and public policymakers. Towards that finish, the Institute additionally produces all kinds of analysis publications, gives data and technical coaching to assist business professionals keep abreast of modifications, and serves as a discussion board the place members can think about system-wide points and attain consensus on sensible options. CWCI members embody insurers that write greater than 76 % of the employees’ compensation enterprise within the state, and two dozen private and non-private self-insured employers. The Institute’s web site is www.cwci.org.
