Crum & Forster Names George Burr New California Workers’ Comp Claims VP

Crum & Forster (C&F) named George Burr vice president, California Workers’ Compensation Claims.

Burr will manage C&F’s West Coast workers’ compensation claims office located in Orange County, Calif.

Burr brings extensive workers’ compensation claims experience to Crum & Forster, most recently serving as vice president, Claims Operations for Seabright Insurance Company with responsibility for their Western Claims Division.

Burr began his insurance career as a workers’ compensation claims adjuster with Safeco Insurance, and subsequently held a number of management roles at Safeco including responsibility for field and home office workers’ compensation claim technical functions.

Burr reports to Stephen Eisenmann, senior vice president, Claims. Mr. Eisenmann commented: “We are excited to have someone with George’s knowledge and experience in workers’ compensation claims heading up our West Coast claims operation. George is a welcome addition to the claims management team as he shares C&F’s proactive claim management philosophy of early exposure recognition and high customer service standards.”

Source: Crum & Forster