Educating and advancing the careers of workers’ compensation professionals since 1999.
Education is the cornerstone of AMCOMP and we take our dedication to learning seriously. Our education and planning committees--guided by our highly-experienced board of directors--work hard to ensure the most relevant and beneficial education programs are lined up for each of our two meetings per year.
Further, AMCOMP is proud to offer one of the only certified education programs in workers' compensation, known as the Workers' Compensation Professional (WCP®) designation. Since launching the program, more than 750 Workers' Compensation Professionals have graduated from the program.
Becoming a member of AMCOMP grants you access to leading industry professionals and allows you to tap into the wealth of experience and knowledge they bring to our industry. Networking is an important part of AMCOMP and one our members benefit from tremendously.
PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES
PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION
To maintain the integrity and degree of excellence in the field of workers' compensation by providing a professional designation (upon fulfillment of various criteria, including successful completion of a core curriculum and/or qualifying work experience) that will serve as an industry standard.
EDUCATION
To further the education of all workers' comp professionals by providing relevant courses in the workers' compensation field of study and in related disciplines.
RELEVANCE
To maintain a current understanding of emerging trends and issues in the workplace and how they relate to the field of workers' compensation by means of newsletters, annual meetings, monographs, conferences and/or relevant seminars.
MAINTAIN ETHICAL STANDARDS
To further ethical standards in the field of workers' compensation by establishing uniform guidelines and principles.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The AMCOMP Board of Directors consists of experienced professionals who have demonstrated success in the workers' compensation industry. To help ensure appropriate representation and viewpoints in the field of workers' compensation, the Board of Directors includes leading, distinguished professionals from various segments of the industry. Our volunteer Board acts as an insurance information resource for issues that arise and affect the field of workers' compensation.
OFFICERS
CHAIR
Jeffrey Fenster, Esq.
EVP, Head of North American Specialty Risk, AmTrust Financial Services
SECRETARY
Gregg Dykstra, Esq.
DIRECTORS
Gary Arabian
Director Business Development, Sedgwick
Jeremy Attie
President & CEO, NYCIRB
Al Campney
Deputy Executive Director External Relations, PERMA
Jarred Chappell
Chief Operating Officer, North Carolina Rate Bureau
Neal Conolly
Conolly Consulting
Gus. R Gonnella, AIC, WCP®
Vice President of Claims, The MEMIC Group
Sebastian Grasso
President & CEO, Windham Group
Mark W. Hamberger, Esq., WCP®
Special Counsel, Hamberger & Weiss LLP
Daniel J. Hannon
President, Daniel J. Hannon & Associates
Elizabeth Heck, CPA
President & CEO, GNY Insurance Co.
Timothy Howlin
Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Cadence Rx
Linda Hull
Board Panel Member, New York State Workers Compensation
Howard Lavin, Esq.
Thompson Coburn
Geoff Lavinson, WCP®
Vice President/Client Services, Paradigm
John Leonard
Insurance Consultant (Retired)
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS & FOUNDER
Donald T. DeCarlo, Esq., WCP®
Principal, Law Office of Donald T. DeCarlo
William J. Lentz, CPCU, ARe, WCP®
Vice President, Gen Re
Vinny LeVien
Chairman & CEO, I Got A Guy
Barry S. Lovell
President, Lovell Safety Management Co.
Annette Malpica, Esq.
Vice President – Director of Claims & Legal Counsel, Lovell Safety Management Co.
Martin Minkowitz, Esq., WCP®
Of Counsel
Thomas Nowak, WCP®
Principal, Strategy Conversations, LLC
Thomas J. Phelan, CPA
Retired
Bonnie Piacentino, FIDM, WCP®
Executive Director - Elect, NJ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau
Dan Price
Partner, Shanley Price LLP
Brian Racine
Managing Attorney, NCCI
Brian Reardon, MBA, ARM, AIS, WCLS
AVP, Maiden Global Servicing Company, LLC
Ramona Tanabe, WCP®
Executive Vice President and Counsel, WCRI
William Taylor, MBA, CIC, WCP®
President & CEO, President, PA/DE Comp Rating Bureau
Dave Wehner
Principal, DW Advisors, LLC
James J. Wrynn, WCP®
Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
workplace stress: past, present & future
Written by Don DeCarlo, J.D. and Judge Dave Torrey
The New York workers’ compensation law and insurance expert Don DeCarlo, along with the editor (Torrey), have authored a new book, Workplace Stress: Past, Present and Future. The book, conceived by Mr. DeCarlo last year, is a comprehensive review of the magnitude of the stress problem; an analysis of major factors affecting stress inside and outside the workplace; a 50-state review of the related laws; and proposed solutions. Copies now in stock. Order yours today!
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Donald T. DeCarlo is the principal of an independent law firm in Fresh Meadows, NY, which focuses on mediation/arbitration and regulatory and insurance counseling. Before establishing the firm in 2005, Mr. DeCarlo was a Partner at Lord Bissell & Brook LLP and headed its New York office. Formerly, he was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of The Travelers Insurance Companies, Deputy General Counsel for its parent corporation Travelers Group, Inc. and Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Gulf Insurance Group; and served as General Counsel for the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for 14 years.
Mr. DeCarlo is a Certified ARIAS-US Arbitrator and Umpire, a Master Arbitrator for the NYS Insurance Department, and an Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. Mr. DeCarlo is also the Founder, and Emeritus Board Member of The American Society of Workers Comp Professionals, Inc. (AMCOMP). In addition, he is a Director of 17 insurance companies, and a Director of DeSales Media.
Mr. DeCarlo has authored numerous scholarly articles in legal and trade journals and is a co-author of three books on workers compensation insurance, Workers Compensation Insurance & Law Practice – The Next Generation; Workers Compensation the First One Hundred Years; and Stress in the American Workplace – Alternatives for the Working Wounded.
Mr. DeCarlo Chairs an Advisory Committee of the World Trade Center Captive Insurance Company, and formerly served as Chairman and Commissioner of the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) for 10 years. He also served as an Inspector for the NYS Athletic Commission. Mr. DeCarlo is a professor at St. John’s Tobin School of Business, where he teaches Workers Compensation Law & Insurance, formerly The College of Insurance.
David B. Torrey, a native of Alexandria, Virginia, has been a Workers’ Compensation Judge with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry since 1993. Judge Torrey is Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law (1996-present). He is also the editor of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Newsletter (1988-present). Judge Torrey received his A.B. in 1982 from West Virginia University and his J.D. in 1985 from Duquesne University School of Law. While in law school, he was Editor-in-Chief of the Duquesne Law Review (Volume 23, 1984-85). In 2010, he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Social Insurance. He is a past president of the National Association of Workers’ Compensation Judiciary and is a Fellow and Vice-President of the ABA-founded College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers. In 2008, he published the Third Edition of his treatise, Torrey & Greenberg, Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation: Law & Practice (4 Volumes: Thomson-Reuters 3rd ed. 2008 & Supp. 2019-20). Among his articles is Master or Chancellor? The Workers’ Compensation Judge and Adjudicatory Power, 32 Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judges 21 (2012). Judge Torrey also served in the U.S. Army (1976-1979) and in the West Virginia Army National Guard (1979-1982). All opinions of Judge Torrey are purely his own and not those of his employer.
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