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STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

November 19-20, 2020
1:00 p.m.

VIDEO TELECONFERENCE
https://scif.zoom.us/j/91646691672?pwd=ZCt1UlFUMGQwZmVNbEx0ZFJwMFk2Zz09

BOARD MEMBERS
David M. Lanier, Chair
Daniel M. Curtin
Richard J. Guggenhime
Sen. Michael J. Machado (Ret.)
Jack L. Neureuter
Alexis A. Podesta
Arthur H. Pulaski
Thomas E. Rankin
Angela D. Tate
William M. Zachry
Katrina S. Hagen, Ex-Officio

AGENDA

OPEN SESSION November 19, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m.
Action/David Lanier 1. Call to Order and Roll Call
     
Action/David Lanier 2. Antitrust Admonition
     
Action/David Lanier 3. Consent Calendar1
 
  1. Approval of August 27-28, 2020 Open Meeting Minutes
  2. Board Member Educational Opportunities and Approval of Planned Board Member Education and Expense Reimbursement
  3. Review and Approval of 2021 Board and Committee Meeting Schedule
  4. Review and Approval of Board and Committee Agenda Items for 2021
  5. Approval of Retirement Resolutions
  6. Approval of Investment Policy Statement and Guidelines Resolution
     
Information/Vernon Steiner 4. Financial and President’s Report: 3Q 2020
     
  5. Reports of Committee Activities by the Chairs
(Oral Presentation)
Information/Thomas Rankin
Information/William Zachry
Information/Michael Machado
  1. Governance Committee
  2. Audit Committee
  3. Investment and Risk Committee
    i. Bond Transactions and Compliance Report
     
Information/David Lanier 6. Chairperson’s Report
(Oral Presentation)
     
Information/David Lanier 7. Board Member Reports
(Oral Presentation)
     
Information/David Lanier 8. Public Comment on Appropriateness of Closed Session for Items 11 through 19
     
Information/David Lanier 9. Public Comment
     
CLOSED SESSION    
     

Action/David Lanier

10. Approval of August 27-28, 2020 Closed Meeting Minutes
     
Information/Action/Vernon Steiner and Executive Committee 11. Update on 2020 Strategic Plan
[Government Code section 11126(j)(4)]
     
Information/Action/Vernon Steiner and Andreas Acker 12. Human Resources Strategic Planning
[Government Code sections 11126(a), (j)(4)]
   
  1. Engagement Survey
  2. Performance Awards Program
  3. Review of President and Executive Leadership 2020 Performance Against Plan
  4. Executive and Exempt Leadership Compensation
   
  1. Exempt Leadership 2020 At-Risk Compensation Differential and 2021 Exempt Leadership Compensation
  2. 2020 Exempt Employee and CEA Long-Term Incentive
  3. President’s 2020 At-Risk Compensation Differential, 2020 Long-Term Incentive, and 2021 Compensation
   
  1. Review and Approval of President and Executive Leadership 2021 Performance Objectives
     

Action/Vernon Steiner and Ken Van Laar

13. Dividend, Pricing, and Reserves Strategic Plan
[Government Code section 11126(j)(4)]
     
Information/Executive Committee 14. Operational Strategic Plan Updates
[Government Code sections 11126(e), (j)(2) - (4)]
   
  1. Legislative
  2. Information Technology
  3. Workplace Safety and Loss Prevention
  4. Claims
     
CLOSED SESSION   Friday, November 20, 2020
Action/Vernon Steiner, Peter Guastamachio, and Alvin Cheung 15. Approval of 2021 Strategic Plan
[Government Code section 11126(j)(4)]
     
Information/David Lanier and Margie Lariviere 16. Board Effectiveness
[Government Code section 11126(j)(4)]
     
Information/William Zachry 17. Significant Open Audits Report and Fraud Litigation Report
[Government Code sections 11126(e), (j)(2) - (4)]
     
Action/Michael Machado 18. Financial, Investment and Risk Considerations Related to the Strategic Plan
[Government Code section 11126(j)(4)]
     
Information/Margie Lariviere 19. Pending and Potential Litigation
[Government Code sections 11126(e), (j)(4)]
   
  1. Vinson v. D. Burke Mechanical, Inc. (Fermin Iglesias), WCAB No. ADJ7237023;
  2. Hablian, et al. v. Zurich, et al., WCAB No. ADJ4687742, California Court of Appeal, Case No. B304670;
  3. Michael Reynolds Enterprise, Inc. dba Reynolds Termite Control, et al. v. State Compensation Insurance Fund, Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No. 19STCV05738, and In the Matter of the Appeal of Michael Reynolds Enterprise Inc., dba Reynolds Termite Control, California Department of Insurance, File No. AHB-WCA-20-13;
  4. American Jetter & Plumbing, Inc. et al. v. State Compensation Insurance Fund, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 19STCV36307;
  5. In the Matter of the Appeal of Sessions Payroll Management, Inc. from the Decision of State Compensation Insurance Fund, California Department of Insurance File AHB-WCA-18-47;
  6. Sessions Payroll Management, Inc. v. State Compensation Insurance Fund, Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No. EC06614.
  7. State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Ricardo Lara, as Insurance Commissioner of the State of California, and California Department of Insurance, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Case No. 20-01289
     
OPEN SESSION

November 20, 2020 @ 10:30 am or upon adjournment or recess of the Board Closed Session, whichever is later.

     
Action/David Lanier 20. Call to Order and Roll Call
     
Action/David Lanier 21. Approval of Performance Awards
     
Action/David Lanier 22. Approval of Exempt Leadership 2020 At-Risk Compensation Differential and 2021 Exempt Leadership Compensation
     
Action/David Lanier 23. Approval of President’s 2020 At-Risk Compensation Differential, Long-Term Incentive, and 2021 Compensation
     
Action/David Lanier 24. Approval of 2020 Exempt Employee and CEA Long-Term Incentive
     
Information/David Lanier 25. Proposals and Suggestions for February 2021 Agenda
     
Next Board Meeting: Sometime the week of February 22-26, 2021, location to be determined (TBD), unless noticed for a new date and time.
     

1Items on the Consent Calendar include routine actions or matters already considered by a committee of the Board and will be enacted by one motion and a majority vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board Member or the public so requests. It is in the Board’s discretion to remove items already considered by a committee of the Board from the Consent Calendar. Any item removed from the Consent Calendar will be considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. If you wish to have an item removed from the Consent Calendar, please submit a speaker card or make your request at the time the Board Chairperson asks if any member of the public wishes to remove an item from consent. After an item, if any, that is removed from the Consent Calendar, has been discussed, the Board will vote to approve all items remaining on the Consent Calendar.

 
Note: Items designated “information” are appropriate for Board/Committee action if the Board/Committee wishes to take action. Any agenda item from a properly noticed Committee meeting held prior to the Board meeting may be considered by the Board. Agenda items may be taken out of order with the approval of the Chairperson.
 
Public comment can be sent via email to BoardofDirectors@scif.com. Public Comment that is related to the agenda item, which seeks public comment, will be read to the Board/Committee. Language that is not socially appropriate will not be read or otherwise communicated at the meeting. Thank you for your courtesy.
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