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Board of Directors Meeting

January 16, 2009, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Auditorium
Milton Marks Conference Center
455 Golden Gate Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94102

BOARD MEMBERS
Jeanne Cain, Chair
Sheryl Chalupa
Vincent Mudd
Francis Quinlan

(Ex-officio)
John Duncan
Jerry Kalmar
Don Moulds

AGENDA

Action/Jeanne Cain 1. Call to Order and Roll Call
   
Information/Jeanne Cain 2. Antitrust Admonition
   
    Attachment
   
  3. Public Comment on Appropriateness of Closed Session for Items 4 through 8.
   
CLOSED SESSION

8:30 a.m.

Information/Jim Neary 4. Reinsurance Renewal 2009 and Insurance Update
(Government Code section 11126(j)(4))
   
Information/Carol Newman; Connie Raiche 5. Litigation Strategy
(Government Code section 11126(e), 11126(j)(4))
   
Information/Jay Stewart 6. Financial Strategy
(Government Code section 11126(j)(4))
 
Information/Becky Wanta 7. IT Strategy
(Government Code section 11126(j)(4))
   
Information/Janet Frank 8. Personnel Matters including Executive Performance Evaluations
(Government Code section 11126(a))
   
OPEN SESSION 11:00 a.m.
Action/Jeanne Cain 9. Call to Order and Roll Call
   
Action/Jeanne Cain 10. Antitrust Admonition
   
    Attachment
   
Information/Jeanne Cain 11. Introduction of Guests
   
Action/Jeanne Cain 12. Consent Calendar1
    a. Approval of Minutes of November 20 - 21, 2008 Meeting of Board
   
    Attachment (amended)
   
    b. Retirement Resolutions Nos. 859-861
   
    Attachment (originals available for signature at meeting)
   
Information/Janet Frank 13. President’s Report
   
Information/Christine Baker, Lachlan Taylor   a. California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation: Fraud in the Workers’ Compensation System
   
    Attachment
   
Information/Janet Frank   b. Reinsurance Renewal Status (Oral)
   
Information/Vincent Mudd 14. Ratification of Investment Transactions
   
    a. Bond Transactions
   
    Attachment
   
    b. Short-Term Investment Transactions
   
    Attachment
   
    c. Compliance Report
   
    Attachment
   
  15. Committee Reports (Oral)
   
Information/Vincent Mudd   a. Investment Committee Update
   
Action/Francis Quinlan   b. Audit Committee Update
   
Information/Jay Stewart 16. Updated Year-End Financial Forecast 2008 (Oral)
   
Action/Jeanne Cain 17. Chair’s Report & Recruitment of New Board Members
    a. Resignation of James Santangelo
    Attachment
    b. Appointment of New Member(s) (Oral)
    c. Appointment of Governance Committee Members (Oral)
    d. Appointment of Alternate Committee Members (Oral)
   
Information 18. Board Member Reports (Oral)
   
Information 19. Proposals and suggestions for March 13, 2009 Agenda (Oral)
   
Information 20. Public Comment
   
  Next Board Meeting March 12, 2009 at 4:00 pm & March 13, 2009, at 8:30 a.m.

Note: Items designated for 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 immediately prior to this Board meeting may be considered by the Board. Public comment will be limited to three (3) minutes per speaker and ten (10) minutes per subject item.

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 one 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, removed from the Consent Calendar has been discussed, the Board will vote to approve all items remaining on the Consent Calendar.

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