Media Release
Claudia Ciolfi
IWIF Communications
410-494-2193
cciolfi@iwif.com

MRA earns $61,000 group dividend from IWIF

(TOWSON, MD) –— The Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund presented a group safety dividend check in the amount of $61,179 to Tom Saquella, president of the Maryland Retailers Association, on February 9, 2007. Saquella accepted the check on behalf of the thirty-six participating members of the MRA/IWIF program. The members earned the safety dividend for controlling losses and preventing workplace injuries for accident year 2005.

“IWIF has always been the preferred insurer for local merchants,” says Tom Saquella, President of the Maryland Retailers Association. “This dividend shows the benefits of workplace safety efforts and the strong partnership between IWIF and the Maryland Retailers Association.”

IWIF partners with numerous associations and safety groups to provide workers’ compensation insurance programs designed to improve workplace safety and save policyholders money.

“We are pleased to offer this dividend to MRA members who participate in the IWIF program,” says George H. Matthews, IWIF Executive Vice President. “We have a longstanding partnership with MRA and look forward to servicing their workers’ compensation insurance needs for many years.”

The Maryland Retailers Association is comprised of more than 700 members at some 1,400 locations and is the Maryland retail community’s major statewide trade association.

Established in 1914, IWIF is the largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance in Maryland.

Pictured left to right: Butch Bucci, IWIF Marketing & Business Development; Malcolm Hellman, President of Maryland Home Furnishings Assoc.; Bob Iwanowski, Vice President, Gardiners Furniture; Tom Saquella, President of Maryland Retailers Association; and George H. Matthews, IWIF Executive Vice President.