R.S. 39:1527, et seq., further designates the Office of Risk Management to be solely responsible for all Property and Casualty and Worker’s Compensation insurance purchased by ORM or self-insured by ORM for all State departments, agencies, boards, and commissions.
The Office of Risk Management provides Workers’ Compensation coverage to all of the State’s approximately 114,000 employees. Coverage is provided for State property valued at approximately $9,594,000,000. ORM also provides coverage for employee bonds, crime, automobile liability and physical damage, comprehensive general liability, personal injury liability, boiler and machinery, medical malpractice, road hazards and miscellaneous tort coverage for those tort claims not otherwise covered. Other coverages are provided as needed, such as excess over self-insurance, specific excess for crime, aviation, wet marine, and bridge property damage. |
