Recently, the Metropolitan Commission received the Premier Workplace Safety Award from Chesapeake Employers Insurance Company for building customized workplace health and safety programs in an effort to reduce the frequency and severity of workplace accidents, as well as ensuring an overall safer work environment.

 

MetCom was only one of only eighteen safety award recipients, out of 18,619 active policies with only the top 0.1% receiving this award. MetCom’s 5-year combined loss ratio, a key metric used in the insurance industry, has been well below 25%, which is considered very low.

 

Employers have a moral and legal responsibility to ensure workers return home safely at the end of each workday. “Being recognized as one of the top safety performers is a testament to our Risk Manager/Safety Officer’s dedication to the employees of the Commission” said MetCom’s Executive Director, George Erichsen. “Although every individual has a role to play in maintaining a safe environment, the commitment of MetCom’s Risk Manager/Safety Officer to providing proper training and safety equipment to our workforce has significantly reduced the likelihood of workplace accidents.”

 

Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company is the largest writer of workers' compensation insurance in Maryland and has specialized in providing workers' compensation insurance to Maryland businesses since 1914.