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LWCC Announces Dividend of $94 Million

Funds come at critical time as companies across the state
look to rebound and adapt to the events of 2020

Baton Rouge, Louisiana – LWCC’s board of directors has declared a $94 million dollar dividend for 2020 that will be distributed to approximately 20,000 Louisiana businesses and impact over 162,000 workers.

“2020 was a challenging year.  The pandemic, combined with major hurricanes, caused financial strain to businesses across the state.  We believe the 2020 dividend could be our most impactful one yet as our policyholders work to recover and adapt to our current environment,” said LWCC President and CEO Kristin Wall.

With this dividend, LWCC has now returned over $1.028 billion over the last 18 years to Louisiana businesses.  Per an economic study by Dr. James Richardson, since 2006 the dividend program has supported an average of $47 million in annual personal earnings and a total of 16,155 jobs, including 1,543 jobs supported by the 2020 dividend alone.

As a mutual insurer, LWCC is able to focus on the long-term financial strength and stability of the organization, which allows for a strategic risk and investment approach designed to maximize dividend returns.  The company’s ability to make this distribution is due to safety initiatives and efforts by policyholders and agents, which led to a low incident rate, as well as continued excellence in execution by the company’s employees.

Since its inception, average rates have decreased by 61.3% which has been driven by a focus on safety, decreasing accidents and injuries in the workplace.

All payments are scheduled to be mailed on or before April 30.

“LWCC is Louisiana Loyal, celebrating and elevating Louisiana in all that we do,” said LWCC Board Chair Angele Davis. “This dividend distribution supports the economic stability of our policyholders, and their workforce, therefore creating a stronger, safer, and more successful Louisiana.”

To learn more about the impacts of the dividend, visit www.louisianaloyal.com/dividend.

Access the press kit here.

LWCC ­– Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation
LWCC is a Champion of Louisiana business and proud to be headquartered in the state capital, Baton Rouge. As a model single-state, private mutual workers’ comp company, we promote safety, security, and stability in our state. LWCC is dedicated to excellence in execution from underwriting to life-long care of injured workers. We are proud to partner with our agents and together deliver outstanding service to our policyholders and their workers. Our commitment is to be there for Louisiana. Always. Our mission is to help Louisiana thrive by bettering our state one business and one worker at a time. LWCC has been recognized by industry leading benchmarker, AON, and named to the Ward’s 50® group of top-performing insurance companies for achieving outstanding results in the areas of safety, consistency, and performance over a five-year period, 2014-2018. For more information on the Corporation and its services, please visit www.lwcc.com.