Business Insurance Recognizes Safety National as a Best Place to Work

Business Wire, Inc.

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Safety National Casualty Corporation, the leading provider of excess workers’ compensation insurance in the United States, has been named a Best Place to Work in Insurance by Business Insurance magazine. The winners were announced in the Nov. 7, 2011 issue (http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20110912/NEWS04/110919977).

The awards recognize 50 agents, brokers and insurance companies for leadership and planning, corporate culture and communications, role satisfaction, work environment, relationship with supervisors, and training and development. Winners were determined in a two-part process that involved a survey evaluating employees’ workplace experience and company culture, followed by gathering information on the employer’s benefits, policies and practices. This is the second year that Safety National has won in the medium-size property/casualty insurers category.

“We are very honored to be recognized as a Best Place to Work in Insurance by such a well-respected industry publication,” said Mark Wilhelm, CEO at Safety National. “We take this recognition very seriously because our employees are the most important element of what makes Safety National a great company. We continuously strive to provide the best work culture that rewards each of our employees for their valuable service.”

According to Business Insurance, “The 50 companies recognized this year are to be celebrated as an elite group of employers that have created high-quality workplaces that encourage employees to thrive in a work environment they can love.”

Safety National is a versatile alternative market insurance provider offering a broad range of risk funding products through independent insurance agents and brokers. Founded in 1942, Safety National is the leading provider of Excess Workers’ Compensation coverage to self-insured employers and groups nationwide and has provided that type of coverage longer than any other company in the U.S. In addition, Safety National offers its Large Casualty Program, which includes Large Deductible Workers’ Compensation, Commercial Auto and General Liability coverage; Public Entity Multi-Line coverage; Treaty Reinsurance; Loss Portfolio Transfers (LPT); Texas non-subscriber coverage (TEXcess); Self-insurance Bonds and other alternative risk programs. The company is licensed to provide workers’ compensation insurance in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Safety National is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delphi Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: DFG) and is rated “A” (Excellent), Financial Size Category XI, by A.M. Best. To learn more, visit: www.safetynational.com.