Rupali Das Joins Zenith Insurance Company

Business Wire

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zenith Insurance Company (“Zenith”) announced today that Rupali Das, MD, MPH, FACOEM, will be joining Zenith as its Senior Vice President and California Medical Director in January 2016.

Dr. Das has enjoyed a long career dedicated to the health and safety of workers and the citizens of California. Dr. Das has served as the Executive Medical Director for the California Division of Workers’ Compensation since 2012. Her career with the State began in 1993, where she has served with the California EPA and Department of Public Health. Previously, she practiced occupational medicine at the Palo Alto Medical Clinic. Dr. Das is Board Certified in both Occupational Medicine and Internal Medicine and is Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

Kari Van Gundy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Zenith commented, “Dr. Das has had an exceptional career in State service and we are delighted that she is now joining our team of doctors led by our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jill Rosenthal. We look forward to working with her in enhancing our long-standing commitment to the safety of workers and quality care of injured workers.”

Zenith Insurance Company is a subsidiary of Zenith National Insurance Corp., specializing in the workers’ compensation insurance business nationally and in the property-casualty insurance business for California agriculture. Zenith National Insurance Corp. is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TSX: FFH).