TUDOR APPOINTED ACTING PRESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA STATE FUND:

California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund’s board of directors has appointed James Tudor as acting president. Tudor has served as executive vice president since Jan. 1, 2003. Tudor has served for 10 years on State Fund’s Executive Committee and brings 34 years of workers’ comp insurance experience to the organization’s top post. During his tenure on the Executive Committee, Tudor engineered and managed technological initiatives, including creation of statewide regional service networks, which enhanced State Fund’s operational efficiencies and was instrumental in establishing the State Fund’s broker program. When Dianne Oki announced her retirement, Board Chair Jeanne Cain announced that a nationally recognized consultant had been hired to search for a new president and to review State Fund’s operations.