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News for Immediate Release
Thompson | Currier Changes Name to Aspen Risk
Management Group (Aspen RMG)
Thompson | Currier announced today that the Company’s shareholders and board of directors approved a name change to
Aspen Risk Management Group (Aspen RMG).
Aspen RMG, an employee-owned consulting company,
continues to focus on providing effective business improvement strategies to commercial, non profit, and government
clients. They are experts in delivering
risk, safety, and human resources
services. As an employee-owned company,
they believe in the philosophy that ownership creates new levels of success in innovation, dedication, and customer service.
Aspen RMG services include:
Risk and Safety -
where our goal is to save lives, prevent injuries &
illnesses, and minimize financial harm to our clients
- Risk
and Safety Solutions for small, medium and large
companies
- Value Added Risk, Safety,
and Loss Control Services on behalf of insurance
carriers, agencies, and brokerages
- Part-time, on-site Safety Professionals
- Safety Service and
Orientation programs for organizations
- Workers' Compensation Claims
Consulting
Human Resources and Business
Improvement
- Human Resources Solutions
for small, medium and large companies
- Employee Culture and Ideas
Survey
- Part-time
Human Resources Professionals
- California
Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Program
- Senior Management Guidance -
Post Culture and Ideas Survey
- Sales and Business
Development
- Customer Service Survey and
Client Relations
- Coaching and facilitation in
National Sales and Business Development Program
As an organization,
Aspen RMG strives to show a deep respect for those people inside and outside
their company, and they have a clear social mission that seeks to eliminate inequities in
their communities by integrating these concerns into
their day-to-day business activities
To learn more about
Aspen RMG, www.aspenrmg.com.
The Company is located
in San Diego, California.
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Steve
Thompson completes San Francisco Polestar
coaching assignment. Shown here are the
graduating insurance agents from
the nearly 5 month performance development
program.
Congratulations to all
those that completed the rigorous sales and
marketing program!
Thompson | Currier is a
strategic alliance of Polestar, an insurance industry performance improvement company.
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Polestar is pleased to announce the additions of Cathi Marx and Dan Hopwood to the Polestar Team. Cathi and Dan join Steve Thompson and West Coast Team Leader Richard Coskren in San Diego and formally establish our West Coast operation. In making the announcement, Coskren stated that “our strategic partnership with Thompson
| Currier in San Diego combined with our alliance with the Insurance Educational Association (IEA) in San Francisco provides us with the logistical coverage and coaching cadre needed to support our rapidly growing list of West Coast clientele.” Polestar Founder, Scott M. Primiano added, “the additions of Cathi and Dan to the team and our formal presence in California represents the third and final phase of our national expansion. With offices in Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, and now in San Diego, we have achieved our goal of national coverage with regionalized service and support.”
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Cathi Marx received the Pacific Safety Council’s Champion of Safety Award - San Diego for her dedication to the community, commitment to safety, and for preventing injuries.
Cathi is a volunteer in the community – donating her time to write and implement safety programs for non-profits and charity organizations. She has served on a number of local non-profit Boards as a volunteer safety and security officer, and has a long history of community safety work.
Please join us in congratulating Cathi on her award, and thanking her for her outstanding efforts to make the community safer and more secure.
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In
bookstores and available September 15, 2006, Workplace
Safety: A Guide For Small & Midsized
Companies, by Dan Hopwood and Steve
Thompson, uses a straight-forward approach to
the basic elements of a successful safety
program. Sections include core regulatory
requirements, safety needs assessment, special
hazards, workers' compensation & insurance,
and best practices. For more information,
or to purchase, please contact our office, or
visit the Resource
section of this website.
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Cait
Casey teaches the OSHA 10 Construction course
for the Pacific Safety Council
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Cait
Casey, a volunteer at Flags Across the Nation
announces an effort to form a resolution for I
Love America Day. See the Flags website at (www.flagsacrossthenation.org),
and the blog for I Love America Day at http://iloveamericaday.blogspot.com.
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Thompson
| Currier solidifies its relationship with
ConAPA by announcing a joint effort to further
develop Member safety services. Long time
and new strategic partners will be holding its
first official strategy meeting on March 16,
2006 in Del Mar, California.
ConAPA's purpose is to aid the small business community by offering various services, including
programs that drastically reduce workers' compensation costs
and improve workplace safety.
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Cait Casey and Steve Thompson
become Certified Trainers in the
Certified Occupational Safety Specialist
(COSS) program.
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Thompson
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"TK" Kelly has joined the firm as a
risk and safety consultant. "TK has a
stellar record as a top notch safety
professional and we are very excited that she
will be joining us," states Steve
Thompson. "She has been a mentor to
many in the safety industry, and has always been
in the safety business for the right reasons --
helping to prevent workplace injuries and to
create safer workplaces." TK joins
Ann Towle-Mason, Cait Casey, Dan Hopwood, Cathi
Marx, and Steve Thompson on the risk and safety
service team.
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Cait
Casey to teach the OSHA 10 Construction course
for large construction company in Del Mar, CA -
scheduled for 2/4 and 2/18. She will also
begin the Safety Orientation program for ConAPA
Members in late February. ConAPA's purpose is to aid the small business community by offering various services, including
programs that have saved business owners on their
workers' compensation costs.
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Steve
Thompson completes first coaching assignment
with Polestar Performance Programs (www.gopolestar.com)
at the Chubb Producer Performance Development
Program in San Diego, CA. Polestar, a nationally recognized insurance industry performance development
company, provides personal coaching for sales, service, and underwriting professionals in the insurance
industry.
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Cathi
Marx to teach the Certified Occupational Safety Specialist
(COSS) program for
the Pacific Safety Council from 1/23 to 1/27. Cathi
continues to be among the few qualified
instructors throughout the nation to
deliver this comprehensive program.
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Thompson
| Currier among finalists for opportunity to
conduct specialized training (equal opportunity development
classes for small contractors) for the San Diego
County Water Authority. Speaking on behalf
of Thompson | Currier, Camille Currier stated:
"Although we were not ultimately chosen, we
owe much thanks to Paul Stout of Power Summit www.powersummit.com
for helping and partnering with us in our
efforts. We would not have made it to the
finals without Paul, and we look forward to
working with him on other opportunities."
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Cathi
Marx to teach the Certified Occupational Safety Specialist
(COSS) program for
the Pacific Safety Council from 11/14/05 to
11/18/05. Cathi is among only a few
Qualified Instructors throughout the nation to
deliver this program.
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Steve
Thompson to join coaching team at Polestar, a nationally recognized insurance industry performance development company.
Polestar's solutions are specifically designed to provide customized consulting services, training, and personal performance coaching for sales, service, and underwriting professionals in the insurance
industry. For more information abut
Polestar, visit www.gopolestar.com.
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Camille
Currier to serve as mentor and guide in the
formation for Foundation College of Foreign
Language . The College is dedicated to the improvement and expansion of the teaching and learning of language at all levels of
instruction. For more information,
including class schedules: www.thompsoncurrier.com/Language.htm.
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Reggie
Woodward, former CFO and Board of Directors for
the Pacific Safety Council, and Treasurer for
AirTouch Communications, joins Thompson |
Currier as CFO.
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Thompson
| Currier signs Service Agreement to provide
Loss Control and Safety Services for Everest
National Insurance and Everest Indemnity
Insurance. Everest is a world leader in
property/casualty reinsusurance and insurance
and is one of the leading professional insurance
organizations in the world. For more
information about Everest, please see: http://www.everestnational.com.
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John
Wiley & Sons to publish Workplace
Safety: A Guide For Small & Midsized Companies,
by Dan Hopwood & Steve Thompson. Wiley,
founded in 1807, is a global publisher of print and electronic
products: http://www.wiley.com.
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Camille
Currier to serve as Chair for Advisory Board of the
School of
International Business, San Diego City Schools
(SIB). The SIB program is designed to
produce innovative and culturally aware leaders
in business, government, and non-profit
organizations.
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Camille
Currier is
assisting two non-profits (as a volunteer) in an
effort to create Web Site Sponsorship Programs
for each of their respective
organizations. The program helps nonprofit
organizations introduce web site sponsorship
opportunities to its supporters. The two
groups we are currently working with include: Flags across the Nation
(www.flagsacrossthenation.org),
and Survivors of Suicide Loss
(www.sossd.org).
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Cait Casey delivers presentation on the "Heart of the Zoo" to the August meeting of the American Society of Safety
Engineers.
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Cathi
Marx, a risk and safety professional, will begin
working with Thompson | Currier on
insurance/risk-related opportunities. Click
here for a
brief bio.
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Cait Casey and Steve Thompson complete certification process to become Trainers in the
Certified Occupational Safety Specialist
(COSS) program offered by the Pacific Safety
Council.
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Camille Currier and Steve Thompson author the article
"A Shareholder Solution for Workers' Compensation in
California." The article, appearing in Leading Companies Online Magazine, outlines ConAPA's (a small contractor association in California) efforts to create an effective health and workers' compensation program through employee
ownership.
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Cait
Casey completes both the OSHA 501 and 500
courses to become a trainer with OSHA Outreach
for both the 10 and 30-hour program.
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Thompson | Currier
announces strategic alliance
with HR Source Consulting, Inc. to provide
consulting and training on a wide variety of organizational
and human resource issues, including HR
management, assessments/audits, policy
development, employee relations, and
performance management. This new alliance
allows us to offer the new 2-hour required
training program (required for companies with 50
or more employees, or independent
contractors). Click
here to learn
more about the California
Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Program.
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The
Workers' Compensation Consortium (Steve Thompson
and Camille Currier are founding Members) form a
new alliance with Chapman University to add new
Workers' Compensation Adjuster Training
Programs, and jointly develop a military
transition program ("WC Adjusters Boot
Camp") for former military personnel
looking to enter the insurance industry.
Continuing partners on the this project include
the Insurance Educational Association and BCG
Insurance.
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Steve
Thompson chosen as co-author for the new Safety
and Health book to be published by Sybex
Publishing's Harbor Light Press division.
He will be co-writing with Dan Hopwood of
Sullivan Risk Services. The new
publication will be designed for Human Resource
Professionals and Small to Medium
businesses. It is scheduled for a November
2005 release.
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Steve
Thompson delivers presentation on Holistic
Ergonomics to INOVA
Diagnostics, Inc.
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Camille
Currier joins Advisory Board for the School of
International Business, San Diego City Schools
(SIB). The SIB program is designed to
produce innovative and culturally aware leaders
in business, government, and non-profit
organizations.
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Cait
Casey and Steve Thompson deliver its first
"Safety Orientation" to Members of
ConAPA. ConAPA is a California Corporation whose purpose is to aid the small business community by offering various services, including corporate formation, consulting management training, employee relations, safety training, Health, Disability and Life benefit packages, dental and vision care programs and liability insurance, among other benefits. Through the ConAPA Program , business owners are saving as much as 50% to 80% on their Workers' Compensation costs, while providing improved benefits to their valued team
members.
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Camille
Currier and Steve Thompson present
"Increasing Sales and Retaining Customers
Through Value Added Services" to the
Professional Women in Insurance. The
Professional Women in Insurance, in addition to
supporting charity causes such as InVEST and the
YMCA's Battered Women's "Shelter, is
dedicated to support of women in the
insurance industry.
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Thompson
| Currier partner with California State San
Marcos Student Interns to mentor them in a
company strategic marketing research
project. A big thank you to the three
seniors on the team: Ronny De Long, Claude
"Jeff" Herron, and Matt Leventhal!
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Camille
Currier, former Community Advisory Board Member
with the Center for Community Economic
Development (CCED), participates in students'
final project presentations. The CCED
develops business skills in people who have a
heart for the community. Since its inception in
1995, the CCED has graduated over 200 students
through its award-winning Community Economic
Development (CED) Certificate Program.
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Steve
Thompson delivers presentation on workers'
compensation to students of the Certified
Occupational Safety Specialist (COSS) program,
sponsored by the Pacific Safety Council.
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Thompson
| Currier chooses Pay-Net as its employee and
subcontractor payment service provider.
Pay-Net, founded in 1995, is based in San Diego,
California.
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Thompson
| Currier chooses North Island Credit Union as its financial institution. North Island is locally owned and is one of the largest financial institutions in the area, with more than 130,000 members and over $1.5 billion in
assets.
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Thompson
| Currier chooses Scott Peck of Dunlap,
Klingensmith, Dunlap & Peck (DKD&P) to
handle the company's finance and tax
planning. DKD&P and its team of
professionals bring many years of experience in business, finance,
and tax planning. Their clients include
lawyers, physicians, executives and business
people in virtually every field of endeavor.
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Thompson
| Currier confirms working relationship with the
Insurance Educational Association (IEA), the
nation's premier provider of insurance education.
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Contractors
Asset Protection Group (ConAPA) contracts with
Thompson | Currier to provide Membership
Services.
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Straub
Construction hires Thompson | Currier to assist
with safety and health program assessment.
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Cait
Casey, a safety and health professional and
coach, joins Thompson | Currier as a Supporting
Consultant.
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Thompson | Currier
announces Strategic Alliance
with WorkMed Industrial Care Providers.
WorkMed is a Primary Care Provider for all
Medical Provider Networks, and offers a complete
range of occupational and workers' compensation
medical services.
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Thompson | Currier
partners with California State San
Marcos Student Interns to assist with
company strategic marketing plan
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Steve
Thompson delivers presentation on "Safety Processes"
to the American Society of Safety Engineers (San
Diego Chapter).
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Thompson | Currier
to speak at INOVA
Diagnostics, Inc. March 2005.
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Mohr
Manufacturing chooses Thompson | Currier as its
Internet and Web Consulting services provider.
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BAE
Systems contracts with Thompson | Currier to
provide Trainer Development Program for
Technical Engineering Staff.
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Thompson | Currier
signs three-year consulting agreement to
provide safety and health services to G.S.
Levine Insurance Services clients.
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Camille
Currier and Steve Thompson launch Thompson | Currier, an employee-owned business consulting
company headquartered in San Diego.
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Camille
Currier and Steve Thompson participate in
California Workers' Compensation Education
Seminar - a joint partnership between the
Insurance Educational Association and Workers'
Compensation Training Consortium.
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