Crum and Forster named George Burr vice president, California Workers’ Compensation Claims.

Burr will manage the West Coast workers’ compensation claims office located in Orange County, Calif.

Burr brings extensive workers’ compensation claims experience to Crum and Forster, most recently serving as vice president, Claims Operations for Seabright Insurance Company with responsibility for their Western Claims Division.

Burr began his insurance career as a workers’ compensation claims adjuster with Safeco Insurance, and subsequently held a number of management roles at Safeco including responsibility for field and home office workers’ compensation claim technical functions.

Burr reports to Stephen Eisenmann, senior vice president, Claims. Mr. Eisenmann commented: “We are excited to have someone with George’s knowledge and experience in workers’ compensation claims heading up our West Coast claims operation. George is a welcome addition to the claims management team as he shares C&F’s proactive claim management philosophy of early exposure recognition and high customer service standards.”