Wisconsin County Mutual Honors Loss Prevention Achievers

At the 1994 Annual Business Meeting of the Wisconsin County Mutual Insurance Corporation held prior to the Wisconsin Counties Association Annual Convention in Green Bay September 12th, the Wisconsin County Mutual honored county loss prevention achievers with awards for best overall loss ratio and made award announcements for individual county highway and sheriff departments for best loss ratios for those departments. Also, the winner of the prestigious Best Loss Prevention Program Award was presented with their award plaque.

The Award Plaque for Best Loss Prevention Program for 1993 was presented to Piece County for their outstanding loss control organization and the level of commitment demonstrated throughout the county at all levels. This commitment is reinforced by the regular meetings of the Pierce County Loss Prevention Committee, the quarterly reports to the Pierce County Board, and the time devoted to loss prevention issues at monthly department head meetings. The effort is supported by meetings of the Highway Department Safety Committee, and the annual Pierce County Highway Department's Safety Day where local towns and municipalities are invited to participate along side highway department personnel in program devoted to safety and loss control.

The Best Overall Loss Ratio Award for 1993 went to Ashland county whose loss ratio for 1993 was under one percent. This is a remarkable achievement for a county with the highway and policing exposures which Ashland County has.

Ashland County will also receive an award for Best Loss Ratio - Sheriff Department, along with Adams, Buffalo, Door, Florence,Forest, Iowa, Juneau, Kewaunee, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Pepin, Richland, Vernon, Vilas, and Wood Counties, all of whom had no losses in 1993.

Four counties were announced for later award presentations for Best Loss Ratio - Highway Department. These were Calumet, Green Lake, Lafayette, and Wood Counties. Their loss ratios? You guessed it! In spite of the fun winter, and tremendous responsibility resting on county highway departments in Wisconsin, these four counties managed to get through 1993 without a highway loss!

Congratulations are due all around for these achievers who have done so much for their counties and county tax payers.