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SAIF company history timeline

1914

Established in 1914 by the state legislature, State Fund is a vital asset to California businesses and employees; its history parallels the dynamic, influential, and innovative history of California itself.

1922

1922 - Management issues a memo to State Fund department heads noting that staff members are using an average of 43 pencils each per year.

1935

1935 - At the height of the Great Depression, 18 private workers’ compensation insurance carriers suffer insolvency, and approximately $2 million in industry claims go unpaid.

1952

1952 - Mutual Insurance Agents of California passes a resolution calling on Governor Earl Warren to prohibit State Fund from issuing any policy unless the risk first receives declinations from two private carriers.

1960

1960 - State Fund moves into its new Home Office at 525 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco.

1968

1968 - State Fund “flattens” its organizational structure by giving increased authority to District Managers.

1977

1977 - State Fund moves into its newly completed, 16-story Home Office building at 9th and Market Streets.

1993

1993 - Governor Pete Wilson signs a new round of reforms to reduce costs and curb abuse of workers’ compensation.

2004

2004 - State Fund marks its 90th year of providing workers’ compensation insurance -- and only workers’ compensation insurance.

2009

2009 – Wall Street Journal cites President/CEO Jan Frank and State Fund as laudable example of private sector working with government.

Operating expenses are reduced by $260 million, more than 25 percent since 2009, while doubling net income.

2012

2012 – Tom D. Clark retires as COO. Beatriz Sanchez named as Chief Operations Officer.

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