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AWB EARNS
AWB EARNS
USCOC
USCOC
ACCREDITATION
ACCREDITATION
WITH
WITH
DISTINCTION
DISTINCTION
FOR THE
FOR THE
SECOND TIME
SECOND TIME
2013
2013
AWB MEMBERSHIP
AWB MEMBERSHIP
EXCEEDS 8,000
EXCEEDS 8,000
MEMBERS
MEMBERS
2012
2012
AWB EARNS
AWB EARNS
ACCREDITATION
ACCREDITATION
WITH
WITH
DISTINCTION
DISTINCTION
FROM THE U.S.
FROM THE U.S.
CHAMBER OF
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
COMMERCE
2011
2011
OLYMPIA
OLYMPIA
BUSINESS WATCH
BUSINESS WATCH
BLOG STARTED
BLOG STARTED
2006
2006
AWB’S NEW
AWB’S NEW
BUILDING
BUILDING
ADDITION
ADDITION
COMPLETED
COMPLETED
2006
2006
premiums are pooled together. At the end of the plan year,
officials take a “retrospective” look back and if the amount
of premiums collected exceeds claim costs, participants
receive a refund.
Unlike some retro programs, AWB returns 100 percent
of the CompWise refunds to employers, a distinction that
helped it become popular.
At t h e s a m e t i m e B r u n e l l wa s
strengthening AWB with programs
such as HealthChoice and CompWise, he was also raising its profile
throughout the state by writing a
weekly newspaper column that’s
published regularly in The Columbian, the state’s fourth largest daily
newspaper, as well as dozens of
smaller papers in every corner of
the state.
Brunell also built up the
association’s annual meeting,
transforming it from a quiet gathering into the Policy
Summit, the state’s biggest
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