2017 -- S 0964

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

RECOGNIZING AND HONORING JAMES V. ROSATI OF NARRAGANSETT, RHODE

ISLAND, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER ELEVEN YEARS OF

OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP OF THE BEACON MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

     Introduced By: Senator Dominick J. Ruggerio

     Date Introduced: June 20, 2017

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, James V. Rosati began his career as President and Chief Executive Officer

of the Beacon Mutual Insurance Company in Warwick, Rhode Island on January 1, 2007; and

     WHEREAS, By providing the most innovative programs, competitive products and

outstanding service to businesses and their employees, James has fostered Beacon's mission of

being a substantial instrument in the stabilization, fiscal health and proper positioning of the

Rhode Island workers' compensation system; and

     WHEREAS, James has guided the continued financial strength of Beacon and has led

Beacon to return dividends to its policyholders for seven years in a row; and

     WHEREAS, Regardless of their risk or performance, James has managed Beacon in

providing workers' compensation insurance to over 12,000 Rhode Island businesses; and

     WHEREAS, In conjunction with his team, James has successfully brought regulatory

compliance to the operations of Beacon during his tenure; and

     WHEREAS, James has directed Beacon's operations to the highest degree of

transparency and ethics; and

     WHEREAS, James has led Beacon to deliver exceptional comprehensive loss prevention

services to policyholders in order to create a culture of safe workplaces in Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, Through his leadership at Beacon, James has ensured that injured workers in

Rhode Island are treated with respect and dignity as they recover from work related incidents; and

     WHEREAS, James is retiring as President and CEO of the Beacon Mutual Insurance

Company on June 30, 2017. He has served the Rhode Island community with philanthropic

generosity over the years and he is eminently deserving of our appreciation and gratitude; now,

therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby recognizes and honors James V. Rosati for eleven years of dedicated service to the state.

We moreover wish James and his family the very best in retirement; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. James V. Rosati.

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