Rex Blateri
Director, Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation

“We believe that ESAC’s accreditation standards, compliance monitoring procedures, and financial assurance program will be effective in protecting the interests of the BWC. ESAC’s 10-year track record of zero defaults and the extensive regulatory experience of its outside directors were key factors in our approval decision.”

Dom Rotondi
Former Director of Unemployment Insurance,
New York State Dept. of Labor

“The tangible value of ESAC’s program warrants the support and participation of the entire industry. These programs offer a solid foundation for the industry to develop an effective strategy for achieving reasonable and cost-effective regulation
nationwide. Government regulators will view any industry’s selfregulation efforts favorably if it includes meaningful standards and financial protection. This should be the PEO industry’s number one government affairs goal.”

Ron Retterath
Past Senior VP and Chief Actuary,
National Council on Compensation Insurance

“ESAC’s client assurance program provides a way for legitimate PEOs that are doing things right to clearly differentiate themselves from firms that are likely to fail in hard times. During an intense time of competition in the 80s, over 100 insurance companies went broke leaving billions of dollars of losses. The state insurance guaranty funds generally made the policyholders whole and ensured that employees and plaintiffs were compensated. This is why negative press toward the insurance industry was minimal, and most people didn’t even realize the enormity of the insolvencies.

ESAC provides the PEO industry with a legitimate foundation for self-regulation that can be developed over the next few years into meaningful industry-wide protection of the public from damaging failures that always occur from time to time in any industry. This program deserves the full support and proactive development of the entire PEO industry.”

Les Rawls
Former Insurance Commissioner, State of Oregon
Past President, National Association of Insurance Commissioners

“As the PEO industry grows, it will come under increasingly closer scrutiny by local and state governments and by regulators. These regulators are sensitive to the protection of PEO clients and will appreciate ESAC’s valuable program offering solid financial protection to these clients. ESAC’s program for accredited PEOs can be a cornerstone of regulatory and legislative support for the PEO industry’s argument for uniform and cost effective regulation. Every PEO, large and small, needs to support this extremely beneficial program.”