PARSIPPANY — Restaurant Programs of America (RPA) and Innovative Coverage Concepts (ICC) announced today that Susan LaBar has joined the sister restaurant insurance company in order to develop and implement customized risk solutions. PRA is located at Eight Wood Hollow Road.
“We are thrilled to have someone of Susan’s caliber within the risk management field as a part of our team,” said Dean Carras, President and CEO of RPA.
In her new role as Director of Claims Management, LaBar will focus on building out claims and risk management practice solutions. These solutions encompass claim reviews, reserve and loose trending analysis, litigation management, and claim investigation strategies.
LaBar has a 23-year track record of delivering risk management claims solutions as a client advocate. She spent 12 years as the Regional Claims Manager at One Source Facility Services, managing all lines of claims in 12 states. Most recently, LaBar was the Risk Manager at Coach USA, responsible for 19 separate companies in 23 states and Canada.
LaBar’s programs have reduced claims by 30 percent over five years, representing a savings of over $10 million for her clients.
Restaurant Programs of America (RPA) is a national restaurant insurance agency focused solely on providing quality business insurance products and services to restaurants throughout the United States. We first offered our services in the NJ/NY metropolitan area, and over the last 40 years, have grown RPA into a national provider of property & casualty insurance to restaurants. Our corporate headquarters is located in Parsippany, New Jersey, and we also maintain offices in California, Colorado, Florida, Missouri,North Carolina, Washington DC and Pennsylvania.
Insurance Coverage Concepts (ICC), founded in 2001, has now grown to be a premier National Managing General Agency (MGA) specializing in all types of restaurants and food and entertainment related risks. ICC differentiates themselves by implementing customized Risk Management solutions to reduce risk and control claims costs.
