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| Raymond H. Courtois | Contact Info |
| Ray began his career in 1960 with Todd Shipyards Corporation in San Pedro, California. During his 32 year career at Todd, he held such positions as Accounting Paymaster and Accounting Supervisor. While employed in the accounting field, Ray set his sights on the safety, workers' compensation and liability insurance fields. He attended specialty courses through Aetna and Traveler's Insurance companies, as well as attending a local college at night.
He successfully made the transition in 1970, as a director for the Safety and Workers' Compensations Departments. He spearheaded the effort to create a new safety program for the shipyard, which met Federal and State OSHA standards. His effort came to fruition in 1976, which resulted in the shipyard receiving a fewer number of OSHA inspections and reducing OSHA Citations. In 1981, he transformed Todd's Workers' Compensation program into a self-administered program. In his tenure with Todd Shipyards Corporation, it is estimated that he managed over 30,000 compensations claims. In addition, Ray was a founding member of the Longshore Claims Association (LCA), which was established to promote cooperation among those claims adjusters handing workers' compensation claims, as well as perpetuating their proper administration. He has been a Director at the LCA since the association's founding in 1989. In 1993, he joined Lamorte Burns & Co., Inc., to oversee the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation claims. Currently, he is the Manager of the Southern California Office, located in Long Beach, California. |
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| Wu-Ing Wang (Wendy) | Contact Info |
| Wendy has been with Lamorte Burns & Co., Inc. since we were headquartered at The World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan. She completed her Master's Program, with honors, at SUNY Maritime College at Fort Schuyler. As Manager of the Long Beach Office P&I section, she is in charge of all matters, including cargo, Charter Party, and hull matters. She is also in charge of crew-related claims; medical bill repricing & negotiating with providers for agreed audit. Furthermore, Wendy provides extensive support to our branch offices regarding P&I matters.
Wendy devotes considerable effort in regard to third party indemnity claims because of our firm's policy of not just providing premium quality of claim handling services, but more importantly to go one step further to aggressively pursue indemnity recovery for our clients. Over the last 20 years, Wendy has developed an expertise in creating and implementing Cargo Risk Management Procedures for our shipowner and charterer clients. Wendy is also responsible for training new personnel and is The P&I department manager in our Long Beach Office. |
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| Rahee Hafiz | Contact Info |
| Rahee joined Lamorte Burns & Co., Inc. in 2002 as an adjuster. He previously worked for Merrill Lynch as a Financial Specialist, and as a Business Analyst at UBS Warburg.
He graduated cum laude from The Ohio State University, where he earned a degree in Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Rahee is currently handling P&I related claims, including dry cargo, bulk liquid, container claims, Charter Party, alliance-sharing agreements, in addition to dealing with United States Coast Guard and Immigration Services. Furthermore, Rahee is heavily involved in the handling of third party indemnity claims, which is of crucial importance to a vast majority of our clients. From our Long Beach Office, he is serving a broad array of clients in the Far East, as well as in other parts of the globe. |
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| Edward H. Sakai | Contact Info |
| Edward Sakai started handling claims in 1996 for FARA and administered USL&H claims for International Transportation Service and Sea-Land Service. Throughout his USL&H and Workers Compensation State experience he was promoted to Supervisor in 2003. With a Bachelor's degree in Marketing and he would also market and target Brokers, Agents or Insurance Companies. Edward is currently a claim adjuster handling USL&H for Commercial Insurance Service. |
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