Message from the CEO
Thank you for visiting the LUBA Workers' Comp Web site!
We set out over 20 years ago to serve Louisiana businesses, founding our company on a model for steady, controlled growth. And though we’ve become one of Louisiana's largest workers' comp providers, we’ve never wavered from those principles.
Our success has come through aggressive claims management, active loss prevention and disciplined underwriting – all of which has led to even lower loss ratios. We've shared our financial success with our policyholders, returning dividend checks every single year since 1994. Now that's Genuine Dependability!
We constantly seek new and better ways to support our policyholders, our agents and our community. I hope you'll find this site a valuable resource in your day-to-day business. Please don’t hesitate to contact me directly with questions or comments. We welcome and look forward to your feedback.
Sincerely,
David Bondy,
Chief Executive Officer
LUBA Workers’ Comp
Leadership
David J. Bondy Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Board of Directors
A founder of LUBA Workers' Comp, Mr. Bondy was involved in the passage of legislation that reformed Louisiana's workers' compensation system and pioneered the creation of group self-insured funds. He has been instrumental in establishing and servicing self-insurance plans throughout the Southeast and is a founding member and past-president of the Louisiana Association of Self Insured Employers. He also is a Louisiana State University graduate.
Michael S. DePaul, Chief Operating Officer, Board of Directors
Mr. DePaul is a CPA and former senior manager at KPMG Peat Marwick. He joined LUBA in 2003 as Chief Financial Officer and served in that role through 2010. A graduate of the Tulane University School of Business, he is a member of the board of directors for the Tulane Association of Business School Alumni, the Baton Rouge Speech and Hearing Foundation and the Young Leaders Academy.
Steven M. Werner, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Werner is a certified public accountant and certified internal auditor. He joined LUBA in 2011 and previously served as internal reporting director for Lamar Advertising Co., one of the country’s largest outdoor advertising firms, also based in Baton Rouge. Werner is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants. He also serves on the board of directors for the A.C. Lewis YMCA.
Troy J. Prevot, Senior Vice President
Mr. Prevot earned a health science degree at LSU and a physician assistant degree from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He spent two years as a researcher at the University of Florida Department of Orthopedics in sports medicine/orthopedics and coauthored several peer-reviewed publications. He served for 15 years practicing orthopedics and occupational medicine. In 2006, he earned an MBA from LSU and now serves as senior vice president of LUBA Workers' Comp, overseeing claims, information technology, compliance, internal control and the LUBA Care program. He serves on the Louisiana Office of Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, the Workers' Comp Research Institute Advisory Council and the Louisiana Association of Self Insured Employers Advisory Council.
Beth Walters, Senior Vice President
Mrs. Walters has more than 30 years’ experience in virtually every aspect of the insurance industry. She spent the past 20 years exclusively in workers’ compensation underwriting, policy services, loss control, and compliance. At LUBA, she is responsible for Regulatory Compliance, Forms and Rate filings for Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas. She assists management with annual reports and is responsible for internal controls for procedures in all departments. She has extensive knowledge of rating and regulatory rules, classifications, experience ratings and basic-manual rules in Louisiana and neighboring states. Mrs. Walters holds AINS, DAE and CPIW designations. She is a member and past president of the Insurance Professionals of Baton Rouge, member of Institute of Internal Auditors, past Council Director, Louisiana NAIW International, a member of Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals, and a member of NAIW International.
Robert A. Bienvenu III, Senior Vice President of Sales
Mr. Bienvenu has over 23 years' experience in the insurance industry and previously served as regional sales director for Austin, Texas-based Employers Inc., formerly AmComp Inc., a national workers’ compensation insurer. He has extensive experience in the areas of sales-marketing, underwriting, as well as claims management.
Keith Kimble, Vice President, Marketing
Mr. Kimble has more than 20 years’ experience in marketing and sales, working closely with LUBA's contracted agents to ensure their needs are met. He is instrumental in facilitating new business written by LUBA throughout Louisiana.
Debbie Lowe, Vice President, Marketing
Ms. Lowe has spent more than a decade in insurance and health-care marketing. She works closely with LUBA's contracted agents to ensure their clients' needs are met. This is instrumental in facilitating new business written by LUBA throughout Louisiana. She is a member of the Young Insurance Professionals.
Christopher B. Kennedy, Claims Manager
Mr. Kennedy has 16 years’ experience in workers' compensation claim adjusting. He earned a business management degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1993 and joined LUBA as a claims supervisor in 2005. He holds a Mississippi adjuster's license and has adjusted claims in the jurisdictions of Louisiana, Mississippi, the U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers Act and the Jones Act.
Dr. Richard Hebert, Medical Consultant
Dr. Hebert graduated from the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. After a general-practice residency at Charity Hospital in New Orleans and Lafayette, Louisiana, he joined the U.S. Army in internal medicine at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. In 1977, he was a co-founder of the Pulmonary Disease Clinic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At LUBA, Dr. Hebert helps ensure that patients get proper treatment and the best opportunity for returning to work. He also reviews treatment and charges from hospitals and physicians to ensure their appropriateness.
F. Charles Marionneaux, President, Chairman, Board of Directors
A practicing attorney since 1987, Mr. Marionneaux is a partner in Marionneaux & Marionneaux in Plaquemine, Louisiana, specializing in civil and criminal litigation.
Steve M. Boudreaux, Board of Directors
A principal and founding partner of ABMB Engineers Inc., Mr. Boudreaux earned a civil engineering degree from Louisiana State University and is licensed in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Virginia. He is a member of the Consulting Engineering Council of Louisiana, the Louisiana Engineering Society and the National Society of Professional Engineers.
Stephen C. Moore, Board of Directors
A veteran commercial-industrial contractor, Mr. Moore is president of Moore Construction Inc. in Baton Rouge and earned a construction degree from Louisiana State University. He has served as chairman of the Construction Industry Advisory Council, an organization that supports and enhances LSU's Construction Department, the second largest in the nation.
