ADECA Crawford Sponsors Large Property Loss Workshop

ATLANTA, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Adjustadores de Centroamerica S.A. (ADECA) Crawford is sponsoring a workshop on large property losses and industrial business interruption today during the XXIII Congreso de Aseguradores in Guatemala.

The sponsorship is part of an overall effort to support training and development in the Central and South American insurance markets, said Mauricio Alonso, Crawford & Company's senior vice president and regional managing director for Latin America. "Our clients have told us that we can help them by making more of an investment in training and development in those areas, and we're working hard to provide them the support they've asked for," he said. ADECA Crawford (www.adeca.com.gt) is based in Guatemala and is Crawford's strategic partner in Central America.

Crawford recently sponsored a similar event in Mexico City and will hold another workshop on property loss and business interruption in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in August. Alexcarlo Rodriguez, a certified public accountant with the international forensic accounting firm C. Lewis & Company, and Domingo Salerno, an executive general adjuster with Crawford, will conduct the session at today's congress.

Crawford (NYSE: CRDA; CRDB), the world's largest independent provider of claims management solutions, has long offered comprehensive training to the insurance industry through its Crawford Educational Services unit, which provides both classroom and online courses in property, casualty and workers compensation claims adjusting. The company has successfully expanded its training capabilities through KMC On Demand(SM), an online learning platform that marries cutting-edge knowledge management technology with customized insurance training courses.

About Crawford

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Crawford & Company (www.crawfordandcompany.com) is the world's largest independent provider of claims management solutions to the risk management and insurance industry as well as self-insured entities, with a global network of more than 700 locations in 63 countries. The Crawford System of Claims Solutions(SM) offers comprehensive, integrated claims services, business process outsourcing and consulting services for major product lines including property and casualty claims management, workers' compensation claims and medical management, and legal settlement administration. The Company's shares are traded on the NYSE under the symbols CRDA and CRDB.

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