Baker Named Director of Self-Insurance at AWCC

The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that Mike Baker is the new director of the commission’s Self-Insurance Division (SID). He replaces Alan McClain, who is now the AWCC chief executive officer.

Baker was appointed director of SID in January. Before joining the AWCC, he was the workers’ compensation operations director of Arkansas for Reciprocal of America. Previously, he was vice president of Claims Management Services for Sedgwick of Arkansas, where he was employed for 14 years. Earlier, he worked for various companies in safety and personnel management.