Colen Joins Keenan & Associates as Senior VP

Keenan & Associates,a privately held brokerage and consulting firm based in Torrance, Calif., announced that Bernard Colen has joined the company as senior vice president in the public agencies property/casualty practice.

Colen has nearly 40 years of experience in workers’ compensation, both as a consultant and as the co-founder and president of third-party administrator Colen and Lee. After he sold his interest in that firm, he became a workers’ compensation specialist for the law firm of Lister, Martin & Thompson, responsible for client relations, business development and retention, litigation file preparation, research, lien negotiations, and appearances at the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. He is also certified by the state as a workers’ compensation claims administrator.