BATON ROUGE, La. (July 22, 2010)--Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has announced the promotions of two key executives. Paul Buffone is now Senior Vice President of Risk Management Services, and David T. White is Vice President of Internal Audit.

Buffone started with LWCC in 1993 as a law clerk. He later held various attorney positions for the company before becoming Senior Corporate Counsel. Buffone was named Director of Litigation Services in 2001. He was promoted to Assistant Vice President of Risk Management Services in 2006, then to Vice President of Risk Management Services in 2008.

Buffone received a B.S. degree from Louisiana State University and a Juris Doctorate degree from LSU's Paul M. Hebert Law Center.

White joined LWCC in 2007 as Director of Internal Audit. He was previously Audit Unit Manager for General Reinsurance's North America and Australia operations and also held several finance, accounting and audit positions with NYNEX, which is now Verizon Communications.

White earned a B.S. degree in accounting from the New York Institute of Technology and an MBA in accounting from St. John's University. He holds certifications as an Associate in Reinsurance, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Information Systems Auditor.

LWCC (www.lwcc.com) is a private, nonprofit mutual insurance company that is the largest writer of workers' compensation insurance in Louisiana. The company carries an "A" (Excellent) rating from A.M. Best and, for the ninth consecutive year, has been named one of the top 50 property and casualty insurers in the nation--out of more than 3,000--by Ward Group, the leading authority on insurance industry benchmarking.