The Board of Directors of Louisiana Workers? Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has declared a 2013 dividend of $69.1 million, bringing the cumulative total dividend over the past 11 years to more than $300 million. The dividend, the company's largest to date, will be paid to qualifying policyholders in April.

The annual LWCC-Kids' Chance Invitational Golf Tournament raised more than $35,000 this year for the Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) Kids' Chance Scholarship Fund. The fund provides scholarships for dependent children of workers who have been killed or permanently and totally disabled in a work-related accident.

Hurricane preparedness checklists often include supplies such as bottled water, batteries, and first aid kits. Should your plans include mitigation projects, such as trimming trees and limbs, installing storm shutters, or other tasks that involve physical labor, Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation strongly encourages residents to add safe work practices to their hurricane checklist.