Business Services Industry
Baxter sees the risk management forest for the trees.
Business Insurance, April, 2001 by Ceniceros, Roberto
A few days after a recent earthquake rattled the Puget Sound area, a waiter offered some friendly advice to Gary A. Baxter. ``Buy insurance,'' advised the waiter, whose limited English-speaking skills led him to believe that Mr. Baxter is a college chemistry professor. Mr. Baxter isn't a professor, but he does know a few things about insurance.
He is assistant treasurer and director of insurance for a Fortune 500 company, Federal Way, Wash.-based Weyerhaeuser Co. The forest-products company owns properties valued at $16.4 billion and generates $15 billion in annual revenue. Contrary to the confused waiter's advice, Mr. Baxter works at steering clear of insurance purchasing. Under his direction, Weyerhaeuser has a sizable appetite for risk, relying less on...
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