Keenan and SafeSchools Announce Program to Provide Online Safety Training to California Public Educational Agencies

Business Wire,  April 21, 2008  

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TORRANCE, Calif. -- Keenan & Associates, the largest privately held brokerage and consulting firm in California, and SafeSchools, the premier developer of online safety training for school systems, based in Cincinnati, OH, have announced that the firms have teamed up to provide an enhanced, value-added online training program specifically designed for California public educational agencies. Beginning this summer, Keenan will provide all of their property and casualty clients with access to these training tools through "Keenan SafeSchools".

"Keenan SafeSchools" is a web-based delivery system for a wide variety of safety and risk management training modules. "Keenan SafeSchools" also provides the technology platform to administer, assign courses to employees, track compliance progress, and document training completion.

"Keenan SafeSchools has been specifically tailored to address California public education needs, from the types of risk exposures they face to the details of Cal-OSHA and Education Code requirements," reports Kathy Espinoza, Director of Ergonomics at Keenan. "The program will allow schools to provide extensive training to hard to reach employee groups in a very cost-effective way. Because the courses are delivered through an internet application, there is minimal disruption to their operations and reduced travel requirements."

"We look forward to making our leading edge training programs more widely available to California schools through our association with Keenan, the premier California school brokerage," explained Brian Taylor, President and CEO of SafeSchools. "Our objectives to create safer, more compliant school environments align closely with Keenan's approach to risk management."

"Keenan SafeSchools" will be deployed beginning this summer to more than 500 K-12 districts throughout California. Keenan SafeColleges, which will be tailored to California community college districts, will be ready to roll out in the fall. For more information about "Keenan SafeSchools", please contact Kathy Espinoza at (951) 715- 0190, ext. 1194 or kespinoza@keenan.com, or Jim Nulsen at 513-366-4075 / jnulsen@safeschools.com.

About Keenan

Keenan & Associates, headquartered in Torrance, CA, was founded in 1972. Keenan has grown to the 17th largest insurance brokerage and consulting firm in the United States. With a network of offices located throughout California and a staff of more than 650 insurance specialists, Keenan is a full service broker and consultant, dedicated to providing superior insurance products and services for public agencies and health care organizations. The company's exceptional growth is directly related to its concentration on meeting the risk management, employee benefits, workers' compensation and property & liability consulting and brokerage objectives of public entities, health care systems and high-tech firms. For more information, call 1.800.654.8102, or email info@keenan.com. Visit our web site at www.keenan.com.

About SafeSchools

SafeSchools.com is an online training and tracking system that is specifically designed for school districts. As a true educational publisher, SafeSchools works with nationally renowned safety experts to develop training modules that are relevant to workers, both professional and support staff, in the school environment. The SafeSchools Compliance Management System (CMS) provides administrators with the tools to automatically track, document, and report on employee participation. SafeSchools.com is published by Scenario Learning LLC, which is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH. For more information, call 1.800.434.0154, ext. 50 or email jnulsen@safeschools.com.

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