PMA Companies Receives a 2008 Delaware Valley HR Department of the Year Award

The Human Resources Department of the PMA Companies was awarded a 2008 Delaware Valley HR Department of the Year Award. This award program recognizes Human Resources Departments in the Delaware Valley that have demonstrated overall service excellence and have a direct impact on the success of their organization. This is the first year that the PMA Companies’ Human Resources Department was nominated for this award.

"PMA’s strongest asset is our people,” said Andrew J. McGill, Senior Vice President of Human Resources & Facilities, PMA Companies. "We believe that in order for our company to deliver exceptional service to our customers--the cornerstone of our company’s business model--we need to deliver the same exceptional service to our employees. Thus, delivering award-winning Human Resources service is aligned with and drives our business model. Just as our Human Resources Department ranked at the top of this year’s award program, so does our company’s client satisfaction. The PMA Insurance Group scored a 96% satisfaction rate in our latest client survey. Our internal and external models are well aligned.”

The HR Department of the Year Awards was founded in 1998 by Scott Rosen, president of The Rosen Group, a human resources industry consulting firm. Nominees for the award represent a range of industries, including hospitality, financial services, pharmaceutical, healthcare and consulting services. Judges evaluate each nominated HR Department according to best in class programs they have established and the impact they have on their organization’s bottom line.

The evaluation for this year’s award focused on each HR Department’s impact on its organization and its innovative policies and best practices that have been introduced over the course of the last year. This award recognizes PMA’s Human Resources Department’s exceptional accomplishments, specifically in the areas of talent acquisition, human resources technology and strategic partnership with leadership throughout the organization. As part of the evaluation process, the judges visited each applicant’s work site to meet directly with the HR leadership team and CEO of each organization. "Our CEO, Vince Donnelly, takes great pride in our Human Resources Department and he was happy to share his view of the value the HR department brings to the PMA Companies,” said Mr. McGill.

PMA has more than 1,300 employees including 16 employees in the Human Resources Department. "Winning a 2008 Delaware Valley HR Department of the Year Award is a testament to the department’s overall understanding of the company’s business needs and standards of excellence,” said Mr. McGill.

PMA Companies

The PMA Companies provide risk management solutions and services, including workers’ compensation and property & casualty insurance solutions, throughout the United States. Headquartered in Blue Bell, PA, the PMA Companies are the operating companies of PMA Capital Corporation, a $2.6-billion holding company. Our companies have an unwavering commitment to customer service, and offer national capabilities designed to serve the distinct needs of sophisticated clients, larger accounts, alternative risk clients, groups, programs and captives, self-insured organizations and mid-size employers in diverse industries.

The PMA Companies include the PMA Insurance Group, specializing in workers’ compensation insurance, and offering commercial property & casualty insurance products; PMA Management Corp. providing results-driven risk management and fee-based services; PMA Management Corp. of New England, an affiliate of PMA Management Corp., operating throughout New England, and Midlands Management Corporation, a managing general agent with a specialty in excess workers’ compensation, program administrator and provider of fee-based services.