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SAIF Picks Industry Insider to be New CEO

By NIGEL JAQUISS

The state-owned worker's compensation insurer, SAIF Corp., named a new chief executive today, John Plotkin, an industry insider from Colorado.

Plotkin's selection ends speculation about whether the job—which currently pays $294,350 and is one of the state's plum public sector posts—would be a political appointment or go to a candidate with worker's comp expertise.

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