Crawford & Company: Crawford Names David Falgoust Senior Vice President of Ethics and Compliance

Crawford Names David Falgoust Senior Vice President of Ethics and Compliance

Newly created position will oversee the Global Ethics and Compliance office

ATLANTA (March 3, 2014) - Crawford & Company announced today that David Falgoust has been named senior vice president and chief Ethics and Compliance officer; he will oversee the just established Global Ethics and Compliance office, which is comprised of a number of compliance, ethics and audit functions. Falgoust formerly served as a corporate compliance attorney in the office of the General Counsel. No longer functioning as a lawyer, Falgoust will report to Allen W. Nelson in his role as chief administrative officer.

 "Crawford & Company is committed to the highest standards of corporate conduct in all of our business dealings globally.  Nothing is more important to the overall success of Crawford as an enterprise than our ethical values," noted Crawford President and CEO Jeffrey T. Bowman. "Our new Global Ethics and Compliance office will provide comprehensive ethics education, training programs and communications designed to ensure that Crawford's ethics and values are integrated into its business practices on a consistent basis around the world. David is an excellent choice to help create and manage this program."

The Global Ethics and Compliance office will be responsible for providing Crawford employees with the information, tools, guidance, training and support they need to comply with Crawford's Code of Business and Ethics Conduct when making day-to-day business decisions.  This office will also include ongoing efforts to assess, evaluate, monitor, and audit compliance with the company's ethics and compliance policies and procedures.  

Falgoust joined Crawford in 2006 after serving as an attorney for BellSouth Corporation for 14 years. He holds a Juris Doctorate from the Tulane University School of Law as well as Bachelor of Arts and Master of Liberal Arts degrees from Tulane University. He is admitted to practice law in Georgia and Louisiana and serves on the Board of the Friends of First Tee of East Lake and chairs its Mentoring and Enrichment committee.

About Crawford

Based in Atlanta, Ga., Crawford & Company (www.crawfordandcompany.com) is the world's largest independent provider of claims management solutions to the risk management and insurance industry as well as self-insured entities, with an expansive global network serving clients in more than 70 countries. The Crawford System of Claims Solutions® offers comprehensive, integrated claims services, business process outsourcing and consulting services for major product lines including property and casualty claims management, workers compensation claims and medical management, and legal settlement administration. The Company's shares are traded on the NYSE under the symbols CRDA and CRDB.  

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For more information or a photograph of David Falgoust, please contact:

John L'Abate, public relations manager
404.300.1908 (office)
404.226.2931 (cell)
jwlaba@us.crawco.com

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