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DYER UG O � ADMINISTRATIVE e POLICY MANUAL �LORlA4' SECTION NUMBER DATE EFFECTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT I AM 1000.1 103-06-90 SUBJECT I PAGE MANAGEMENT POLICY STATEMENT 24 OF 26 308 Claims authority of Risk Manager. a. Subject to a maximum authorization of tbirly-five t en thousand dollars in the aggregate for each accident for compensation and other benefits required of the protected party by a workers' compensation law and damages because of bodily injury by accident or bodily injury by disease, the Risk Manager shall have the authority to pay in settlement without the need for prior approval, claims of a claimant covered by the employee liability program up to a total ofht xrty Byg tee thousand dollars in the aggregate for each claimant for all compensation, benefits or damages combined. Subject to the maximum limits of coverage of the employee liability program, the Risk Manager shall also have the authority to pay and settle without prior approval, claims covered by the employee liability program when directed to do so by order of a deputy commissioner . pursuant to the Florida Workers' Compensation Act by a court of competent jurisdiction, by act of the State Legislature or by action of the Board. With respect to those claims covered by the employee liability program for which the Risk Manager has the authority to pay and settle without prior approval and those claims of the employee liability program for which the Risk Manager has been given necessary prior approval or direction to pay and settle, the Risk Manager shall have the authority to accept or give releases on behalf of the protected parties involved. b. Prior to offering a settlement or making payment in the aggregate of amounts in excess of the maximums for which the Risk Manager is authorized without the need for prior approval, the Risk Manager shall refer any claims of the employee liability program which exceed the authority of the Risk Manager to settle and pay to the Administrator. The Risk Manager shall, as a part of the referral, provide the Administrator with a written synopsis of the pertinent facts and a specific recommendation with respect to the settlement or payment of additional amount on the claim. c. The Risk Manager shall, if practicable, prior to offering a setdement to a claimant advise a participant or department of the terms and conditions of the proposed settlement with respect to a specific claim aboutwhich the participant or department has expressed in writing a desire to be advised prior to the offering of settlement The Risk Manager shall also, ifpracticable, prior to the offering of settlement to a claimant advise a participant or department of the terms and conditions of the proposed settlement with respectto a claim arising out ofan accident from which the total pure loss incurred by the participant or department is likely to exceed i -fiv tea thousand dollars. These agreements to advise a participant or department shall not be construed as a relinquishment of the right of the Risk Manager or the employee liability program to control and settle claims covered by the employee liability program d. The Risk Manager shall have exclusive authority to settle claims within the specified settlement authorization and such settlement decisions shall not be subject to appeal to the Compensation Claims Committee or the Board.