Andrews rises to risk management challenges.(Risk Management Honor Roll)

From: Business Insurance | Date: April 7, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: MICHAEL BRADFORD

Roger L. Andrews found something he loved in a company mired in the rising costs of litigation and insurance-a challenge.

When he went to work at E.D. Bullard Co. in the summer of 1991, Mr. Andrews found the company-a manufacturer of personal safety equipment for workers such as firefighters, sandblasters and construction workers-beset by litigation costs that were draining 3% of its $21 million in annual sales and by product liability...