Insurance Co. Names Chairman's Daughter as Ombuds

BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Company, the sole provider of workers' compensation insurance in West Virginia, has hired the daughter of H. Skip Tarasuk Jr., BrickStreet's chairman. Hilary Tarasuk is an ombudsman in BrickStreet's Office of Ombudsman/Government Relations. A company spokesman defended the action, saying that Hilary Tarasuk "underwent the same application and screening process as every other BrickStreet employee," and that she will not report directly to her father. (Charleston Daily Mail; Brickstreet Ombuds FAQ.)