CopperPoint Insurance Cos. on Tuesday announced that Kris Mathis has been appointed senior vice president and chief workers' compensation claims officer.

Kris Mathis

Mathis will succeed Ginny Arnett Caro, who plans to retire at year-end after 21 years with the company.

In this role, Mathis will oversee all workers' compensation claims operations for the enterprise.

He joined CopperPoint through the acquisition of PacificComp in 2018 and has more than two decades of experience in the industry. Prior to CopperPoint, Mathis served in a progression of managerial and executive leadership positions in claims and field services for insurance carriers including SAFECO, CompWest, SeaBright and the Liberty Mutual Group.

Mathis earned a bachelor’s from California State University, Fullerton. He earned a law degree from Trinity Law School.

He holds a Workers' Compensation Claims Professional designation and a Self-Insured Administrator's Certificate from the California Department of Industrial Relations, Office of Self-Insurance Plans. He is a past member of the Governing Committee for the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau and currently serves on the board of directors and executive committee for the California Workers' Compensation Institute.

Mathis also serves on the Advisory Committee for Kids' Chance of California.