Overview

The Human Resource Department’s Risk Management Division mission is to provide a safe working environment for City employees through proper training and implementation of fundamental safety procedures, loss prevention, and risk management principles.  Furthermore, it plans, organizes, and controls City activities to protect its assets and implements the loss exposure techniques that mitigate risk and allow the City to efficiently and effectively provide its services to the citizens of Laredo.

Risk Management is responsible for administering the following programs:

• Liability claims and litigation programs through its risk pool TMLIRP
• Workers’ compensation self-insured program
• Safety and loss prevention and control programs
• Risk financing to ensure proper funding of the Risk Fund