FOR

IMMEDIATE RELEASE - July 27, 2017

Contact: Justin Keener
Justin@granitepublicaffairs.com or 512-636-2527

Former Public Insurance Counsel and Workers' Compensation
Commissioner Rod Bordelon joins Granite Public Affairs

AUSTIN - Rod Bordelon, an 11-time gubernatorial appointee, joins Granite Public Affairs where
he will lead the firms insurance and regulatory affairs practice. Well respected throughout
state government and industry, Rod brings more than 30 years experience working with
consumers, regulators, legislators, and stakeholders. His background includes an appointment
by Governor George W. Bush, and re-appointment by Governor Rick Perry, as the states Public
Insurance Counsel. Perry subsequently appointed him as the Commissioner of Workers
Compensation.

As Workers Compensation Commissioner, his accomplishments included the implementation
of reforms that resulted in significant market performance improvements and cost savings, a 50
percent drop in rates of insurance premiums, and increased performance within the agency. As
Texas Public Insurance Counsel, he negotiated numerous regulatory reforms and was
instrumental in implementing flexible file-and-use rate and form procedures in property and
casualty lines of insurance, reducing regulatory delays, and increasing competition in the
insurance marketplace.

Rods experience as an agency leader, and as a voice for consumers, will provide our clients
with trusted counsel and a seasoned voice before regulators and policy makers, said Justin
Keener, a partner at Granite Public Affairs.

Rod most recently served as policy director of Texans for Free Enterprise, where he advocated
for price competition in the title insurance market. TFE remains a client of Rods and the firms.
Rod has served on several boards and commissions, including the International Association of
Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Legislative
Oversight Committee, Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office, Interstate Product Regulation
Commission, Southern Association of Workers Compensation Administrators, and Texas
Certified Self-Insurance Guaranty Association.

Raised in Laredo where he spent his early years working on his familys South Texas cattle
ranch, Rod graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, and received his law degree from
South Texas College of Law in Houston.

Granite Public Affairs is based in Austin and provides a range of issue advocacy, regulatory,
communications, and lobbying services.

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