Brown Named First Woman to Head Workers' Comp Division

A longtime state government insider has been named the first woman to lead the Texas  Division of Workers' Compensation. Gov. Greg Abbott this week named Cassie Brown, a deputy commissioner for regulatory policy at the state Department of Insurance, to head the workers' compensation agency. She will take over for Ryan Brannan, who left state government May 1 to launch a lobbying firm. "Ms. Brown will be a great asset to the division and we look forward to working with her in her new role," said Jeremiah Bentley, communications director for Texas Mutual Insuran...