DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,897

COMBINED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on February 5, 2007 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Combined
Insurance Company of America, Information Technology Division,
Chicago, Illinois. The workers of the subject facility provide
information technology services.
Combined Insurance Company of America is an insurance
provider. The Information Technology Division supports Combined by
developing and implementing software programs for the subject
firm's internal use only. Software created by the Information
Technology Division was used to sell insurance.
The investigation revealed that the subject facility does not
produce an article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act. In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker
group seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is
being sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article and there must be a relationship between
the workers' work and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision. The software created by the worker group
is for internal use only and are not marketed, nor intended to be.
The subject worker group does not support a firm or appropriate
subdivision that produces an article domestically and thus the
worker group can not be considered import impacted or affected by a
shift in production of an article.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.







Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Combined Insurance
Company of America, Information Technology Division, Chicago,
Illinois, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 20th day of March 2007

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance