DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,932

CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF THE CONTINENTAL CORPORTATION
SPECIAL FUNDS UNIT & CLAIMS OPERATIONS UNIT
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 17, 2016 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Continental Casualty Company, a subsidiary of The
Continental Corporation, Special Funds Unit & Claims
Operations Unit, Syracuse, New York (herein referred to as
"Continental Casualty Company"). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the supply of commercial property and
casualty insurance services as it relates to filing Second
Injury Fund reimbursement requests and performing legal
referral work.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Continental Casualty Company.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Continental Casualty
Company, a subsidiary of The Continental Corporation, Special
Funds Unit & Claims Operations Unit, Syracuse, New York, who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of commercial
property and casualty insurance services as it relates to
filing Second Injury Fund reimbursement requests and
performing legal referral work meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:











"All workers of Continental Casualty Company, a subsidiary
of The Continental Corporation, Special Funds Unit &
Claims Operations Unit, Syracuse, New York who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 16, 2015, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 13th day of September 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance