TAW-95021 / Affinity Insurance Services, Inc. (Fort Washington, PA)
Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 07/29/2018
Filed Date: 07/30/2019
Most Recent Update: 08/16/2019
Determination Date: 08/16/2019
Expiration Date: 08/16/2021
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-95,021
AFFINITY INSURANCE SERVICES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF AON SERVICES CORP.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM TAPFIN, TCS, AND GENPACT
FORT WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA
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 July 30, 2019 by a company official on behalf of workers
and former workers of Affinity Insurance Services, Inc., a
subsidiary of Aon Services Corp., Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
(Affinity Insurance Services). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of insurance services. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from Tapfin,
TCS, and Genpact.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Affinity Insurance Services 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 the supply of services like or
directly competitive with those supplied by the subject workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Affinity Insurance Services.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Affinity Insurance
Services, who are engaged in activities related to the supply of
insurance services, 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 Affinity Insurance Services, Inc., a
subsidiary of Aon Services Corp., including on-site leased
workers from Tapfin, TCS, and Genpact, Fort Washington,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 29, 2018 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 16th day of August 2019.
/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance