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VERC Receives Excellence in Risk Management Award

Chain honored for commitment to loss prevention, safety

DUXBURY, Mass. -- Gas station and convenience store retailer VERC Enterprises has been selected to receive the 2014 Excellence in Risk Management Award from Energi Insurance Services Inc. for its commitment to loss prevention and safety.

VERC Enterprises risk management loss prevention (CSP Daily News / Convenience Stores)

Accepting the award during the 2014 Risk Management & Insurance Summit in San Antonio, Texas, held October 6-10, was Barry Ahern, director of operations at VERC Enterprises. This marks the second consecutive year VERC Enterprises has received the honor.

The summit featured keynote address speaker President George W. Bush.

Energi is a Peabody, Mass.-based industrial reinsurance company that provides specialized insurance and risk management products to targeted market segments of the North American energy industry.

The theme of the 2014 summit was "Pioneering the North American Energy Industry."

"It was an honor to once again receive the Risk Management award from such a prominent company and to have the opportunity to attend this prestigious summit," said Leo Vercollone, president of VERC Enterprises.

Duxbury, Mass.-based VERC Enterprises is a leading regional convenience store and Mobil/Gulf gasoline operator with locations throughout eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire. It has more than 230 employees and is a leader in hiring those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In 2011 VERC Enterprises was recognized by The Boston Business Journal as a Best Place to Work in Massachusetts and as a Leader in Diversity and in 2011, 2012 and 2013 by The Boston Globe as a Best Place to Work in Massachusetts.

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