As Chief of Employer Services, Kevin Abrams manages policy coverage initiation and maintenance, delivery of programs and compliance for all state-fund and self-insuring employers. Abrams oversees several departments, including underwriting & premium audit, employer compliance, self-insured, and the professional employer organizations and employer programs units.

Abrams most recently served as commissioner for the Industrial Commission of Ohio, which conducts hearings on disputed workers' compensation claims. He was one of three commissioners responsible for establishing overall adjudicatory policy of the agency, including review of administrative rules, resolutions and policies.

As assistant law director for BWC from 1988 to 2005, Abrams was responsible for oversight of administrative and court settlements of BWC claims, self-insurance legal issues, bankruptcy and collection matters and special projects involving claims issues. Abrams is also a frequent lecturer on workers' compensation issues.

Abrams earned his bachelor's in psychology from Amherst College in Massachusetts and a law degree from The Ohio State University College of Law.