There is no I in team, we all have heard. Nor is there one in workers' comp success or in return to work. Taming the workers' compensation beast and wrestling costs to the ground is a team effort.
Whether risk managers have insurance or are self-insured, winning a claim often comes down to a contest between experts. Through testimony, your experts battle those of the other side.
Six hurricanes hit the United States in 2004, the most in nine years. According to reinsurance giant Swiss Re, nine of the 10 hottest years on record have been in the past decade. Coincidence? Unlikely.
Ragan, who maintains a 3.8 grade point average, recently graduated from the school and intends to pursue a career in claims. Last summer, he worked in his home town, Springfield, Ill., for AIG Claims
Risk profiling, also known as risk mapping, is a technique used to analyze a firm's portfolio of risks. Innovative risk managers are using this tool as one way to identify risk exposures.
Adjusters take different approaches to resolving these questions; however, they are prerequisites to the proper disposition of each and every claim. The absence of any one of them will negate a