Mark McAdams, high-hazard occupancy specialist for FM Global, maintains its underwriting requirements for power generation, mining and service interruption. McAdams spoke with NU about some of the common exposures for companies in the power-generation industry and the underwriting considerations that come into play with high-voltage risk.
Elkays Workers Comp exposures are not dissimilar to those of other manufacturers: extensive hand/shoulder activity and lifting/standing, which contribute to carpal tunnel syndrome; tendonitis; and shoulder, back and knee strains.
Elkay Manufacturing limits itself neither in the production of its ever-expanding spate of products for homes and businessesnor in the protective measures it takes on behalf of its thousands of workers in the U.S. and abroad.
While Kelly Services Inc. is adamant about taking care of employees hurt on the job, it wont hesitate to redirect non-occupational injury and illness claims to private providers.
Thus far in 2012, 80 percent of all Workers Comp claims at Kelly Services Inc. have been reported within five days of the injury. This time period compares with an average of nine days to reach that 80 percent figure for the entire book of business at Kellys third-party administrator,...
While many Workers Compensation programs focus almost exclusively on medical and indemnity costs, Kelly Services Inc. took it a step further in 2003 by discovering a substantial cost included in the allocated loss-adjustment expenses (ALAE) of its third-party administrator (TPA). A deeper dive into its ALAE revealed Kellys medical-bill-review (MBR)...
Ask executives at Kelly Services Inc. what the most important aspect of its Workers Compensation program is, and theyll respond with a single word: zero.
Columbus, Ohio-based insurer SafeAuto has been a family-owned and operated business for 19 years, but on Aug. 13 an outside executive will take the reins as CEORon Davies, who most recently served as Senior Vice President of Product Management at Allstate. (Founders Ari Deshe, chairman & CEO, and Jon Diamond,...
Thus far, 2012 has been a revealing year for risk managers with regard to what the C-Suite expects of them and their ever-evolving (mostly expanding) roles. Here we offer a look back at NUs top stories in the first half of the year, addressing the major concerns and challenges of...
After decades working in the business on which he has left such a monumental mark, Pat Ryan still loves what he doesand excels at it because he is ever mindful of the impact his efforts, in insurance or otherwise, will have on others.