Risk managers seeking to control the cost of workers compensation coverage can find an effective weapon by utilizing claims data and performing analyses that will help them deal with the most expensive claims.

Symbility Solutions Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Automated Benefits Corp., provider of claims processing and estimating software for the property & casualty insurance industry, has closed the previously announced transaction to acquire Marshall & Swift/Boeckhs (MSB) claims division.

Two California medical-malpractice insurers have agreed to lower their premiums, a decision the state-insurance commissioner says will lower costs to healthcare providers in the state by $4 million.