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  • Technology Decisions Sets TechDEC Program

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  • MGAs Often Perceived As Guilty Until Proven Innocent

    MGAs Often Perceived As Guilty Until Proven Innocent In todays hard market, managing general agents have their work cut out for them in trying to ...

  • Costly Prescriptions Jack Up WC Bills

    Costly Prescriptions Jack Up WC BillsA greater use of pricier painkillers and other prescription drugs to treat employees hurt on the job is sending workers ...

  • Med Mal: The Pain Before The Gain

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  • Disease Exposures Hike Comp Claims

    Disease Exposures Hike Comp ClaimsSafety efforts to prevent disease-related workers compensation claims at care facilities and prisons should include attention to dirty diapers and people ...

  • Poor RMs Overwhelmed By WC Claims

    Poor RMs Overwhelmed By WC ClaimsRisk managers who fail to stay on top of their workers' compensation claims are doomed to be buried by them.Those ...

  • Carriers, Agents, Rating, and the Web

    Although carriers as a group might not agree on their business and technology strategies, many are now pursuing the same goal: Web-based rating. Marketing, competitive ...

  • Who's Using What

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