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Managing, the mind and body: aggressive intervention gives employers a way to boost productivity among at-risk workers
When it comes to workplace productivity and employee well-being, employers who ignore the mind-body relationship do so at their own peril. Consider...
Risk & Insurance, 10/01/08 by Tom Starner · More from publication -
A case in context: despite the strict standards written into many TPA contracts, the various legal avenues available should the relationship sour, and the sometimes uneasy relationships between public insurance pools and their TPA, it's still the insuranc
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Summary * Because arbitration clauses are written into most public entity/TPA contracts, the...
Risk & Insurance, 06/01/08 by Tom Starner · More from publication -
Claims upgrades? Execs doze on it: attention to claims technology ranks low for 2008, as the soft market pushes executives to concentrate on pricing and underwriting but interest remains among midsize carriers
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] No doubt, there are many things that keep insurance carrier technology executives up at night....
Risk & Insurance, 04/15/08 by Tom Starner · More from publication -
A brighter outlook: associative filing vendors anchored to Microsoft's Outlook e-mail and database application capture the interest and the business of carriers and intermediaries
Summary Summary * Associative filing technology is based on association rather than on hierarchies. * The technology has allowed some carders...
Risk & Insurance, 02/01/08 by Tom Starner · More from publication -
The tortoise and the hare: property/casualty carriers were the first companies to adopt mainframes, but have since lagged in adopting other technologies, proving once more that the industry insists on moving at its own pace
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Summary * Carders hit a home run end were ahead of many industries by adopting mainframes as...
Risk & Insurance, 09/15/07 by Tom Starner · More from publication -
The buzz around the periphery: the application service provider, or ASP, model has been renamed as software-as-a-service, or SaaS. The model, however, is still preferred as a way to provide ancillary services
Summary Summary * The application services provider model is now known as the software-as-a-service model. * The model has matured over the...
Risk & Insurance, 09/01/07 by Tom Starner · More from publication -
A burden imposed heavyweights: California, Texas and Florida are applying stricter HIPAA standards to workers' comp medical bills. Other states are expected to follow suit, exacting a burden on payers
Summary Summary * California, Florida and Texas will adopt HIPAA standards for bill review in workers' compensation by the end of the first...
Risk & Insurance, 01/01/07 by Tom Starner · More from publication -
Smaller firms on a roll: paper is out. Digital documentation is in. It seems like the small and midsize P/C carriers are getting this, but most big insurers are still working in olden times, not real time
There is nothing energizing or healthy about the paper chase in the property/casualty insurance industry. The insurance business arguably is the...
Risk & Insurance, 10/01/06 by Tom Starner · More from publication -
Headed for a clash: insurance accounting managers face a bewildering contradiction: protect the privacy of data with tighter rules, even as wireless networks liberate the transmission of information
When insurance accounting managers belonging to the Insurance Accounting Systems Association gather in Boston next month, there will be plenty of...
Risk & Insurance, 05/01/06 by Tom Starner · More from publication -
Warming up to a model: small and midsize insurers like what they see in technology models known as ASPs
When it comes to processing medical bills associated with workers' compensation and other property/casualty commercial medical claims, Web...
Risk & Insurance, 02/01/06 by Tom Starner · More from publication
