Posts Tagged: workers’ compensation
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Nov 30, 2011
No CommentsWorkers’ Compensation Claims: Forms Drive the Process
As the line of business that typically requires the most state-mandated forms, it’s easy to see that the workers’ compensation claims process is most definitely forms-driven. And with those forms in the driver’s seat, insurers need to accommodate the various routes (a.k.a. forms changes) taken to achieve compliance. Sometimes form changes are dictated by legislative...
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Mar 21, 2011
No CommentsKeeping up with the Workers’ Compensation Claims Expenses and Forms
Bureaus, Boards, Departments, Courts, Commissions, Funds – often multiple agencies in one state – all with releases, be it by bulletin, letter, order, posting to a website or reference to yet another...
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Feb 11, 2010
No CommentsWorkers’ Compensation: Multiple Proposals in 2010
With all the proposed activity on many insurance fronts related to health care reform, the use of credit information in rating and underwriting, and focus on life settlement regulation, it is important to note the focus in many states on some level of reform, or modification to, the business of workers’ compensation insurance. For example,...
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Dec 01, 2009
No CommentsWorkers’ Compensation: Claims “Numbers”
Looking at all the possible moving pieces in an insurer’s workers’ compensation claim process, whether one is reviewing benefit calculations, reimbursements for travel, food, and lodging, or actual state-mandated claim forms, one cannot help but notice “numbers.” From the actual dollar payments to the numbers on the state forms, insurers face challenges in keeping up...
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Nov 12, 2009
No CommentsChallenges in a Forms-Intensive Industry
Property and casualty insurance insurers certainly operate in a dynamic forms-driven environment. Application forms and related forms, notices, and disclosures, as well as advisory organization and proprietary policy forms and endorsements, play key roles in insurers’ underwriting and policy issuance functional areas. On the claims side, it is critical that insurers use current and accurate...
