Cascading into Collapse: when lawyers and vendors make decisions about adjusting a claim at the expense of adjusters, it is the beginning of the end of a claims organization.
With lamp and gun, we explore the dark side of workers' compensation claims administration. We will follow, step by painful step, how a good claims operation can tumble into mediocrity. Take note: This happens more frequently than the industry would like to admit. Just as no bank...

The Global Claims Game.
Overseas claims present a different set of challenges. But managing expectations both internally and externally is perhaps the biggest challenge facing global risk managers, carriers, and brokers alike. Most risk managers with global risk management programs know that these programs have the least number of claims, but...

8 vying for 3 Town Council seats; Finances; attracting, keeping business are among key issues.
Byline: Brian Lee SOUTHBRIDGE - Eight candidates are vying for three Town Council seats in tomorrow's annual town election. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters from Precincts 1, 3, and 4 cast ballots at the Community Center, 153 Chestnut St.;...

'He's no Jeb Bush': Charlie Crist--ambiguous conservative, potential vice president.
WHEN the Florida legislature finished its spring session last year, Republican governor Charlie Crist hailed lawmakers for what he considered their most important accomplishment: "You put the nail in the coffin this afternoon on the industry that was hurting our people." He was talking about the insurance...

William N. Davis Jr., 89.
SOUTHBOROUGH William N. Davis Jr., 89, a life long resident of Southborough, died peacefully on February 26, 2008, at his home after a period of declining health. He was the husband of Jeanne (Offutt) Davis for the past 64 years. Born in Marlborough, he was the son of the...

Back in business; Companies, stores rebound after mill fire.
Byline: Linda Bock UXBRIDGE - Gary P. Wells first opened G&W Services Inc. in his basement in 1995, and after the July 21 fire destroyed the Bernat Mill complex, which housed his business, he is back in his basement. "So I guess you can say...

No big bankrolls in conservatives' campaigns for school board seats.
Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard Swirling rumors about who may be bankrolling Springfield School Board challengers in the May 17 election appear to be groundless, based on contribution and expenditure reports filed with the Lane County Elections Division this week. According to the reports, which...

A more dangerous place.
In a complete reversal, some American work has recently gotten more dangerous. Terrorism bring the battlefield to civilians here, the Pentagon brings civilians to battlefields there. Natural disasters are kicking more sand in our eyes. Invisibly inked into more job descriptions is a new function: crisis responder. ...

"Insurance loss adjusting: a study in semantic orientation". (Retrospect).
Once a man is aware of the essential non-identity of all objects and the artificiality of categories, he has acquired the fundamental attitudes for proper adjusting. The insistence upon differences, upon individual treatment, upon lack of dogmatism characterizes the adjustment process and may go far to explain why good...

No adjustment for some overpayments: Medicare.
Good news for physicians: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services won't be collecting overpayments that resulted from a 2-month delay in the 2003 physician fee schedule. CMS had previously directed carriers to automatically adjust claims submitted between March 1 and June 30. These adjustments were going...