A passage to India.
It's time to consider relocating some workers' comp operations offshore, such as in India, South Africa or Ireland. Lowering costs is an essential element but I think only part of the matter. Try to view offshore relocation not as losing an American employee but rather as gaining a better...

Crawford First International Claims Provider Fully Licensed in Japan; Firm Authorized to Represent Multinational Clients in Japanese Markets.
ATLANTA, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Archie Meyers, Jr., chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Crawford & Company (NYSE: CRDA CRDB), today announced that Crawford has been granted a full trading license in Japan and will offer clients full-service operations through the Tokyo office. According...

Risk Analysis and Evaluation.
The risk management process involves a series of steps: risk identification, risk analysis and evaluation, risk control, risk financing, and risk administration. Each of these steps is dependent upon the other and that the entire process is active, fluid, and constantly changing. However, the risk management process doesn't work...

Horticultural Program.
Specialty Programs of Royal & SunAlliance and the managing general agency, National Insurance Professionals Corp., have introduced a new program designed to meet the needs of the horticultural market. The new program, Green Shield, offers admitted coverage for property, general liability, commercial auto, inland marine, umbrella, crime, and others....

When Insurance Payouts Fall Short, You Can Fight Back!
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- When Connie Johnson and Scott Alden filed their property damage claims, they believed their insurance adjuster properly compensated them. Johnson received $5,000 to replace her living room carpet and contents, damaged by a burst pipe. Alden received $10,000 for roof repairs after...

Crawford Adjusters Canada Acquires Leonard, Hirst & Miller Adjusters.
ATLANTA, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Crawford & Company's President of International Operations, Jeffrey T. Bowman, announced today that Crawford Adjusters Canada has purchased Leonard, Hirst & Miller Adjusters (1977) Limited (LH&M), a multi-line adjusting firm that has been serving Alberta, Canada since 1957. According to Bowman, "The...

Insurance jobs.
U.S. insurance industry payrolls shed 5,600 positions from August to September, as total U.S. non-farm payrolls declined at the greatest rate since March 2003, according to seasonally adjusted data released Oct. 3 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. For the month, the industry's payrolls fell to 2.315 million,...

Our hands are tied.
Dear Editor, You have touched a sensitive spot for us with pharmacy now accounting for 12 percent of all medical costs paid. (Risk & Insurance[R], Workers' Comp, April 1, 2008, Page 14.) Your premise that claim adjusters have the power to control drug abuse is...

Elliott O. Foster, 93.
GILMANTON IRONS WORKS NH Elliott O. Foster, 93, of Crystal Lake Rd., Gilmanton Irons Works, NH, died Sept. 15, 2008 at Kennebunk Nursing Home in Kennebunk, ME. Born March 4, 1915, Columbia, CT, son of the late Rev. Elliott Foster and Elizabeth Foster, he moved to Gilmanton in 1980...

Are you on top of your company's unique risks? The vending operation has a unique set of assets. Hence, there are unique risks to be managed.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As a business owner, you are challenged with many important decisions to run a successful operation. One of the many challenges is how to protect your business assets. Your business assets include the products and services essential to the day-to-day operation as well...