What Does NCCI’s 2011 Workers Compensation Issues Report Mean to Brokers and Their Clients?

Earlier this month, NCCI released its 2011 Workers Compensation Issues Report, a 12 part, 50 page document that addresses a wide range of topics affecting the industry today. The report is available in its entirety in two formats: pdf download (one file per report part) or a “virtual book” format which has some really cool [...]

On Work Comp’s 100th Birthday: Trends for the Future in Workers Comp and Mod Analysis

As you may have seen in recent insurance news, the United States workers compensation system turns 100 this year. That milestone is being observed over at Insurance Journal with both a look back – in Christopher Boggs’ article Workers’ Compensation History: The Great Tradeoff! – and with a look to the future in the article [...]

The Work Comp Analysis Group: An Outstanding Free Resource for Workers Compensation Professionals

Over a year ago, I encouraged our readers to join LinkedIn, the leading social networking site for professionals, after we conducted a survey that showed a high percentage of respondents in insurance and risk management were not participating in any social media. In that blog entry, I discussed the general benefits of LinkedIn for professionals [...]

Zywave Acquires Specific Software Solutions

Our faithful readers may have realized we’ve been rather quiet on this blog for, well, too long! In our defense, we’ve been very busy with some news that just became public yesterday:  Specific Software has been acquired by Zywave, Inc., a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) enterprise solutions for insurance brokerages. You can read the [...]

Workers compensation news and software support on your mobile device

So, you’ve watched our workers comp insurance training video, you’ve downloaded our new free booklet that explains experience mod analysis, and now you’re wondering: “What other marvelous free resources do those smart, creative folks at Specific Software have up their sleeves?” Well, hold on to your hats – uh, make that your mobile devices, because [...]

Top 10 ModMaster Features of the Year

by Kory Wells with Nick Cunningham As the year draws to a close and  “best of 2009″ lists permeate the media – best films, songs, books, news stories, and so forth – we’ve decided to make our own contribution with a list of the best new features in our ModMaster software that calculates the workers [...]

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