Changes in Latitudes – A Work Comp Conference in Vegas, a New Address for the WorkCompEdge Blog

You might think it’s the onset of summer and the lure of vacation time that has me humming Jimmy Buffett’s “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes” – and you might be right! But events happening here at Zywave have me contemplating other changes of locale as well, and I want to share those with you: [...]

Experience Mod as Contract Bid Qualifier: Indiana Bureau Advocates for Change

“We just can’t change your mod,” Ron Cooper says, describing his conversations with employers who contact the Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau (ICRB) in frustration over their most recent experience mod value. While some of those calls may be about the impact of an unexpected mod increase on an employers’ workers’ comp premium, the most troubling [...]

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 [...]

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