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Issue

August 1, 2008

Cover Story

Comp Claims In-Depth Series (Part 1): The Comp Profilers

By Steve Tuckey

Predictive modeling helps workers' comp carriers improve care quality and contain costs, but questions linger on efficacy. MORE
Also: Modeling Can Also Aid Underwriting

Features

Reinsurance Power Broker^TM 2008: New Order Aglow With Promise

By Jack Roberts

Reinsurance brokers these days, while still placing a premium on maintaining good relationships, are managing ever more sophisticated analytical machinery. MORE

The Flattening World of Front and Back

By Deborah Smallwood and Cindy Maike

While the front office technology list remains the same, policyholder profiles, buying habits and expectations are changing. A pair of writers challenges the industry to execute the right technology decisions. MORE

Acting Big but Thinking Small

By Sam Radwan and Dale Johnson

Big carriers, geared toward larger companies, may discover they are out of their element when seeking opportunities in the small business marketplace. MORE

Doing Mental Healthcare Right the First Time

By Maurice Preter and Jeffrey Kahn

Employers are paying more attention to the impact mental illness can have on the bottom line, but determining the causes of many such illnesses merits a more muscular approach. MORE
Also: Urgent Indications for Psychiatric Referral*

Columns

Workers' Comp - The Insurance Entrepreneur
Roger on Risk - The Whacky World of Wiki
Risk Management - Built to Perfection
The Law - Court Pro Business? Not So Fast
Brokerage - A Federation of Angst

Departments

Special Reports

Captives

The softening cycle is making the traditional insurance market appear more appealing, so captive owners and managers might need to brush up on the benefits of their captive in case their C-suites come a' asking. And they might need to tighten up their captive operations to make them as efficient and cost-effective as possible. The new CICA Captive Best Practice Guidelines could help.

More Special Reports

In-Depth Series

Comp Claims In-Depth Series (Part 1): The Comp Profilers

By Steve Tuckey

Predictive modeling helps workers' comp carriers improve care quality and contain costs, but questions linger on efficacy.

Past Installments

Industry Risk Report

Middle Market

Insurers still have last year's profits to play with, but should they risk their bankrolls on new ventures in the middle market? Into exposures, lines and sectors they might not know as well as they should? Or ought they steer clear of the softening rates and the loosening terms altogether?

More Industry Risk Reports



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