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November 1, 2007
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Cover Story
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The Cost Controllers
By Michelle Kerr
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Features
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Out of Many, One
By Dan Reynolds
Centralized management and a program that empowers employees is creating success--and earning Riverside County the Theodore Roosevelt Workers' Compensation and Disability Management Award in the nonprofit category.
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Injury Intervention at Work
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Flushing out the Frequent Flyers
By Susan Gurevitz
Houston Independent School District claims manager Tom Dolan knew it was time to act when one employee had 17 claims in five years. How he dispelled such "frequent flyers" is what gained the district a 2007 Theodore Roosevelt Workers' Compensation and Disability Management Award in the nonprofit category.
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Stopping the Violence Spiral
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Giving Costs the Boot
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The Utilization Side of the Story
By Maddy Bowling and David Huth
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A Confederacy of Techies
By Cyril Tuohy
The sale of Policy Management Systems Corp. nearly a decade ago has given birth to a new generation of insurance software companies in and around Columbia, S.C.
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Fox Trots up to the Plate
By Dan Reynolds
KBR's David Fox lists passion, creativity and a commitment to communities as key elements in his tool box.
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Data, Privacy and the Risk Chain
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Columns
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Departments
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Special Reports
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Workers' Comp
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The world of workers' compensation is evolving. Keep up, first, by learning how to handle the basics--buying coverage in the up and down cycles that have driven and probably will always drive pricing. Then discover what's driving regulatory changes in the present--the redefinition of second injury funds in states around the country. Finally, explore the cutting-edge of disability: behavioral health and the APA's new tools to manage it.
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More Special Reports
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In-Depth Series
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Breach of Trust: World Trade Center
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Here begins the Risk & Insurance in-depth series on how Sept. 11 forever altered the workers' comp landscape and eroded the trust implicit between employer and employee.
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Past Installments
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Industry Risk Report
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Construction
There may be no more competitive field than construction. If sheer numbers of competitors weren't enough of an issue, larger contractors with international operations manage risks ranging from foreign political unrest to volatile exchange rates. Savvy construction firms depend on partnerships with other contractors, many times their competitors, to win and manage contracts near and far. But those partnerships raise yet another issue. What if the partner underperforms? Click above to read more on this industry, or view the industry risk table.
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