IRMI Workers Comp

Reference At-A-Glance

A Complete Guide to Coverage, Laws, and Cost Containment

IRMI Workers CompAuthors: Christine Fuge, Linda G. Robinson, and Ann R. Hickman
Published & Regularly Updated: Since 1995
Pages: More than 1,600 in print
Supplemented Quarterly
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Includes: Executive Briefings and several Bonus Publications

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Description

This reference is the risk professional’s one-stop source of strategies, tactics, solutions, and information on most aspects of workers compensation law and insurance.

It will help you analyze exposures, determine the policy forms needed to provide the level of protection any type of organization needs, quickly understand the most important aspects of each state’s act, place coverage in the residual marketplace or in a monopolistic state fund, and develop effective cost containment programs.

Features and Benefits to You

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more info Agents, Brokers and Account Support Staff

  • Know which endorsements you should request for your customers to assure they do not have dangerous coverage gaps.
  • Give your clients suggestions for proven cost containment programs.
  • Determine whether your clients face exposures under maritime law or federal compensation acts.
  • Quickly understand how to use the residual markets in other states and use the handy contact information to get started.
  • Make certain that any clients’ workers who are employed by a professional employer organization (PEO) are properly insured.

more info Risk Managers, Financial Executives & Insurance Buyers

  • Learn ways to effectively control workers compensation costs.
  • Determine whether your organization faces exposures under maritime law or federal compensation acts.
  • Make sure you understand the policy provisions and scope of coverage provided.
  • Get a quick read on the statutes affecting qualified self-insurance in the states of your operations.
  • Quickly and easily review the benefits provided by each state’s workers compensation law.
  • Design a cost allocation plan that will motivate managers to take loss control seriously.

more info Underwriters

  • Quickly and easily review the benefits provided by each state’s workers compensation law.
  • Increase your understanding of maritime law and federal compensation acts and the exposures you are covering under the applicable endorsements.
  • Make certain you follow state laws and regulations when you decide to cancel a customer’s coverage.
  • Sharpen your underwriting skills with a better understanding of important risk control measures.

more info Claims Adjusters

  • State-specific summaries of WC laws and benefits.
  • Line-by-line explanation of the standard policy and major endorsements allows you to quickly determine if coverage applies to claims.

more info Attorneys

  • Advise clients on effective cost control measures.
  • Help explain policy provisions and coverage intent.
  • Utilize state-specific summaries of WC laws and benefits.
  • Demonstrate coverage best practices to the court to help you win your agent/broker E&O cases.
  • In absence of legal precedent, you’ll have valuable insight to what the policy does and does not cover. Since IRMI is a highly respected research firm and has been quoted in critical court cases, our interpretations carry a great deal of weight.

more info Consultants

  • Know which endorsements you should request for your clients to assure they do not have dangerous coverage gaps.
  • Give your clients suggestions for proven cost containment programs.
  • Determine whether your clients face exposures under maritime law or Federal compensation acts.
  • Utilize state-specific summaries of WC laws and benefits.
  • Make certain the any clients’ workers who are employed by a professional employer organization (PEO) are properly insured.