Reducing California Workers Comp Premiums To Be IRMI Seminar Focus

Release Date: December 30, 2003
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DALLAS—Astronomical workers compensation insurance rates and premiums are hurting the profitability of California businesses and, despite recent rate relief legislation, the problem will not soon go away. Short of leaving the state, businesses can’t completely avoid the problem, but they can take proactive steps to control costs. International Risk Management Institute, Inc. (IRMI) will be offering four seminars in California in February and March of 2004 to provide insurance buyers in California strategies for purchasing workers compensation insurance, insight into to how premiums are determined, how to handle disputes, and best practices for claims management, claims auditing, and risk finance.

The curriculum for Reducing California Workers Compensation Premiums: Expert Techniques To Minimize Costs is designed to give insurance buyers and their service providers a clear understanding of how to work more effectively in the difficult California insurance market and reduce premium costs.

2004 Seminar Dates and Locations
Pasadena—February 17
Anaheim—February 19
San Diego—March 2
Oakland—March 4

California Workers Comp Experts To Speak
Art Levine, Esq., Ph.D (cand.) J.D, CPCU, ARM
Jo Ann Wood, CPCU, AIC, RPLU
Michael Kaddatz, CPCU, ARM

Art Levine is a prominent California attorney who has specialized in California workers compensation premium issues for more than two decades. Jo Ann Wood, CPCU, AIC, RPLU, leads the claims consulting practice of ARM Tech, a leading insurance and risk management consulting firm. Its services include claims audits, TPA selection, and claims practices reviews. She has an extensive claims administration background. Michael Kaddatz, CPCU, ARM, managing director at ARM Tech, has helped California employers sort through their workers compensation insurance and alternative risk financing options for more than 25 years.

The registration fee is $497. For more information on Reducing California Workers Compensation Premiums: Expert Techniques To Minimize Costs, visit http://www.irmi.com/Seminars, contact us, or call 800–827–4242 and ask for the Conference Coordinator.

International Risk Management Institute, Inc. (IRMI), is a Dallas-based research and publishing organization focusing on insurance and risk management. IRMI reference services give insurance buyers, risk managers, agents, brokers, adjusters, coverage lawyers, and underwriters knowledge to deal effectively with complex and rapidly changing insurance and risk management issues and problems. For more information, visit www.IRMI.com, contact us, or write to IRMI, Inc., 12222 Merit Drive, Suite 1450, Dallas, TX, 75251.