At the 2018 National Council of Self-Insurers Annual Meeting a panel of employers discussed workers’ compensation tips. The panel was: Rob Quast – Director of Risk Managment, Kroger Janet Kral – VP Risk Management, Nordstrom Zoe Zinn – WC Program Manager, Packaging Corporation of America Max Koonce – Managing Director, Sedgwick (Moderator) What is your […]

At the 2018 National Council of Self Insurer’s Annual Meeting, Max Koonce from Sedgwick talked about issues facing self-insured employers now and into the future. The very definition of employee and injury are changing. A recent Supreme Court case in California dramatically shifted the definition of who is an employee (vs independent contractor). The courts […]

At the 2018 National Council of Self-Insurers Annual Meeting, Ivan Diaz from Walt Disney Company talked about their safety efforts. Safety has always been a core part of Disney’s culture at their theme parks. If you look back at the letters that Walt Disney himself sent to new employees at Disneyland back in the 1950s, […]

This session at PRIMA’s 2018 Annual Conference featured the following speakers: Richard A. Spiers, CPCU, ARM, ARe Attorney Samuel C. Hall, Jr. Federal and state laws, with input from the ACLU,  are evolving regarding the information collected and stored by cameras. When the cameras should be turned on is another media topic. In addition, issues […]

This session at PRIMA’s 2018 Annual Conference featured the following speakers: Michael P. It worth – VP & Sr. Unit Manager – Genesis Benjamin C. Eggert – Partner – Wiley Rein LLP In the last decade, wrongful imprisonment suits have proliferated in number and costs to local governments. In responding to such suits, municipalities must […]

This session at the 2018 PRIMA Annual Conference, Mark Sulek – Associate Director, Public Sector – Aon, presented some “do’s and don’ts” as well as helpful hints. The RFP process has a reputation for being tedious, strenuous and frustrating. With a well defined plan, an RFP process, from conception to award, can be seamless while […]

This session at PRIMA’s 2018 Annual Conference featured the following speakers: Paul Marshall – Managing Director – McGowan Active Shooter Programs Dianne Howard – Director of Risk Management – Palm Beach County School District James Kelly – Retired Police Chief – Executive VP – Life Safety Solutions James Kelly opened the session by defining the […]

This session at PRIMA’s 2018 Annual Conference featured the following speakers: Carleen C. Patterson, ARM-P, CIC, CRM – Managing Director – Public Sector – Aon Sheri Swain – Director of Enterprise Risk Management – Maricopa County Community College District Carleen and Sheri walked through a detailed explanation of Total Cost of Risk (TCOR), it’s importance, […]

At the 2018 PRIMA Annual Conference, Kimberly George, SVP with Sedgwick, discussed the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD rarely stands on it’s own as a diagnosis. It is part of a larger issue around mental health. About one in five Americans will experience a significant mental health event this year. One in […]

This live edition of “Out Front Ideas” at PRIMA’s 2018 Annual Conference featured a panel of public entity risk managers discussing their biggest workers’ compensation challenges and how they are overcoming them. Panelists included: Mark Walls – VP of Communications and Strategic Analysis – Safety National Kimberly George – Senior VP of Corporate Development, M&A […]