Illness, injury, violence and potential unrest. When employees travel abroad for business, there are multiple risks that have the potential to create foreign exposures for the employer. This session at the RIMS 2019 Annual Conference & Exhibition addressed available coverage and its capacity to adequately protect employees during international travel. Speakers included: Andrew Miller, Director […]

Illness, injury, violence and potential unrest. When employees travel abroad for business, there are multiple risks that have the potential to create foreign exposures for the employer. This session at the RIMS 2019 Annual Conference & Exhibition addressed available coverage and its capacity to adequately protect employees during international travel. Speakers included: Andrew Miller, Director […]

At the 2019 RIMS Annual Conference a session discussed using data analytics and predictive modeling to assist your risk managment program. The speakers were: George Furlong – Senior Vice President, Sedgwick Jeff Rycroft – Vice President, Express Employment Professionals Zoe Zinn – Workers’ Compensation Manager, Packaging Corporation of America Predictive modeling is something that gets […]

The occurrence of school shootings, store robberies and job-related fatalities have all contributed to the increase in cases of post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) in the workplace. This session at the RIMS 2019 Annual Conference and Exhibition discussed the need to address the issue on a broader basis. Speakers included: Dr. Teresa Bartlett, Senior Vice President, […]

Medical marijuana is now legal in 36 states, causing complex issues on construction job sites. In this session at the RIMS 2019 Annual Conference and Exhibition, Matthew Rodliff, Senior Claims Manager, Complex Construction Claims at Liberty Mutual, discussed the impact this trend could have on claims outcomes in a high-risk industry. Medical marijuana can increases […]

Wearables can do so much more than count steps and monitor heart rate. Assessment technology can objectively track and measure workers, detecting hot spots for efficiency loss and generating optimal physiological job matches. In this session at the RIMS 2019 Conference and Exhibition, Anthony Harris, Associate Medical Director and Vice President of On-site Clinical Operations […]

Autonomous vehicles may reduce the frequency of accidents, but they also present new liabilities. In this session at the RIMS 2019 Conference and Exhibition, Katherine Henry, Partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummins LLP, discussed the anticipated shift of liability from owner or operator to manufacturer. Coverage for Autonomous Vehicles Since the automatic transmission was introduced […]

Digital technology presents its own unique set of challenges to an organization. Creating a digital governance framework can help address those concerns. In this session at RIMS 2019 Conference and Exhibition, Genevieve Grabman, author of The Technology Takers, explained the ability of such a framework to establish responsibility for policies and procedures and monitor compliance. […]

Emerging risks and developing technology can make risk management decisions difficult. A new, holistic approach to data analytics can help improve risk management decision making throughout an organization as well as providing valuable information to help secure buy-in from the C-suite for those decisions. In this session at the RIMS 2019 Annual Conference and Exhibition, […]

At the 2019 Executives in Workers Compensation Conference, a panel discussed pain management challenges and solutions. The speakers were: Mark Pew – SVP Preferred Medical Kathleen Collins – Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Craig Hospital Jamie Goff – Director of Workers’ Compensation Claims, BETA Healthcare Group Kevin Roberts – Partner, Hanna Brophy The opioid epidemic has evolved […]