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7 Secrets that Cost Your Client a Bundle on their Workers' Comp

Six Ways You May Be Failing Your Clients

9 years, 13 days ago | Uncategorized

Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as "getting the fish in the boat." But it doesn’t take a master angler to know that...

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Seven Ways Supervisors Can Throw a Business Under The Bus and Not Even Know It

9 years, 13 days ago | Uncategorized

Supervisors play a key role in the management of injuries, return‐to‐work and reasonable accommodations under ADA. While supervisors may be well trained in the functional aspects of maintaining a safe workplace, reporting injuries, investigating injuries...

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Worker’s Compensation – The Role of the Family Practitioner in Injury Management

9 years, 1 month ago | Uncategorized

In a perfect world, every injured worker would be treated by a physician trained in Occupational Medicine, one who understands how to facilitate recovery and expedite return to work. However, it’s not unusual for employers...

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Prequalifying Your Business Can be Money in the Bank

9 years, 1 month ago | Uncategorized

Due to today’s economic conditions, more companies are looking for anything and everything they can do to give themselves a competitive advantage. Often times it’s their Experience Modification Factor (MOD). And easy to overlook, it...

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For Lower Insurance Premiums, It Pays to Keep Employees Fit

9 years, 2 months ago | Uncategorized

Healthier employees lead to lower premiums, according to numerous studies. If companies can help their workers improve their health without cutting benefits or shifting more premium costs to employees, where is the downside? After all,...

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Obesity’s link to Diabetes in the Workplace  Puts a Heavy Burden on Employers

9 years, 3 months ago | Uncategorized

The fact that there is an obesity epidemic in the United States is evident everywhere. A movie theatre seat has grown from an average of 19 inches to 23 inches wide, revolving doors from six...

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