Special Report: Secrets of success in workers' comp risk management from the 2010 award winners.
Editor's Note
NU Hails WC Risk Management Award Winners!
In this e-newsletter, National Underwriter profiles the three winners from the fourth annual "NU Award For Excellence in Workers' Comp Risk Management" program, sponsored by NCCI.
"All three winners are role models for their peers," according to former NU Editor in Chief Sam Friedman. "Their efforts to maintain a high profile in risk management at a time when so many companies are focused on cutting short-term costs at the expense of long-term gains is extraordinary. Their efforts will hopefully spur others to follow in their footsteps."
Meet the winners!
Integrated Disability Management Fuels American Electric Power Company's Comp Claim Success
How do you keep 22,000 employees in 12 states safe and get them back on the job quickly after an injury when they work for one of the country's largest electric companies, featuring power-generating facilities, miles of transmission and circuit lines, 10,600 vehicles, three airplanes, 52 tug boats, 2,300 barges, 7,000 rail cars, and a maintenance facility?
Flextronics Finds Accountability Pays As Allocation Raises Loss Awareness
How can a company maintain a successful workers' compensation risk management program in a competitive environment when battling an economic downturn and while digesting an acquisition of a firm larger than the corporate parent?
Without Reinventing The Wheel, Nissan North America Achieves Big WC Savings
While most of the headlines related to the auto industry these days have focused on financial instability or driver safety issues afflicting some of its competitors, Nissan North America has achieved dramatically improved workers' compensation results by creating a safer workplace for its employees.
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NU ROUNDTABLE: AWARD WINNERS ADDRESS WORKERS' COMP CHALLENGES
Tough Times Keeping The Heat On Risk Managers Tackling Comp Costs
Winning trio share the secrets of their success during WCEC roundtable
It isn't easy being a risk manager in the middle of one of the worst economic downturns since The Great Depression, particularly if you are trying to control workers' compensation costs.