Agent News
July 2015
At Accident Fund, we’re always looking for ways to make it easier for agents to do business with us. We realize that our agent partners work with multiple carriers and we strive to provide the most efficient system for inputting business. That is why we’ve decided to partner with Appulate to provide a new data bridge for uploading business – at no cost to our agents.
Appulate Uplink™ is a simple and comprehensive ACORD XML data bridge that allows agents to upload policy information from their agency management system and push the data directly to Accident Fund. Uplink™ works with any agency management system on the market and converts ACORD forms from the agency management system into ACORD XML that can populate our online rating system – eLink.
This system came highly recommended from one of our top agent partners, and we’re glad to provide this new efficient way of doing business to all of our agencies. After all, easier submissions equate to time and money saved as well as increased revenue and incentives.
If you have questions about Uplink, contact your business development consultant. For instructions on how to install the Uplink Virtual Print Driver, click here.
Do you have customers who have implemented loss control recommendations and built sophisticated risk management programs to protect their workers, but are still searching for ways to control their cost of risk? Risk Management Services (RMS) provides a comprehensive workers’ compensation product specifically created for retrospective and large deductible buyers who want some “skin in the game” when it comes to controlling insurance costs.
As we have mentioned in the past, Accident Fund agents have access to sell our RMS product to your current and potential clients.
RMS provides:
- Proactive claim and medical management services built to mitigate claim costs.
- Loss control experts who develop individual loss control strategies to address your customer’s specific loss drivers.
- Client relation consultants who are a single point of contact for customers.
- A risk management information system that allows you to generate customized reports, analyze loss trends, see daily adjuster updates and a multitude of other functions.
As RMS approaches its one-year anniversary in September, it’s exciting to report what has been achieved:
- For 2015, we’ve written $7.4 million in new RMS business.
- United Heartland, a member of Accident Fund Holdings, has written $5.7 million in new guaranteed cost premium after RMS prospects ultimately decided to choose a guaranteed cost program over a loss sensitive option.
- The RMS team continues to grow with RMS Director Tim Greifenkamp leading the way. In addition to Tim, current team members include:
- Pat Williams, RMS Manager
- Guy Couillard, Senior Sales and Marketing Representative
- Kevin Guernsey, Senior Sales and Marketing Representative
- Joe Hanssen, RMS Underwriter
- Anne Rankin, Senior RMS Underwriter
We encourage agents who have customers seeking high-touch, loss-sensitive solutions to reach out to any RMS team member, or email[email protected] and see how RMS can bring rewards worth the risk.
As the WorkSafe People™, Accident Fund understands the importance of injured workers receiving timely and appropriate medical care when a workplace accident occurs. By utilizing our state-of-the-art data analysis platform, we’ve created panels of medical providers who through their experience in occupational medicine and medical management help return your workers to health and work quickly.
In compliance with Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia workers’ compensation regulations, we have improved our process for creating and maintaining our Provider Panels and have updated our policyholder website to reflect these changes. Employers in other states can consult their Accident Fund claims representative when provider information is needed for an injured worker.
To access our State Provider Panels, policyholders need to register for the policyholder website, which can be accessed by clicking on the ‘Login’ dropdown at the top of the homepage. This flyer provides step-by-step instructions on how to register (or re-register) for our secure site.
Once registered, State Provider Panels can be found by selecting ‘Click Here for State Provider Panels’ or at the bottom of the homepage.
State Provider Panels now show the city, zip code and date that they were last updated, which will help policyholders when selecting a medical provider for their injured worker. There is also an email link to the Provider Panel Coordinators (PPC)in case the desired city is not listed. One of our PPCs will complete the panel and email it back to the customer.
The Roy Westran Memorial Insurance Industry Scholarship Golf Outing is just around the corner and we want to see you there. The event will take place on Friday, Aug. 7, at Hawk Hollow Golf Course in Bath, Mich., and we have plenty of room on the green as well as a variety of sponsorship opportunities that are still available.
The event helps raise education funds for students seeking insurance-industry related degrees and recognizes the work of the late Roy Westran, an individual committed to the advancement of our profession. Since 1990, the Westran Memorial Scholarship has awarded more than $810,000 to nearly 500 students and helped to ensure the growth of our industry.
The four-person scramble will begin at 8 a.m. with a continental breakfast, followed by a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. Lunch and an awards reception will follow in the afternoon. For more information, visit WestranScholarship.org or contact Kylie Olanowski.
