Coventry News

Claims Business: Davies, Verisk, Sedgwick and Enlyte

Davies Acquires IRS London-based international claims administrator Davies has acquired Insurance Risk Services. IRS, based in Lake Mary, Fla., conducts underwriting inspections for residential and commercial properties. The company operates a network of more than 1,000 field inspectors, Davies said …

Claims Business: Mitchell and QANI, Concentrix, Davies and Grovelands

Mitchell Adding QANI to Portfolio Mitchell | Genex | Coventry has agreed to buy QualCare Alliance Networks, a managed-care organization serving New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. San Diego-based Mitchell said in a press release that the purchase will strengthen …

What Value-Based Contracting Means to the Workers’ Comp Industry

Value-based contracting (VBC) widely used in the healthcare system is now a hot topic in the workers’ comp industry, according to a Coventry whitepaper released earlier this year. Though widely discussed among industry stakeholders, a common definition for the practice …

Business News: Insurity, Coventry, Acrometis, Genex

Insurity Acquires Valen Analytics Insurity, Inc., a provider of core insurance processing and data integration and analytics solutions, announced its acquisition of Valen Analytics. Founded in 2004, Valen is a provider of proprietary data, analytics and predictive modeling for P/C …

Post-election Impact of Newly Passed Marijuana Laws Still Up in the Air

Despite a societal shift towards the acceptance of marijuana, as evidenced by several newly passed state laws, political uncertainty as well as roadblocks at local, state and federal levels could derail its legal use. Last month, California, Massachusetts, Nevada and …

Patient Engagement Key to Improving Compliance, Return to Work in Workers’ Comp Claims

A new whitepaper by Coventry, a company that offers workers’ compensation cost and care management to insurers, third party administrators and employers, discusses ways to improve compliance and return to work in workers’ compensation claims. The paper, released this month, …