TPA News

Ebert Named VP of Program Business at REM

New Jersey-based Risk Enterprise Management Ltd. (REM) has named Michael Ebert as vice president of programs. Ebert has more than 20 years of insurer and producer sales, marketing, account management and service experience. He joins REM from PMA Group, where …

Breslav to Head Alternative Markets Team at SRS

Specialty Risk Services has appointed Gordon Breslav to its Alternative Markets sales team. Breslav will originate new business and captive, program, association and BPO relationships throughout the eastern region of the United States. SRS, based in Hartford, Connecticut, is a …

Has Claims Writing Improved in the Past 20 Years?

“How have the writing skills of property/casualty adjusters changed over the past 20 years? What factors have led claims letters to be better or worse than in the past?” I posted this question for discussion on a Linkedin claims group …

SRS Appoints Santschi as VP, Account Manager

Hartford, Conn.-based Specialty Risk Services (SRS) has appointed David Santschi as vice president, account management, for the Northeast and Southeast Regions. Santschi has more than 15 years of experience in the claims industry. He joined SRS — a national property/casualty …

American Claims Management Completes Annual SAS 70 Type II Audit

San Diego, CA, 12/14/09 – American Claims Management, Inc. (ACM), a leading third party administrator (TPA) of insurance claims services, announced today that it has received its Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70) Type II report with no …

West Virginian Broker Sentenced for Embezzling Insurance Premiums

A Huntington, West Virginia woman has been sentenced to three years and a month in federal prison for embezzling $1.1 million from her company’s clients. Andrea Mills formerly owned Allied Benefit Administrators Inc., a third-party administrator of employee health-benefit claims. …

GAB Robins Names Mussenden Senior VP of TPA Field Management

GAB Robins North America Inc. has promoted Carl Mussenden to senior vice president, third party administration field management. Mussenden joined GAB Robins in 2007 as vice president, workers’ compensation product line director, and over time took on additional responsibilities including …

Georgia Certifies Rockport Workers’ Compensation Network

Rockport Healthcare Group, a national preferred provider organization (PPO) focused exclusively on workers’ compensation, reports that its network has been certified in the state of Georgia. The certification covers all 159 counties in the state. Rockport offers access to workers’ …

Report Card: Best, Worst States for Workers’ Compensation

Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Utah and Virginia do the best job handling workers’ compensation injuries, while Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas and Wyoming perform the worst. That’s according to the latest report card from the California-based Work …

Milpitas Man Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud

Antone Costa Rita Jrjr. of Milpitas, Calif., has been apprehended as the result of an investigation conducted by the California Department of Insurance (CDI). He was charged with presenting a false or fraudulent insurance claim and making false or fraudulent …