Insights
How Employers and Insurers Can Create The Most Effective Return to Work Programs
5 MIN READ
No one wins when employees miss work due to job-related injuries. Company productivity goes down and injured workers are often left vulnerable, confused, or feeling frustrated at what they believe is a complex workers' compensation program. With this in mind, employers and carriers are continuously looking for ways to ensure their return-to-work programs are effective and focused on what's best for injured workers.
Utilizing Nurse Case Managers for Workers Compensation Claims
7 MIN READ
One of the biggest challenges that the workers’ compensation industry faces today is the continuous rise in medical costs. As a result, the industry fights for improved efficiencies and cost containment, and injured workers can often get lost in the shuffle. Until now, most employers have focused on containing costs and reducing days lost, representing a more transaction-centric approach.
Taking a Position on Pre- and Post-Repair Vehicle Scanning
As vehicle complexity has increased exponentially in the last decade, collision repair diagnostics has taken center stage in the collision repair industry. With millions of lines of code, repairers must be prepared to fix a computer network on wheels. Read more about the Importance of Automotive Diagnostics in Collision Repair.
Mitchell Canadian Collision Summary: Q1 2017
This data is the product of upload activity from body shops, independent appraisers, and insurance personnel, more accurately depicting insurance-paid loss activity, rather than consumer direct or retail market pricing.
Average Length of Rental for Repairable Vehicles: Q1 2017
The rate of average Length of Rental (LOR) growth declined in Q1 of 2017 for the first time in multiple quarters increasing only a modest .2 days from 11.9 to 12.1. In March, the number was flat, the first month without a year over year increase in more than two years. The data demonstrates very little consistency across and within regions, therefore there doesn’t appear to be a true U.S. trend.
Growth in Special Materials and Its Impact on Estimating
While taking in the OE companies at the NACE and SEMA shows this past year, I was truly amazed to see their increasing use of special materials and construction techniques. I saw General Motors had the Cadillac CT6 cut-away at NACE, while at SEMA, they displayed a Chevy Bolt body shell, highlighting all of the materials, rivet styles, glues, and more.
Vehicle Scanning for a Computer Network on Wheels
Vehicle complexity has exploded in the last decade, and continues to accelerate. Collision repair used to be about sheet metal, headlamp and bumper replacement; now it frequently involves sophisticated electronics. From adaptive front lighting to regenerative braking, today’s auto body repair includes increasingly complex systems and electronic components.