| AGENT AGENDA ONLINE December - January 2006 | ||||
| State Fund
Mutual Companies publication for insurance agents |
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| TOP STORIES | ||||
| SFM's medical services | ||||
Plenty of medical issues drive workers' compensation costs; here's how State Fund Mutual tackles them |
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| Business plans with direct contract agencies under way | ||||
| In the coming weeks, SFM underwriters will be meeting with large direct contract agencies to agree upon business plans for 2006. State Fund Mutual has direct contracts with 80 agencies in Minnesota and 35 in Wisconsin. | ||||
| SFM offers 'Transformation Station' to agencies in '06 | ||||
State Fund Mutual is offering a new system, Transformation Station, that enables agents to access real-time SFM policyholder information, such as loss runs and billing information, from their own agency's system. In addition, applications may be submitted through this new system. |
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| CompOnline upgrade: more client data | ||||
| Enhancements to SFM's CompOnline are scheduled for release in January to help agents track client performance. | ||||
| 3,100 new small accounts join SFM so far this year | ||||
| About 1,200 are small, low-risk policies that have come to SFM in response to invitations sent to small employers insured through the Minnesota Assigned Risk Plan. In addition, a significant number of policies have come from agents interested in turning over to SFM portions of their small account books of business. | ||||
| BRIEFS | ||||
| New direct contracts | ||||
| Minnesota pricing flat in 2006 | ||||
| Assigned Risk Plan volume | ||||
| Shortcut to the SCF assessment | ||||
| Minnesota to probe frivolous denials | ||||
| Giving back | ||||
| POLICYHOLDER SEMINARS | ||||
| Responding to work injuries | ||||
| OSHA 10-hour construction workshop | ||||
| Making the most of your loss prevention program | ||||
| CALENDAR | ||||
Dec. 26 Christmas observed--SFM closed |
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