AGENT AGENDA ONLINE   October-December 2010
  From SFM-The Work Comp Experts. News for insurance professionals.


 
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  Auto accidents: What employers need to know when an employee is hurt  
 

Too often at the scene of an accident, employee drivers are uncertain about what is expected of them, and they leave the accident scene without getting vital information. Here is some good advice about auto accidents you may want to convey to your clients.

 
  Business ownership changes: Notify SFM via ERM-14 form  
  Notify SFM via the ERM-14 form of any change in ownership of a client's business. Also, you may want to advise a client about the impact a merger or acquisition can have on their worker's comp experience rating. Here's the important thing for a client to understand.  
  Rates up except in Minnesota  
 

Several Midwest states are looking at increases in workers' compensation rates or loss costs for 2011—except Minnesota, which has approved a slight decrease.

 
  Risk pool volumes decrease significantly  
 

Workers' compensation premium volumes in assigned risk plans across the region continue to decrease—a sign of the struggling economy.

 
  Minnesota treatment parameters revised
 
 

Significant changes to Minnesota's treatment parameters and permanent partial disability schedule went into effect Aug. 9.

 
  BRIEFS  
  'Do the penguin shuffle' Learn how to earn 20% commission  
  Iowa imposes third assessment in four years  
  Iowa legal workers' comp annual seminar set  
  Marino recently named to Wisconsin IIA committee  
  Brener named to Nebraska workers' comp group  
  SFM joins South Dakota Insurance Alliance  
  Bent recently named to Minnesota CPCU board  
  SFM sponsors Midwest manufacturers meeting  
  SFM to sponsor IAIABC annual meeting  
  MARKETING  
  New EPL client sell sheet charts high legal costs  
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Oct. 12

"Responding to work injuries" and "Return-to-work" seminars, Bloomington, Minn.


 
 

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