Well, another big RIMS conference has come and gone, and I thought I would take a few minutes to reflect as we adjust back to the humdrum routine of our daily lives. Denver was a good, albeit cold, host city for the conference this year. Hotels were reasonable and close to the Conference Center, and…
RIMS 2014 – Using Predictive Modeling to Ferret Out Your Land Mine Claims
There is a danger to writing about this particular session from the RIMS 2014 conference held last week. It turns out one of the presenters is a regular reader of this blog. Normally I can opine on my impressions from a seminar with no one being the wiser about whether I really understood the topic…
2014 Kids' Chance Annual Meeting Highlights – Changing Lives One Scholarship at a Time
Kids' Chance of America, Inc. released a terrific video this week showing some of the highlights of the recent Kids' Chance Annual Meeting held in Philadelphia. I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at this meeting, and I think the video does a great job of capturing both the excitement and emotion of this…
RIMS 2014 – Waddling My Fat Fanny to the Workers Comp Obesity Session
The workers’ compensation session agenda here at RIMS 2014 appears to be significantly lighter than in previous years, so I suppose it is appropriate that one session I could attend was covering a heavy issue for the industry. The session, titled “Obesity Weighs Down Workers’ Compensation”, was held Tuesday morning here in Denver. In retrospect…