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Workers’ Compensation: 5 Mistakes Every Agent Makes


Total Credits: 2 including 2 CE Credit

Average Rating:
   132
Categories:
Commercial Lines |  Commercial Lines - Basic |  Big “I” Virtual University
Faculty:
Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS
Course Levels:
All Levels
Duration:
2 Hours
License:
Product Setting: Expires 30 day(s) after program date.

Dates


Description

Workers' compensation, as a coverage, is simple. A worker gets hurt, the work comp policy pays theoretically. That's the simple part.

The more complicated areas of workers' compensation involve the state laws and legal doctrines applicable to workers' comp.

Agents must be able to answer these questions when they arise. But there is much confusion and misinformation surrounding these topics. This session undertakes to introduce and answer these five questions to help prepare agents to better manage their client's usual and unusual workers' compensation exposures.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Understand whom is the insured actually responsible under workers' comp laws.
  • Understand who counts as an employee.
  • Learn what happens when employees travel out-of-state to work.
  • Learn when should insured's experience mod be combined.
  • Discuss what are some of the key premium audit problems.

Course Materials

Faculty

Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS's Profile

Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS Related Seminars and Products


Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS, joined the insurance industry in 1990. He is the Executive Director of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big "I") Virtual University. His current duties involve researching, writing, and teaching property and casualty insurance coverages and concepts to Big "I" members and others in the insurance industry.

During his career, Boggs has authored more than 300 insurance and risk management-related articles on a wide range of topics as diverse as Credit Default Swaps, the MCS-90, and enterprise risk management. In addition to this, Boggs has written 13 insurance and risk management books:

  • "The Insurance Professional's Practical Guide to Workers' Compensation: From History through Audit," now in its second edition;
  • "Business Income Insurance Demystified: The Simplified Guide to Time Element Coverages," now in its third edition;
  • "Property and Casualty Insurance Concepts Simplified: The Ultimate 'How to' Insurance Guide for Agents, Brokers, Underwriters and Adjusters;"
  • "Wow! I Never Knew That! 12 of the Most Misunderstood and Misused P&C Coverages, Concepts and Exclusions;"
  • "Insurance, Risk & Risk Management! The Insurance Professional's Guide to Risk Management and Insurance;"
  • "Workers' Compensation: How You Can Effectively Answer Your Clients 12 Most Commonly Asked Questions;"
  • "Glossary of Insurance Terms;"
  • "Choosing the Best Risk Financing Option;"
  • "Writing Property and Liability Coverage for Condos;"
  • "The Truth about Enterprise Risk Management;"
  • "The Experience Mod Worksheet;"
  • "What has ISO Done to us Now?" and
  • "Cancellations, Non-Renewals & Conditional Renewals: THE Insurance Professional's Guide to Statutory Insurance Carrier Notification Requirements for All 50 States!"

Boggs is a regular speaker at industry events, speaking for groups such as the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC), the National Society of Insurance Premium Auditors (NSIPA), the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), the Institute of Work Comp Professionals (IWCP), and the CPCU Society.

A graduate of Liberty University with a bachelor's degree in Journalism, Boggs' background includes work as a risk management consultant, loss control representative, producer, claims manager, and quality assurance specialist


Dates

Tue, Apr 02, 2024 - 09:00am to 10:59am MDT
Wed, Apr 17, 2024 - 11:00am to 12:59pm MDT
Mon, May 13, 2024 - 12:00pm to 01:59pm MDT
Fri, May 24, 2024 - 06:00am to 07:59am MDT
Fri, Jun 07, 2024 - 07:00am to 08:59am MDT
Wed, Jun 19, 2024 - 08:00am to 09:59am MDT
Wed, Jul 03, 2024 - 09:00am to 10:59am MDT
Tue, Jul 16, 2024 - 11:00am to 12:59pm MDT
Tue, Aug 13, 2024 - 12:00pm to 01:59pm MDT
Mon, Aug 26, 2024 - 06:00am to 07:59am MDT
Fri, Sep 13, 2024 - 07:00am to 08:59am MDT
Mon, Sep 30, 2024 - 08:00am to 09:59am MDT
Thu, Oct 03, 2024 - 09:00am to 10:59am MDT
Fri, Oct 18, 2024 - 11:00am to 12:59pm MDT
Wed, Nov 13, 2024 - 12:00pm to 01:59pm MST
Wed, Nov 27, 2024 - 06:00am to 07:59am MST
Thu, Dec 05, 2024 - 07:00am to 08:59am MST
Fri, Dec 20, 2024 - 08:00am to 09:59am MST

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