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Spotlight Report December 4, 1995
Risk Management Systems & Strategies

RMIS Vendors K - P

Kemper National Insurance Cos.
Lindsey Morden Claims Management Services Inc.
MBA Inc.
Marshall & Swift
MedView Services-Insurance Software Packages
PTI Technologies Inc.
Paradigm Infosystems
Premium Review Associates
Progressive Data Solutions Inc.
Pyramid Services Inc.

Kemper National Insurance Cos.

1 Kemper Drive
Long Grove, Ill. 60049

708-320-2000

Branch offices: City of Industry, Calif; Chicago; Summit, N.J.

Contact: Bill Kahl, system product manager, 708-324-3454.


Staff: 53 total, 44 professionals.

Clients: 50 total. Sold systems to 25 clients in 1994

Officers: Alfred Kenyon, CEO; Beth Lindner, executive vp-KRMS; Mark O'Brien, vp-marketing/underwriting; Joe Zuniga, marketing officer.

User support: On site training*, telephone assistance 10 hours per day*, newsletter.

*Included in system price.

Software products:

KRM System

System requirements: IBM compatible PC system. Operates in DOS or Windows. Online system.

Customization optional.

Total Installations: 326; 76 in corporate risk management departments.

Claims/coverages managed: General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto.

Features: Loss prevention tracking, reserve tracking, safety and loss control tracking and reporting, incident reporting, report generation, litigation information, viewing of adjustor notes and checks.


Lindsey Morden Claims Management Services Inc.

3910 Brookside Drive
Tyler, Texas 75701

903-561-6700; fax: 903-561-7013

Risk management systems since: 1990

Parent: Morden Helwig

Branch offices:

Contact: Randy Neal


Staff: 28 total, 20 professionals.

Clients: 300 total, including 10 corporate risk management departments. Sold systems to 50 clients in 1994

Officers: Paul Maggi, senior vp; Randy Neal, vp; Steve Keefer, assistant vp; Farid Nagji, assistant vp-MIS.

User support: User groups/meetings, on site training*, telephone assistance 24 hours per day*.

*Included in system price.

Software products:

Flex System

Price: $40,000

System requirements: IBM compatible PC system. Macintosh PC. Operates in DOS or Windows. Online system. Customization optional.

First Installation: 1990

Total Installations: 45; 10 in corporate risk management departments.

Claims/coverages managed: General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto.

Features: Automated claims management, multi-user access, tracks coverages, built-in notes and diary ability, report generation including reserve analysis, safety reports, detailed loss reports, full and complete check printing module, interface and data transmission with insurers and clients. Options include custom screens.


MBA Inc.

36 Midvale Road
Suite 1G
Mountain Lakes, N.J. 07046

201-335-6423; fax: 201-335-9665

Parent: 1988

Contact: Peter Bennett


1994 revenues: 75% from software sales, 25% from software services.

Staff: Five total, all professionals.

Officers: Charles Cook, president.

User support: On site training, telephone assistance eight hours per day.

*Included in system price.

Software products:

Customized systems

System requirements: IBM compatible PC system. Operates in DOS or Windows.

Customized system.

First Installation: 1988

Claims/coverages managed: General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto, ocean marine, inland marine.

Features: IBNR projections, future lost cost projections, workers compensation long-term disability and survivors benefits, experience rating plan testing and development, management reports.


Marshall & Swift

911 Wilshire Blvd
Suite 1600
Los Angeles, Calif. 90017

800-451-2367; fax: 609-452-5705

Risk management systems since: 1986

Branch offices: Princeton, N.J.

Contact: Peter Wells

User support: Staff: Branch offices: Officers: Contact: .

Staff: 100 total, 50 professionals.

Officers: Robert Dowden, CEO; Kevin Keegan, president; Robert Crine, president-national services; Peter Wells, senior vp-national services.

User support: On site training*, telephone assistance eight hours per day*.

*Included in system price.

Software products:

80 Series

System requirements: IBM compatible PC system. Mainframe. Operates in DOS.

Customization optional.

First Installation: 1986.

Claims/coverages managed: Property.

Features: Replacement cost estimator for residential and commercial properties, localized by ZIP code.


MedView Services-Insurance Software Packages

3625 Queen Palm Drive
Tampa, Fla. 33619

800-237-8133; fax: 813-620-4973

Risk management systems since: 1985

Parent: Beverly Enterprises Inc.

Branch offices: El Segundo, Sacramento and San Francisco, Calif.; Monument, Colo.; Maitland, Fla.; Chicago; Farmington Hills, Mich.; Irving and Houston, Texas.

Contact: Don Konen


1994 revenues:

Staff: 60 total, 55 professionals.

Clients: 125 total. Sold systems to 20 clients in 1994

Officers: Robert H. Marks, president; Debra Cerre-Ruedisili, COO/senior vp; Valerie Wilson, vp; Marina Popovetsky-director-MIS; Jack Dugan, director-sales/marketing.

User support: User groups/meetings*, on site training*, telephone assistance 10 hours per day*, online interactive support*.

*Included in system price.

Software products:

MediStar

System requirements: IBM compatible PC system. Operates in DOS, Windows or Windows NT.

Customization optional.

First Installation: 1986

Total Installations: 25

Claims/coverages managed: General liability, workers comp, auto.

Features: Fully automated PPO repricing, utilization review, electronic filing, fee schedule validation of rules and values, medical bill history, duplicate checking, inquiry and enhanced reporting. Options include integration with CompStar; pharmacy module for repricing pharmacy bills.

MedView 2000

System requirements: IBM compatible PC system. Operates in DOS, Windows or Windows NT.

Customization optional.

First Installation: 1995

Total Installations: 6

Claims/coverages managed: General liability, property, casualty,workers comp, auto, group health.

Features: Includes all features of MediStar plus rule generator, state fee schedules, bill review criteria, batch processing, ad-hoc reporting security feature, expanded client set-up, enhanced invoicing capabilities, ususal and customary review capabilities. Optional pharmacy module for repricing pharmacy bills.

CompStar

System requirements: IBM compatible PC system. Operates in DOS, Windows or Windows NT.

Customization optional.

First Installation: 1985
Total Installations: 80
Claims/coverages managed: Workers comp.

Features: Reinsurance tracking, automated indemnity payment capabilities, enhanced security, claims adjudication, full fee schedule rates integration, PPO and correspondence module, reserve tracking, OSHA reporting, first report of injury. Option to integrate with MediStar and MedView 2000. Access Immediate module also available.

MultiStar

System requirements: IBM compatible PC system. Operates in DOS, Windows or Windows NT.

Customization optional.

First Installation: 1985

Total Installations: 16

Claims/coverages managed: General liability, property, casualty, workers compensation, auto.

Features: Legal module, report writer, claims entry, reserve tracking, payment inquiry, correspondence module, reisurance module, report generation, allows multiple claimants per claim, allows multiple payments to single provider on one check.


PTI Technologies Inc.

P.O. Box 309
Woodstock, Ill. 60098

815-568-2602; fax: 815-568-2604

Risk management systems since: 1984

User support: User groups/meetings, on site training, telephone assistance eight hours per day.

Contact: Daniel S. Deserto


1994 revenues: 40% from software sales, 60% from software services.

Staff: 10 total, 10 professionals.

Clients: 100 total, including 50 corporate risk management departments. Sold systems to 12 clients in 1994

Officers: Daniel S. Deserto, president; Janine M. Jozwiak, executive vp.

Software products:

Claims Master for Windows
Price: $3,500-$15,000
System requirements: IBM compatible PC system. Operates in Windows.

Customization optional

First Installation: 1984

Total Installations: 100; 50 in corporate risk management departments.

Claims/coverages managed: General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto.

Features: Claims processing and reporting, integrated diary system, transaction log for history of each claim, integrated word processing, industry standard and user defined claim category codes, ad hoc reporting, actuarial forecasting and analysis, spreadsheets and graphics support, monitors claim payments and reserves. Optional modules include interface with actuarial system and service, remote reporting and risk analysis


Paradigm Infosystems

15395 S.E. 30th Place
Suite 210
Bellevue, Wash. 98007

206-746-4559 fax: 206-746-4826

Risk management systems since: 1990

Parent: Risk Sciences Group

Branch offices: San Francisco; Atlanta; Chicago; Minneapolis; Mahwah, N.J.; New York; Dallas; Seattle.

User support: User groups/meetings*, on site training*, telephone assistance*, custom programming*, software enhancements*.


1994 revenues: $1,300,000 total. $1,200,000 from risk management information systems sales and services, 10% from hardware sales, 60% from software sales, 30% from software services.

Staff: 20 total, 18 professionals.

Clients: 30 total, including 26 corporate risk management departments. Sold systems to 10 clients in 1994

Officers: Jack Tatum, president; Wayne Radosky, managing vp; Rick Hoehne, assistant vp-business processes; Ken Elston, assistant vp-development; Meredith Randall, director-product design.

Contact: Shira Wilson

*Included in system price.

Software products:

ParaRisk

Price: $39,000

System requirements: IBM compatible PC system operating in Windows. Macintosh PC.

Customization optional

First Installation: 1991

Total Installations: 30; 26 in corporate risk management departments.

Claims/coverages managed: General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto.

Features: Claims administration and management for multiple lines of coverage; user-defined data inquiries; claimant medical treatment history; check processing and bank reconciliation; statements, file notes, word processing and spreadsheets; policy management, exposure and property value tracking; OSHA 200 log; claim and loss analysis reports; ad hoc reporting; data export capabilities. Optional modules include import of non-claim database creation and integration, loss forecasting, cost of risk/premium allocations, self-insured regulatory reporting, loss development analysis and custom claim/RMIS software development.


Premium Review Associates

35 Green Heron Lane
Nashua, N.H. 03062
603-888-9361

Risk management systems since: 1985

Contact: Norman Goodman

User support: Telephone assistance eight hours per day.


1994 revenues: 100% from software sales.

Staff: 4 total, 3 professionals.

Clients: 40 total, all in corporate risk management departments. Sold systems to 40 clients in 1994

Officers: Norman Goodman, president.

*Included in system price.

Software products:

EMS II

Price: $595
System requirements: IBM compatible PC system. Operates in DOS.

First Installation: 1985

Total Installations: 1,000; 100 in corporate risk management departments.

Claims/coverages managed: Workers compensation.

Features: Calculates the workers comp experience modification; allows verification and prediction. Optional rate support module.


Progressive Data Solutions Inc.

1300 N. Semoran Blvd.
Suite 200
Orlando, Fla. 32807

407-382-5920; fax: 407-382-5925

Risk management systems since: 1987

Contact: Barry L. Kelly, senior product specialist


Clients: 40 total. Sold systems to 13 clients in 1994

User support: On site training*, telephone assistance 24 hours per day**.

*Included in system price. **with purchase of maintenance agreement.

Software products:

AssuranceWare

System requirements: Mainframe, As/400 Customization optional.

First Installation: 1987

Total Installations: 45; 16 in corporate risk management departments.

Claims/coverages managed: General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto.

Features: Claims administration for most lines of coverage; policy tracking and full policy administration including rating, quotations, endorsements, coverage documents, billing; managed care including network management, fee schedule, case management, pre-certification, utilization review and claims editing interface for workers compensation; generates workers comp experience modification; reserve tracking; check processing and diary for most lines of coverage; report generation. Optional modules include reinsurance reporting for workers compensation, accounts payable, general ledger, check printing, deductible processing.


Pyramid Services Inc.

90 Grove St., Suite 207
Ridgefield, Conn. 06877

203-438-3883; fax:203-438-7128

Risk management systems since: 1987

Parent: Aon Corp

Branch offices: Los Angeles; Kansas City, Kansas; Boston; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Pittsburg

Contact: Patricia Sojak, 203-438-3883 ext. 260


Staff: 39 total, 33 professionals.

Clients: 141 total. Sold systems to 35 clients in 1994

Officers: William Kuebler, president/CEO; David Horton, Kenneth Luekens, Gary Michaels, Cathleen Nettune, vps.

User support: User groups/meetings, on site training, telephone assistance 11 hours per day.

*Included in system price.

Software products:

Pyramid

Price: $80,000

System requirements: IBM compatible PC system. Operates in DOS, Windows.

Customization optional

First Installation: 1988

Total Installations: 210; 103 in corporate risk management departments.

Claims/coverages managed: General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto.

Features: Loss forecasting, actuarial modeling, exposure management, cost of risk allocation, policy management, report writer, billing, safety audit tracking, data consolidation, claims administration functions, including first report of injury and check writing, report writer, on-line payment and reserve history, medical fee schedule and medical case management.