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Risk Management Systems & Strategies
Spotlight Report December 2, 1996

Vendors "C-D"

CNA Risk Management
California Interactive Computing Inc.
Cantor & Co.
CompReview
Control Software Group Inc.
Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
Corporate Systems Ltd.
Crawford RSG
DAVID Corporation
DORN Technology Group Inc.
Copyright© 1996, 1997 Business Insurance

CNA Risk Management

  • CNA Plaza, Chicago, Ill. 60685; 312-822-4859; fax: 312-817-1638

    Risk management systems since: 1990.

    Parent: CNA Financial Corp.

    Software products:

    ClearView

    Price: $18,000.

    System requirements: IBM compatible PC system; operates in Windows. Online system.

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1996.

    Total installations: 40, all in corporate risk management departments.

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

    Features: Claim review, including view loss details, reserves, payments, notes and status reports; report generation using a report writing tool with ability to filter, sort and group data; loss development triangles on the most recent four years of data (based on any of six financial variables); loss stratification and capping; download to 12 file formats; graphs; productivity tools, including e-mail, word processor, spreadsheet, special handling instructions and fraud indicators; workers comp measures.

    User support: Onsite training*, telephone assistance 10 hours per day*.

    Staff: 40 total, 20 professionals.

    Branch offices: San Francisco; Duluth, Ga.; New York; Dallas.

    Contact: Jack Tieman, 312-822-4857.

    * Included in system price.


California Interactive Computing Inc.

  • 25572 Ave. Stanford, Valencia, Calif. 91355; 805-294-1300; fax: 805-294-1310

    Risk management systems since: 1977.

    Software products:

    GenIRIS-Integrated Risk Information System.

    System requirements: IBM compatible PC system; operates in DOS, Windows or terminal. Online system.

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1977.

    Total installations: 300, all in corporate risk management departments.

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

    Features: Fully integrated claims processing, risk analysis and managed care modules, reserve functions, check processing, ad hoc reporting, diary/calendar, notes, benefit/relative value schedule tables. Optional modules include document imaging system and additional first report of incident reporting system.

    GenCOMP-Workers Compensation Claims System.

    System requirements: IBM compatible PC system; operates in DOS, Windows or terminal. Online system.

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1977.

    Claims/coverages managed: Workers comp.

    Features: Automated claims administration function, personalized management, ad hoc report generation, reserve functions, online payment history, table-driven codes, legal tracking, diary/calendar, notes, 1099 and OSHA reports. Optional modules include document imaging system.

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

    Staff: 50 total, 40 professionals.

    Clients: 300 total.

    Officers: Jerry Buckley, president; Eric Hoffberg, vp-systems.

    Contact: John M. Carolan, regional account executive.

    * Included in system price.


Cantor & Co.

  • 9100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 445 E., Beverly Hills, Calif. 90212; 310-859-7277; fax: 310-859-7415

    Risk management systems since: 1982.

    Software products:

    Riskmap Risk Financing.

    Price: $2,195.

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

    Customization optional.

    First Installation: 1983.

    Total Installations: 140; 90 in corporate risk management departments.

    Claims/coverages managed: All risks, including general liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto.

    Features: Risk financing, discounted cash flow analysis, comparative analysis, fully integrated automated graphics. Optional modules to model your own plans available.

    Riskmap Loss Forecasting.

    Price: $2,195.

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

    Customization optional.

    First Installation: 1984.

    Total Installations: 83.

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

    Features: Frequency and severity forecasting, cost of property/casualty and benefit plans overall and by line of coverage computations, confidence intervals for analysis, fully integrated automatic graphics, self-insured retention and deductible analysis, integrates with Riskmap Loss Develpment.

    Riskmap Loss development.

    Price: $1,795.

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

    Customization optional.

    First Installation: 1989.

    Total Installations: 22.

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

    Features: Produces development factors for total loss reserves and pay outs, generates graphics, includes fully integrated automated graphics, integrates with Riskmap Loss Forecasting.

    Riskmap Captive Risk Financing.

    Price: $1,995.

    System requirements: IBM compatible PC system; operates in DOS.

    Customization optional.

    First Installation: 1984.

    Total Installations: Two.

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

    Features: Produces income, equity and available cash statements; loss reporting and payment; discounted cash flow analysis; fully integrated automated graphics.

    MQMS Plus Claims Management.

    Price: $6,000-$40,000

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

    Customization optional.

    First Installation: 1987.

    Total Installations: 260.

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

    Features: Incident reporting; safety and loss control; quality management; critical pathways; policy management; risk management; concurrent review; custom reports library; trending analysis; integrated custom graphics, including control charts; statistical reports; custom forms and letters modules; automated internal and external correspondence; customizable data dictionaries; financial analysis and reporting. Optional modules include interface to external information systems, notebook, scanning, exposure base management, litigation tracking, data dictionary, entry screens, reports and graphs.

    Hospital RIMS

    Price: $9,500-$35,000.

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

    Customization optional.

    First Installation: 1984.

    Total Installations: 13, all in corporate risk management departments.

    Claims/coverages managed: General liability, professional liability.

    Features: Claims management; financial analysis and reporting; transaction tracking, analysis and reporting; integrated automated actuarial analysis; reinsurance analysis; cost allocation.

    User support: User groups/meetings*, onsite training*, telephone assistance eight hours per day*, training seminars on using computers in risk management.

    Staff: Seven total, six professionals.

    Clients: 265 total. Sold systems to 15 clients in 1995.

    Officers: Alan B. Cantor, president; Judith J. Szarka, vp .

    * Included in system price.


CompReview

  • 4000 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 800, Newport Beach, Calif. 92660; 714-474-1155; fax: 714-474-1322

    Risk management systems since: 1988.

    Software products:

    CRLink

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

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1988.

    Total installations: 132, all in corporate risk management departments.

    Claims/coverages managed: Workers comp, auto.

    Features: Medical repricing for insurance carriers, self-insured employers, third-party administrators and managed care companies; cost containment functions for workers comp, personal injury and other casualty risks; electronic data interchange capabilities; provides links between databases, government agencies and provider networks. Optional modules include a managed care interface, a negotiated discount module and access to multiple PPO networks.

    User support: On site training, telephone assistance 24 hours per day, monthly updates*, processing evaluations*.

    Staff: 123 total, 83 professionals.

    Clients: 128 total, all corporate risk management departments. Sold systems to 23 clients in 1995.

    Branch offices: Irving, Texas.

    Officers: Lee Kaaren, Michael Munayyer.

    Contact: Deborah C. Johnson, director-marketing.

    * Included in system price.


Control Software Group Inc.

  • 3021 E. Dublin Granville Road, Suite 100, Columbus, Ohio 43231; 800-336-7475; fax: 614-882-5570

    Risk management systems since: 1986.

    Software products:

    Risk-Control Plus

    Price: $595.

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

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1988.

    Total installations: 175.

    Claims/coverages managed: All lines.

    Features: Safety management, including incident reporting; separate databases for any number of risk exposures/companies/applications; customized data entry fields to fit exposure being tracked; graphs/charts; custom report generation, including management, statistical and budget reports; records direct and indirect costs with cost transaction reports by payment type; prints OSHA reports (101/200/incidence and severity); data transfer link between Risk-Control Plus systems. Optional modules include workers comp first reports.

    OSHA-Control Plus

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

    First installation: 1993.

    Total installations: 160.

    Features: Safety management, including incident reporting, management reports for unlimited locations, unlimited note fields, user and function security, prints OSHA reports (101/200/incidence and severity), data transfer link between Risk-Control Plus systems, tracks all incidents (OSHA recordable and non-recordable).

    User support: Onsite training, telephone assistance eight hours per day (90 days free), training seminars*, newsletters*.

    Staff: Six total, four professionals.

    Officers: John P. Nipps, president; John P. Nipps II, Melvin R. Irwin, vps; Randall C. Nipps, secretary/treasurer.

    Contact: John P. Nipps.

    * Included in system price.


Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

  • 1155 Peachtree St., Suite 1100, Atlanta, Ga. 30309; 800-404-2276; fax: 404-870-1335

    Risk management systems since: 1984.

    Software products:

    ReservePro

    Price: $9,600.

    System requirements: IBM compatible PC system; operates in Windows, Windows '95 or Windows NT.

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1984.

    Total installations: 387; 25 in corporate risk management departments.

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

    Features: Estimates aggregate loss reserves, monitors loss experience, evaluates insurance programs, integrates with other risk management information systems to translate individual claim data into meaningful information about overall trends affecting business, provides over 40 actuarial methods and 200 exhibits and reports.

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

    Staff: Six total, four professionals.

    Clients: 25 total, all corporate risk management departments. Sold systems to three clients in 1995.

    Branch offices: Los Angeles; San Francisco; Chicago; Boston; Parsippany, N.J.; New York; Philadelphia; Dallas; Seattle; Toronto; London.

    Officers: Michael Volger, Cathy McKeon, Michael Flaharty, principals.

    Contact: Stephen Urbrock, 404-870-1401.

    * Included in system price.


Corporate Systems Ltd.

  • 1200 Corporate Systems Center, Amarillo, Texas 79102; 806-376-4223; fax: 806-376-4077

    Risk management systems since: 1967.

    Parent: CSC General Partner Inc.

    Software products:

    CS Disability Management.

    System requirements: Mainframe.

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1991.

    Total installations: 63.

    Claims/coverages managed: Disability.

    Features: Unlimited plan designs for short- and long-term disability, union, non-union and sick leave; employee demographics; check processing and file management; disability duration guidelines; integrated claims processing and record keeping; report generation; application of taxes; interface with workers comp for 24-hour coordination. Optional modules include interface with internal general ledger, employee census and location coding database.

    CS Knowledge.

    System requirements: IBM compatible PC system; operates in Windows. Online system.

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1994.

    Total installations: 65.

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

    Features: Relational risk database with regularly updated summary data; graphical user interface self-help screens and windows; value-as-of financial analysis; matrix grid functions to analyze two data elements against a third set of criteria; selection of disjointed or non-contiguous ranges of data; downloading of custom-defined risk data for use in PC spreadsheet; graphics and presentation software; information and summaries for account claims, claim values, locations, payment, policy, procedure codes, providers, hospitals, premium and exposure base. Optional enhancements include senior mangement icons for pre-defined reports and graphics updated via dynamic data exchange.

    CS + Managed Care.

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

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1989.

    Total installations: 565.

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

    Features: Automated coding of diagnoses and procedures for physicians, hospitals, pharmacy and anesthesia bills; online review of normative patterns of treatment; rebundling of unbundled procedure codes; automated application of clinical edits; medical fee schedule review and repricing, duplicate identification, state rules for all fee schedule states, master drug database, PPO network management and contract repricing, utilization review module, ad hoc reporting from relational database, laser check processing with explanation of reimbursement.

    CS online.

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

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1967.

    Total installations: 4,867.

    Claims/coverages managed: General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto, medical malpractice, crime, marine.

    Features: Claims administration, loss prevention, policy tracking, reserve tracking, self-insurance comparison and analysis, safety/loss control, incident reporting, online menu-driven report generation, turnkey batch reporting, laser check processing, diary and narrative, litigation management, supervisor/adjuster reporting, integrated word processing, vocational rehab tracking, allocation of premium. Optional modules include interface with internal general ledger and employee census.

    CS PRISM for Windows.

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

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1986.

    Total installations: One in a corporate risk management department.

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

    Features: Claims administration, loss prevention, policy tracking, reserve tracking, self-insurance comparisons and analysis, safety/loss control, incident reporting, online menu-driven report generation, turnkey batch reporting, laser check processing, diary and narrative, litigation management, supervisor/adjuster reporting, integrated word processing, vocational rehab tracking, allocation of premium. Optional modules include interface with internal general ledger, employee census and location coding database.

    CS Property.

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

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1995.

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

    Features: Tracks all fixed assets, roll-up at multiple organizational units, safety inspection calendar to track values and all key dates with follow-up.

    CS Teleclaim.

    System requirements: IBM compatible PC system; operates in DOS, Windows; AS/400 mainframe. Online system.

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1984.

    Total installations: 111.

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

    Features: Automated 24-hour/seven day toll-free accident reporting system; online or stand-alone solutions; state form production for all states; ACORD-like or custom report production for liability, property and crime claims; disability form production for required states; coverage verification; location code editing; managed care intervention; special safety analysis coding; OSHA record keeping; ad hoc reporting; special forms production. Optional modules include interface with internal general ledger, employee census and location coding database.

    User support: User groups/meetings*, onsite training*, telephone assistance eight hours per day*, online help and tutorials*, CS university courses*.

    Staff: 434 total.

    Clients: 5,432 total. Sold systems to 19 clients in 1995.

    Branch offices: Lisle, Ill.

    1995 revenues: $46.1 million total, all from risk management information systems sales and services, 10% from software sales, 90% from software services.

    Officers: Johnny Mize, president/CEO; Mike Unruh, vp-finance/CFO; John Champlin, vp-client services; Scott Gilmour, vp-sales/marketing; Marc Sollosy, vp/chief information officer.

    Contact: Carolena Cogdill, marketing manager.

    * Included in system price.


Crawford RSG

  • 5620 Glenridge Drive N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30342; 800-241-2541; fax: 404-847-4028

    Risk management systems since: 1978.

    Parent: Crawford & Co.

    Software products:

    SIGMA for Windows.

    Price: $30,000.

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

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1978.

    Total installations: 319; 289 in corporate risk management departments.

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

    Features: Incident, occurrence and claims management; user-defined claim selection; online claim history and loss analysis; notes and diary; user-defined loss runs; safety analysis; frequency and severity rankings; ad hoc reporting; GASB and FASB compliance; allows for remote access via laptop computers; report output options include transfers to third-party spreadsheet, database or graphics packages; e-mail; quantitative analysis and risk/data consulting support. Optional modules include data consolidation and code mapping from multiple sources; non-claim database creation and integration; loss forecasting; cost of risk and premium allocation; OSHA 200 reporting; litigation management; managed care tracking; self-insured regulatory reporting; loss development analysis; custom claim and RMIS software development.

    Paradigm InfoSystem.

    Price: $50,000.

    System requirements: IBM compatible PC system; operates in Windows.

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1991.

    Total installations: 41; 36 in corporate risk management departments.

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

    Features: Claims management for all lines of property/casualty; user-defined data inquiries and reports; claimant medical history; check processing and bank reconciliation; integrated file notes; word processing and spreadsheets; certificate issuance and tracking; policy management; exposure and property value tracking; OSHA 200 log maintenance and reporting; claim and loss analysis reports; ad hoc reporting; data export capability. Optional modules include first reports, non-claim data table and database creation and integration, loss forecasting, cost of risk and premium allocation, self-insured regulatory reporting, loss development analysis, custom claim and RMIS software development.

    User support: User groups/meetings*, onsite training*, telephone assistance 10 hours per day*, application development, customization consulting projects.

    Staff: 165 total, 150 professionals.

    Clients: 356 total, including 325 corporate risk management departments. Sold systems to 40 clients in 1995.

    Branch offices: Chicago; Minneapolis; Mahwah, N.J.; New York; Dallas.

    Officers: Dennis Smith, chairman/CEO; Jack Tatum, president-Crawford RSG; Jim Bryant, president-casualty risk management services; Dick Calhoun, vp-casualty risk management sales.

    Contact: Ken Ancona, 847-619-2525.

    * Included in system price.


DAVID Corp.

  • 180 Howard St., Sixth Floor, San Francisco, Calif. 94105; 800-553-2843; fax: 415-362-5010

    Risk management systems since: 1984.

    Parent: Watson Wyatt Worldwide.

    Software products:

    Renaissance.

    System requirements: IBM compatible PC system.

    Customization optional.

    Claims/coverages managed: General liability, property, workers comp, all lines of business liability.

    Features: Claim detail, entry, history and search; diary; EDI; employee table; examiner calendar; first report of injury; index bureau; litigation; lost time calculations; medical fee schedule; notepad; online help; payment entry and processing; query tools.

    Software products:

    CompPlus.

    System requirements: IBM compatible PC system; operates in DOS, Windows or UNIX.

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1986.

    Total installations: 295; 190 in corporate risk management departments.

    Claims/coverages managed: Workers comp.

    Features: Claims administration support, loss development and forecasting, policy tracking, reserve tracking allocation of premium, risk analysis, certificates of insurance, safety and loss control, incident reporting, federal and state reporting, OSHA reporting, document imaging, payment processing, laser check printing, diary and notepad functions, litigation and medical detail tracking, medical fee schedules, online help. Optional modules include interface with P&CPlus/IncidentPlus software and payroll/personnel systems.

    Software products:

    P&CPlus.

    System requirements: IBM compatible PC system; operates in DOS, Windows or UNIX.

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1986.

    Total installations: 115; 75 in corporate risk management departments.

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

    Features: Claims administration for property/casualty and general liability claims, payment processing, policy tracking, reserve tacking, tracking and issuance of certificates of insurance, federal and state reporting, fixed asset information, laser check printing, flexible notepad and diary systems, litigation and medical detail tracking, online help. Optional modules include interface with CompPlus/IncidentPlus software and accounts payable systems.

    Software products:

    IncidentPlus.

    System requirements: IBM compatible PC system; operates in DOS, Windows or UNIX.

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1991.

    Total installations: Six, all in corporate risk management departments.

    Claims/coverages managed: General liability, property, casualty.

    Features: Comprehensive tracking of incidents/occurrences and online inquiry/reporting tools for analysis of incidents by hospitals and health care facilities. Optional modules include interface with CompPlus/P&CPlus software.

    Software products:

    Comp2000.

    System requirements: IBM compatible PC system.

    Total installations: 30, all in corporate risk management departments.

    Claims/coverages managed: Workers comp.

    Features: Claims administration, reserve worksheet, diary, disability calculation, medical fee schedule, investigation tracking, subrogation module, medical claims management, word processing, government reports and forms, payment processing, state specific law and regulatory compliance for California. Optional modules include interface with accounts payable/personnel systems.

    User support: User groups/meetings, onsite training*, telephone assistance 12 hours per day.

    Staff: 52 total, 50 professionals.

    Branch offices: Detroit.

    Officers: Allen Krakower, COO.

    Contact: Linda Bronson.

    * Included in system price.


DORN Technology Group Inc.

  • 38705 Seven Mile Road, Suite 450, Livonia, Mich. 48152; 313-462-5800; fax: 313-462-5807

    Risk management systems since: 1982.

    Software products:

    RISKMASTER/WIN.

    Price: $18,000 to $60,000.

    System requirements: IBM compatible PC system; operates in Windows.

    Customization optional.

    First installation: 1982.

    Total installations: 700.

    Claims/coverages managed: General liability, property, workers comp, auto, health care incident/occurrence.

    Features: Claims adminstration, loss development and forecasting, policy management, funds management, litigation management, check writing, adjuster module; reserve system with user-definable unlimited reserves per line of business, actuarial reporting, multiple claimant sub-module, exposure management file, supplemental data fields, ad hoc report generation, graphical analysis of jurisdictional data sub-module, integrated employee and dependent file system, OSHA 101 and 200 reporting, payment processing, general ledger account file, MedWatch reporting, image management, diary management system. Optional modules include administrative tracking.

    User support: User groups/meetings*, onsite training, telephone assistance 12 hours per day.

    Staff: 50 total, 40 professionals.

    Clients: 600 total. Sold systems to 100 clients in 1995.

    Branch offices: Phoenix; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Toronto.

    Officers: Mark Dorn, president.

    * Included in system price.