875 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago,
Ill. 60611; 800-994-9440;
fax: 312-915-4691
Risk management systems since: 1996.
Parent: Near North National Group.
Software products:
Certificate Management Services.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system;
operates in Windows. Online system.
Customization optional.
First installation: 1995.
Total installations: 35; all in corporate risk
management departments.
Claims/coverages managed: General liability,
property, workers comp, auto, excess liability, boiler and
machinery.
Features: Tracks information and correspondence
related to certificates of insurance; ensures coverage, limit,
insurer compliance; generates renewal notices, cancellation letters,
non-compliance letters, custom and standard reports; archives
documents; historical conversion available.
User support: Onsite training*, telephone
assistance*.
Staff: Nine total, nine professionals.
Clients: 15 total, including 15 corporate risk
management departments. Sold systems to 15 clients in 1996.
CompVision.
Price: $3,995.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system;
operates in Windows.
First installation: 1994.
Total installations: 88 users.
Claims/coverages managed: Workers comp.
Features: Claims administration; policy
tracking; data analysis; loss trending; loss control; first report
of injury (all 50 states); OSHA 100 and 200 reporting; report
generation; diary function; notes function; to-do function.
User support: Onsite training, telephone
assistance*.
HealthVision.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system;
operates in Windows.
Customization optional.
First installation: 1995.
Total installations: Nine companies; 90 users.
Claims/coverages managed: General liability,
workers comp, auto, professional liability.
Features: Claim administration; policy tracking;
experience rating; reserve tracking; premium allocation; risk
analysis; self-insurance comparisons; diary; loss trending; safety
and loss control; incident reporting; report generation (standard
and custom); data analysis; check processing; litigation management;
work flow management. Option of purchasing each of five modules
modules individually.
User support: Onsite training, telephone
assistance nine hours per day*.
RiskEnvision.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system;
operates in Windows.
Customization optional.
First installation: 1994.
Total installations: 20 companies; 196 users.
Claims/coverages managed: General liability,
workers comp, auto.
Features: Claims administration; policy
tracking; experience rating; reserve tracking; premium allocation;
risk analysis; self-insurance comparisons; diary; safety and loss
control; incident reporting; report generation (standard and
custom); data analysis; check processing; litigation management;
work flow management; loss trending. Option to purchase each module
individually, including a professional liability module.
User support: Onsite training, telephone
assistance nine hours per day*.
Staff: 17 total; 15 professionals.
Branch offices: Sandy, Utah.
Officers: Michael Segal, chairman/CEO Near North
Insurance Brokerage; Steve Coleman, group executive vp/managing
director-NNIB; Eileen Oswald, COO-Near North Risk Technologies;
Scott Harper, managing director-Envision Enterprises L.L.C.
875 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago,
Ill. 60611; 312-280-5600;
fax: 312-280-5602
Software products:
WorldLink.
Price: $475 per Web subscription; group
subscriptions available.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system;
operates in Windows, DOS, Macintosh, Web, Netscape. Online system.
Customization optional.
First installation: 1996.
Total installations: 300 online users; 20 in
corporate risk management departments.
Features: Information on more than 180
countries; information country by country on insurance changes,
general insurance, property and casualty regulations, bonding and
marine regulations, captive domiciles, social security legislation;
customized reports.
User support: Telephone assistance eight hours
per day*, e-mail assistance*.
Staff: 11 total; 11 professionals.
Clients: 26 total, including 25 corporate risk
management departments. Sold systems to 26 clients in 1996.
*Easy Actuary.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system;
operates in Windows.
Claims/coverages managed: General liability,
property, workers comp, auto.
Features: Casualty loss analyses, including
forecasts and liability accruals; analyze alternative retentions on
deductible levels and identify loss trends; loss triangulation
capabilities for company-specific loss development factors for
incurred and paid losses and number of claims.
User support: 30-day support, telephone
assistance eight hours per day*.
Staff: Three total, three professionals.
Officers: Michael Segal, chairman/CEO; Bill
Bartholomay, president-Near North National Group; Steve Coleman,
Ruth Tave, Bill Hines, Sheila Kelly, Matt Walsh, group executive
vps/managing directors.
Contact: Kristen Restivo, 312-280-7243.
*Included in system price.
6360 I-55 North, Suite 300, Jackson, Miss.
39211; 601-957-7400 ext. 7000; fax: 601-957-9492
Risk management systems since: 1982.
Parent: Nichols Research Corp.
Software products:
PACCASSO.
Price: $80,000.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system;
operates in Windows. Mainframe AS 400. Online system optional.
Customization optional.
First installation: 1982.
Total installations: 65; 15 in corporate risk
management departments.
Claims/coverages managed: General liability,
property, casualty, workers comp, auto, marine and cargo.
Features: Claims administration; loss
development; loss forecasting; loss prevention; policy tracking;
experience rating; reserve tracking; allocation of premium; risk
analysis; self-insurance comparisons and analysis; loss trending;
safety and loss control; incident reporting; report generation; data
analysis; check processing; diary; litigation management;
utilization review; fee schedules; deferred billing; cost-of-risk
allocation; NCCI reporting; EDI reporting. Optional modules include
IAIABC; EDI submission; UR; incoming EDI submission.
User support: User groups/meetings, onsite
training, telephone assistance nine hours per day.
Staff: 25 total; 20 professionals.
Contact: Ira Harvel.
4098 Main St., Hilliard, Ohio 43026;
614-777-4636; fax: 614-777-4650
Risk management systems since: 1995.
Software products:
PROGNOS-MCO version 2.0.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system;
ODBC compliant, client/server application. First installation: 1995.
Claims/coverages managed: Workers comp, OSHA
compliance, case management, occupational health and employee
wellness.
Features: Manages information for workers comp
managed care organizations; claims administration; case management;
fee bill recording and processing; recording and tracking of
diagnostic data and allowed conditions; treatment plans; provider
profiling; online ICD-9; CPT & HCPCS code databases; customized
reports; first reports of injury; employer/provider/employee
databases; diary and notification systems. Optional modules include
state-specific first reports of injury; employee health; nurses'
log; treatment planning; check writing; fee bill repricing; EDI for
first reports of injury and fee bills.
PROGNOS-Administrator version 2.0.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system;
ODBC compliant, client/server application.
Features: Manages information for safety, workers
comp and occupational health programs; claims administration; case
management; loss development; forecasting and prevention; safety and
loss control; itemized cost allocation; reserve tracking; recording
and tracking of diagnostic data and allowed conditions; treatment
plans; provider profiling; online ICD-9, CPT & HCPCS code
databases; customized reports; first reports of injury; OSHA
reporting; frequency and severity rates; employer/facility/provider
databases; diary and notification systems. Optional modules include
state-specific first reports of injury; employee health; nurses'
log; training management; treatment planning; check writing; fee
bill repricing; EDI for first reports of injury and cost
information.
PROGNOS-Professional version 2.0.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system;
ODBC compliant, client/server application.
Features: Manages information for safety, workers
comp, and occupational health programs; claims administration; case
management; loss development; forecasting and prevention; safety and
loss control; summary cost recording and reserve tracking;
customized reports; first reports of injury; OSHA reporting;
frequency and severity rates; employee/facility/provider databases;
diary and notification systems. Optional modules include
state-specific first reports of injury; employee health; nurses'
log;
training management; EDI for first reports of
injury.
PROGNOS-Compliance version 2.0.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system;
ODBC compliant, client/server application.
Features: Records incident data and creates OSHA
compliance reports, including forms 101, 200, 300, 310 and the
National Standard First Report of Injury. Optional modules include
state-specific first reports of injury.
User support: Onsite training, telephone
assistance 10 hours per day.
Staff: Eight total, seven professionals.
Officers: Mark S. Tochtenhagen, president; Leo
Renner, CFO; Mike K. Hedge, chief engineer; Mark VerMeulen,
vp-marketing.
Contact: Mark VerMeulen.
39 Old Ridgebury Road, Corporate Center, Suite
B-2, Danbury, Conn. 06810;
203-743-6000; fax: 203-743-6003
Risk management systems since: 1987. Parent: Aon
Corp.
Software products:
Pyramid.
Price: $25,000.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system;
operates in DOS, Windows. Customization optional.
First installation: 1988.
Total installations: 380; 140 in corporate risk
management departments.
Claims/coverages managed: General liability,
property, casualty, workers comp, auto, professional liability,
disability, medical case management.
Features: Claims administration; first report of
injury; medical cost containment; medical bill review; health care
information management and non-occupational disability management;
loss control; reserve tracking; check processing; diary/notes;
litigation management; cost allocation; actuarial statistics; policy
issuing; billing standard and ad hoc report generation.
User support: User groups/meetings, onsite
training, telephone assistance*, upgrades and future releases*.
Staff: 75 total, 70 professionals.
Clients: 140 total. Sold systems to 21 clients in
1996.
1996 revenues: $6 million total; $4.1 million
from risk management information systems sales and service, 60% from
software sales, 40% from software services.
Officers: Bill Kuebler, chairman/CEO; James
Hatch, president/COO; Joyce Ingalls, senior vp; Larry Winnick, chief
sales officer; Dave Horton, chief technology officer.
Contact: Denise Carson, marketing director,
203-743-6000 ext. 262.
*Included in system price.
59 Maiden Lane, New York, N.Y. 10038;
800-347-2599; fax: 800-634-0425
Risk management systems since: 1991.
Software products:
Risk Options.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system.
Online system.
Customization optional.
First installation: 1991.
Total installations: 200; 40 in corporate risk
management departments.
Claims/coverages managed: General liability,
property, casualty, workers comp, auto, specialty lines.
Features: Loss development; loss trending;
report generation; data analysis; allocation of losses; downloading
of databases; exports data to other PC formats. Optional modules
include consolidation of data from multiple insurers, can be bundled
with REMNET to add adjusters' notes and claim financial inquiry.
User support: Onsite training*, telephone
assistance 12 hours per day*, client services staff*.
REMNET.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system;
operates in DOS. Online system.
Customization optional.
First installation: 1991.
Total installations: 200; 75 in corporate risk
management departments.
Claims/coverages managed: General liability,
property, casualty, workers comp, auto, specialty lines.
Features: Claims administration; payments;
reserves; recoveries; interactive adjusters' notes and diary.
Optional modules can be bundled with Risk Options to add loss
analysis and ad hoc report generation.
User support: User groups/meetings, onsite
training*, telephone assistance 12 hours per day*, client services
center.
Clients: 475 total.
Branch offices: Brea, Calif.; Maitland, Fla.;
Atlanta; Chicago; Florham Park, N.J.; New York; Syracuse, N.Y.;
Philadelphia; Nashville, Tenn.; Dallas.
1996 revenues: $ 1.4 million total.
Officers: Peter Johnson, chairman/CEO; Charles
Callahan, president/COO; Joseph Campbell, executive vp; Michael
Riney, executive vp; Richard Herschman, executive vp/CFO; Matt
Craig, vp.
Contact: Bill Cassidy, client services center.
*Included in system price.
1144 Canton St., Suite 103, Roswell, Ga. 30067;
770-642-1109; fax: 770-643- 9908
Risk management systems since: 1994.
Software products:
RiskFolio 3.1.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system;
operates in Windows 95 or Windows NT 32-bit.
Customization optional.
First installation: 1994.
Total installations: Fewer than 100; fewer than
90 in corporate risk management departments.
Claims/coverages managed: General liability,
property, casualty, workers comp, auto, accommodates all claim and
coverage types.
Features: Ad hoc reporting; standard report
library; claims triangulation; loss development; trending and
forecasting; premium allocation; budgeting; aggregate analysis of
limits and retentions; program/TPA monitoring; cost of risk
analysis; loss stratification; loss analysis; acquisition and
divestiture analysis; program options analysis; self-insurance
comparisons and analysis; contract and renewal negotiating;
international program analysis; reinsurance cession analysis;
frequency and severity analysis; ``value as of'' analysis; executive
information system; policy tracking and management; exposure
tracking and management; incoming/outgoing insurance certificate
processing and management; claims management for property, casualty
and all industry-specific coverages; claims reporting; workers comp
first report of injury; litigation management; reserve and values
history; notes/diary; scheduling; task creation; distribution and
management; safety audit tracking; OSHA record keeping and
reporting; data archiving; data integration, import, export,
consolidation; EDI.
User support: User groups/meetings*, onsite
training*, telephone assistance nine hours per day*, upgrades*,
project teams include individuals with risk management experience.
Staff: 16 total, 14 professionals.
Officers: George B. Netherton, president; Robert
C. Morrell, vp- research/development; T. Casey Schmidt, vp.
Contact: T. Casey Schmidt, 770-642-1109 ext.
305.
*Included in system price.
2480 Highway 287 North, Suite 400, Mansfield,
Texas 76063; 817-477-2197; fax: 817-473-7610
Risk management systems since: 1988.
Software products:
RiskVision.
Price: $25,000-$125,000.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system;
operates in DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows for WorkGroups, Windows NT
Client/Server, Windows 95, UNIX, Novell. Online system.
Customization optional.
First installation: 1988.
Total installations: 184; 180 in corporate risk
management departments.
Claims/coverages managed: General liability,
property, casualty, workers comp, auto, Longshoremen's and Harbor
Workers Act, medical malpractice.
Features: Claims administration; check
processing; custom claim input screens; laser check writing; vendor
management; electronic transmission of 1099 information to IRS;
electronic bank reconciliation transmissions; custom reports; ad hoc
report generation; reserve worksheets; notes/diary routines;
exposure information management; premium management; policy
management; cost allocation; loss development; loss control and OSHA
reporting/record keeping; state fee schedule verification and
payment discounting; form letter generator.
RiskVision TPA.
Price: $25,000-$150,000.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system,
operates in DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows for WorkGroups, Windows NT
Client/Server, Windows 95, UNIX, Novell. Online system.
Customization optional.
First installation: 1988.
Total installations: 35; 15 in corporate risk
management departments.
Claims/coverages managed: General liability,
property, casualty, workers comp, auto, Longshoremen's and Harbor
Workers Act, medical malpractice.
Features: Claims administration; check
processing; custom claim input screens; laser check writing; vendor
management; electronic transmission of 1099 information to IRS;
integrated time and billing; invoicing and accounting; TPA office
management; generation of state-required forms and reports; state
fee schedules or integration medical cost management service
providers; electronic bank reconciliation transmissions; custom
reports; ad hoc report generation; remote client access; reserve
worksheets; diary/calendar functions; exposure information
management; premium management; policy management; cost allocation;
loss development; loss control and OSHA reporting/record keeping;
form letter generator.
User support: User groups/meetings, onsite
training*, telephone assistance 11 hours per day*.
Staff: 15 total, 11 professionals.
Clients: 255 total. Sold systems to 22 clients
in 1996.
1996 revenues: 95% of revenues from risk
management information systems sales and service, 15% from hardware
sales, 60% from software sales, 25% from software services.
Officers: Chuck Allen, president; R.J. Mallette,
vp-product development/marketing; Ron Watts, vp-customer services.
Contact: R.J. Mallette.
*Included in system price.
225 Borthwick Ave., Portsmouth, N.H. 03801;
800-294-3316; fax: 603-431-2071
Risk management systems since: 1982.
Parent: Liberty Mutual Group.
Software products:
Risktrac Links.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system.
Online system.
Customization optional.
First installation: 1987.
Total installations: 1,150.
Claims/coverages managed: General liability,
property, casualty, workers comp, auto, group short- and long-term
disability.
Features: Claim inquiry; real time access to
adjuster notes; daily updates of claims and payment information;
access to managed care rehabilitation nurse information; reserve
changes and calculations; customized data capture with unlimited
user-defined fields; data consolidation; 36 standard reports; report
scheduler; ad hoc reports. Optional modules include Risktrac COV,
available March 1998.
User support: User groups/meetings, onsite
training, telephone assistance 13 hours per day, online help system.
Risktrac SA.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC system;
operates in Windows.
Customization optional.
First installation: 1996.
Total installations: 125.
Claims/coverages managed: General liability,
property, casualty, workers comp, auto.
Features: Claim inquiry; data consolidation; 26
standard reports; report scheduler; ad hoc reports; customized data
capture with unlimited user-defined fields; reminders; link and
store documents associated with claims; supports U.S. and worldwide
currencies. Optional modules include Risktrac COV, available March
1998.
User support: User groups/meetings, onsite
training, telephone assistance 13 hours per day, online help system.
Contact: Alicia Rawnsley. |
