RMIS-Web


| Home | Software Providers | Consultants | Articles | Columns | Reviews | Headlines |

-
-

-

{short description of image}

Entire contents Copyright © 1999 Business Insurance

Listing of Risk Management Information Systems Vendors

From August 11, 1994 RMIS Review - Vendors C
Vendors In this Section
Spotlight Report August 11, 1994
Risk Management: Systems & Analysis

California Interactive Computing Inc.

25572 Avenue Stanford, Valencia, Calif. 91355-1102: 805-294-1300
fax: 805-294-1310
Risk management systems since: 1977

Software products:

GENIRIS, Integrated Risk Information System.
System specifications:
IBM compatible PC, 16MB RAM; single user, LAN and workstation/server versions. Operates in UNIX/AIX.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto, group medical.
Features:
Claims administration tools; accepts data from multiple sources; builds loss triangles using user-defined parameters for specified organization levels, lines of coverage and payment reserve categories; interfaces with other programs for actuarial analysis. Optional modules include bill review, loss forecasting, bill audit, permanent disability rating, PPO, billing and ICD9-DRG conversions.

Customization optional
First installation: 1977
Total installations: 356; 280 in corporate risk management departments

GENRISK
System specifications:
IBM compatible PC, single user and LAN versions; workstation/server version. Operates in UNIX/AIX.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, group medical.
Features:
Central data storage system for organizations that process their own claims; accepts data from multiple sources; builds loss triangles according to user-defined parameters; interfaces with other industry programs.

Customization optional
First installation: 1984
Total installations: 12


Cantor & Co.

9100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 445 E., Beverly Hills, Calif. 90212; 800-553-7267; fax: 310-859-7415
Risk management systems since: 1982
Staff: Eight total, seven professionals
Clients: 250 total, including 200 corporate risk management departments. Sold systems to 30 clients in 1993.

1993 revenues:
Risk management information system revenue: 3% from hardware sales, 57% from software sales, 40% from software services.
User support:
User groups/meetings**, onsite training***, telephone assistance eight hours per day*, training seminars on using computers in risk management.

**Included in system price; **Included in MQMS system price, not applicable to Riskmap Captive Risk Financing system; ***Included in Hospital RIMS system price.
Officers:
Alan B. Cantor, president; Judith J. Szarka, vp

Contact: Alan B. Cantor

Software products:

Riskmap Risk Financing

Price: $2,195.

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC; single user-512K RAM, LAN-1MB RAM. Operates in DOS or Windows.
Claims/coverages managed:
All risks including general liability, property, casualty, workers comp and auto.
Features:
Risk financing, discounted cash flow analysis, comparative analysis, fully integrated automated graphics. Optional modules to model your own plans available.

Customization optional
First installation: 1983
Total installations: 140; 90 in corporate risk management departments

Riskmap Loss Forecasting

Price: $1,695

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC; single user-512K RAM, LAN-1MB RAM. Operates in DOS or Windows.
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 Development.

Customization optional
First installation: 1984
Total installations: 80; 30 in corporate risk management departments

Riskmap Loss Development

Price: $1,695

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC; single user-512K RAM, LAN-1MB RAM. Operates in DOS or Windows.
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.

Customization optional
First installation: 1989
Total installations: 20; five in corporate risk management departments

Riskmap Captive Risk Financing

Price: $1,995

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC; single user-640K RAM, LAN-1MB RAM. Operates in DOS.
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.

Customization optional
First installation: 1984
Total installations: Two

MQMS Plus-Medical Quality Management System Plus.

Price: $6,000-$40,000

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC, 550K RAM; single user and LAN versions. Operates in DOS.
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; utilization 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 and litigation tracking.

Customization optional
First installation: 1987
Total installations: 250

Hospital RIMS.

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

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC; single user-550K RAM, LAN-1MB RAM. Operates in DOS or Windows.
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.

Customization optional
First installation: 1984
Total installations: 13, all in corporate risk management departments


Continental Risk Management Services

180 Maiden Lane, New York, N.Y. 10038: 212-440-3000
Staff: 13 total, 10 professionals
1993 revenues: $300 million total
Risk management systems since: 1993
Parent: Continental Insurance Co.

Clients:
110 total, including 83 corporate risk management departments. Sold systems to 25 clients in 1993
User support:
Onsite training*, telephone assistance 10 hours per day*, user manuals*.
*Included in system price.
Officers:
Adrian M. Tocklin, president; D. Kay Smith, executive vp-services; Tim Mitchell, executive vp-underwriting/production; E. Randall Clouser, executive vp/chief production officer.

Contact: Donna Posuch, vp/chief information officer, 609-395-2384.

Software products:

RiskProbe
System specifications:
IBM compatible PC, modem.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto.
Features:
Online system interacts with vendor's TPA services; combines claim data from various carriers and claim-related data into one system; provides reports for financial analysis, cost allocation, performance monitoring, loss development, loss prevention and control; provides online access to specific claims and credit reports; allows for report generation based on prior evaluation dates. Optional modules include exposure, policy processing and adjuster notes.

Customization optional
First installation: 1994
Total installations: One

Claims Backer
System specifications:
IBM compatible PC, 640K RAM. Operates in DOS.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto.
Features:
Online claims review system that interacts with vendor's TPA services; claim, draft and transactional inquiry; allows for claim corrections; ad hoc reporting for claim and draft information; data export; report library for financial analysis, performance monitoring and loss control. Optional module for E-mail.

Customization optional
First installation: 1985
Total installations: 177; 83 in corporate risk management departments

Claims Backer Advantage
System specifications:
Software not available without hardware. Operates in OS/2.
Claims/coverages managed:
Workers comp.
Features:
Online system interacts with vendor's TPA services; provides access to: adjuster notes, first notice of loss, reserve history log, claim overview, information on employer/employee, medical provider/physician information, attorney/lawsuits, rehabilitation provider, rehabilitation, offset, witnesses, fraud indicators, three party first contact and statistical information. Optional module for E-mail.

Customization optional
First installation: 1994
Total installations: Three, all in corporate risk management departments.


Control Software Group Inc.

3205 E. Dublin Granville Road, Columbus, Ohio 43231; 800-336-7475; fax: 614-890-8924
Risk management systems since: 1986

User support:
Onsite training, telephone assistance eight hours per day*.
*First 90 days included in system price.
Officers:
John P. Nipps, president; John P. Nipps II, Melvin R. Irwin, vps; Randall C. Nipps, secretary/treasurer.

Contact: John P. Nipps

Software products:

OSHA-Control Plus

Price: $395

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC, 640K RAM. Operates in DOS.
Features:
Safety and loss control; incident reporting; OSHA 101 and 200 management reports; data analysis by employee, shift, job task, injury type and body part.

First installation: 1993
Total installations: 56

Risk-Control Plus

Price: $995

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC, 640K RAM. Operates in DOS.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto and other risks.
Features:
Loss trending; safety and loss control; incident reporting; diagnostic, cost, budget, statistical and OSHA 101 and 200 report generation; diagnostic, cost, budget and statistical data analysis. Optional modules include OSHA compliance, workers comp state first reports, ad hoc report generator and data transfer link.

Customization optional
First installation: 1988
Total installations: 81


Conway Computer Group

6360 Interstate 55 N., Suite 300, Jackson, Miss. 39211; 601-957-7400; fax: 601-957-9492
Risk management systems since: 1986
Staff: 75 total, 60 professionals
Clients: 46 total, including 20 corporate risk management departments. Sold systems to 11 clients in 1993

User support:
User groups/meetings, on site training, telephone assistance nine hours per day, source code*, remote diagnosis/support.
*Included in system price
Officers:
Jack Conway, president/CEO; Steve Kinsley, vp

Contact: Ken Walz, marketing manager

Software products:

PACCASSO

Price: $35,000-$80,000

System specifications:
IBM compatible 486 PC, single user and LAN versions. Operates on numerous client server platforms including DOS, Windows, UNIX or OS/400
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, property, workers comp, auto, professional liability, cargo.
Features:
Check processing, reserve tracking, diary and note entry, litigation maintenance, full inquiry, loss development, safety and loss reporting, statistical and productivity reporting, incident reporting, reinsurance tracking.

Customization optional
First installation: 1986
Total installations: 50; 25 in corporate risk management departments


Coopers & Lybrand-Casualty Actuarial & Risk Management Consulting

1251 Ave. of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10020; 800-232-2717; fax: 212-536-2163
Risk management systems since: 1984
Staff: Seven total, four professionals
Clients: 170 total. Sold systems to 17 clients in 1993

User support:
Onsite training*, telephone assistance eight hours per day*, user manuals*.
*Included in system price.
1993 revenues:
$14.2 million total. $500,000 from risk management information systems sales and services, 100% from software sales.
Officers:
Reed Keller, vice chairman; Fred Kist, managing partner-casualty actuarial and risk management consulting; Phil Ben-Zvi, executive partner; Orin Linden, Terrance O'Brien, partners.

Contact: Ken Scalf, 404-870-1077.

Software products:

EXHIBITMAKER 5

Price: $12,000

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC, 2MB RAM. Operates in DOS 3.0 or later.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto, professional liability, medical malpractice, health, commercial multiple peril reinsurance.
Features:
Loss development and aggregate loss reserve analysis; aids in assessment of loss trends; management reporting and presentation development; accommodates peer group analysis and benchmarking through industry data interfaces; cost allocation; reports developed on a gross, net and ceded basis; accepts loss, loss expense, claim count, salvage, subrogation, premium and exposure data.

Customization optional
First installation: 1984
Total installations: 460; 30 in corporate risk management departments


Corporate Systems

1200 Corporate Systems Center, Amarillo, Texas 79102-4410; 800-927-3343; fax: 806-376-4077
Risk management systems since: 1967
Staff: 425 total, 350 professionals
Clients: 4,867 total, all corporate risk management departments. Sold systems to 1,032 clients in 1993

User support:
User groups/meetings*, onsite training*, telephone assistance 12 hours per day*, regional seminars, training courses, regular client conferences, user association.
*Included in system price.
1993 revenues:
$33.7 million total, all from risk management information systems sales and services, 5% from software sales, 95% from software services.
Officers:
Guyon Saunders, founder; Johnny Mize, president/CEO; Scott Gilmour, vp-sales/marketing; John Champlin, vp-client services; Michael Unruh, vp-finance/CFO.

Contact: Scott Gilmour

Software products:

CS Online

Price: $25,000-$3 million, based on size and complexity of account.

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC-single user or LAN; or 3270 terminals. Operates in DOS, Windows or OS/2.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto, short- and long-term disability.
Features:
Claims administration, loss prevention, policy and reserve tracking, self-insurance comparisons and analysis, safety and loss control, incident reporting, online report generation, turnkey batch reporting service, laser check processing, diary and narrative, litigation management, supervisor/adjuster reporting, integrated word processing, vocational rehabilitation tracking, allocation of premium, external data conversion. Optional modules include interface with internal general ledger; employee census and location coding data bases; CS KnowlEDGE ad hoc report writer with a summary data base to be used in comparative analysis, matrix grid functions, downloading of data to spreadsheets and creation of graphics and presentation; CS FORESTAR with forcasting statistical and actuarial routines, including user-defined loss development triangles for claim frequency.

Customization optional
First installation: 1967
Total installations: 4,867, all in corporate risk management departments

CS PRISM

Price: $30,000-$500,000, based on size and complexity of account

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC network and IBM AS/400 file server versions. Operates in DOS, Windows or OS/2.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto.
Features:
CS Prism offers the same features as CS Online but operates on a different platform. See CS Online description above.

Customization optional
First installation: 1986
Total installations: 52, all in corporate risk management departments

CS + Managed Care

Price: $10,000-$150,000 plus per bill charges

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC - single user or LAN; IBM AS/400 file server; or 3270 terminals. Operates in DOS, Windows or OS/2.
Claims/coverages managed:
Workers comp, auto.
Features:
Automated coding of diagnoses and procedures for physician, hospital, pharmacy and anesthesia bills; online review for normative patterns of treatment; rebundling of unbundled procedure codes; medical fee schedule review and repricing (database of state fee schedules, usual and customary fees, resource-based relative value system fees); duplicate identification; state rules for all fee schedule states; master drug data base; global PPO network management; utilization review module; ad hoc reporting from relational data base; laser check processing, including explanation of reimbursement. Optional modules interfaces with third party claims systems, CS Claims Administration systems and internal general ledger.

Customization optional
First installation: 1989
Total installations: 565, all in corporate risk management departments

CS TeleClaim

Price: $10,000-$50,000 plus per claim charges

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC - single user or LAN; IBM AS/400 file server; or 3270 terminals. Xerox or HP laser printer. Operates in DOS, Windows or OS/2.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto, short- and long-term disability.
Features:
Automated toll-free accident reporting and state form production for all states; ACORD 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 report generation; special forms production. Optional modules include a general ledger interface, employee census and location coding data bases.

Customization optional
First installation: 1989
Total installations: 495, all in corporate risk management departments

CS Disability Management

Price: $10,000-$100,000 plus per claim charges

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC - single user or LAN; or 3270 terminals. Xerox or HP laser printer. Operates in DOS, Windows or OS/2.
Claims/coverages managed:
Short- and long-term disability.
Features:
Unlimited plan designs for short-term disability, long-term disability, union, non-union and sick leave; employee demographics; check processing and fund management; disability duration guidelines; claims processing and record keeping; report generation; tax accounting; seamless interface with workers compensation for 24-hour coordination. Optional modules include general ledger interface, employee census and location coding data bases.

Customization optional
First installation: 1991
Total installations: 53, all in corporate risk management departments

CS Certificates

Price: $2,000-$50,000

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC, single user or LAN; IBM AS/400 file server versions. Operates in Windows or OS/2.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto.
Features:
Multi-user application to issue standard and custom forms; allows unlimited comment and descriptive in- formation; customized standard clauses for coverage, cancellation and description; owners and contractors protective type policy certificate support; management reporting; automated certificate renewal; export and electronic transfer of certificate information; tracking of received certificates; online help. Optional services include remote high speed bulk printing and shipping of annual renewal certificates.

Customization optional
First installation: 1994
Total installations: One, in a corporate risk management department