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Listing of Risk Management Information Systems Vendors

From August 11, 1994 RMIS Review - Vendors G - K

Vendors In This Section:

Spotlight Report August 11, 1994
Risk Management: Systems & Analysis

GAB Business Services Inc.

9 Campus Drive, Parsippany, N.J. 07054; 201-993-3400; fax: 201-993-9579
Risk management systems since: 1975
Staff: 100 total, 85 professionals
Clients: 900 total, including 700 corporate risk management departments.

Parent: SGS North America

User support:
User groups/meetings, onsite training, telephone assistance 91/2 hours per day*, manuals*. *Included in system price.
1993 revenues:
$243 million total. $1.3 million from risk management information systems sales and services, 100% from software services.
Officers:
Warren Coupland, chairman/CEO; William F. Bergs, president/COO; Joseph L. Rizzo; executive vp-operations; John F. Darden, CFO; G. Roger Eiler, senior vp-sales/service.

Contact: John M. Kardos, vp, 201-993-3738.

Software products:

Centurion-Claim/Financial Reporting
System specifications:
Software not available without hardware.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto, product liability.
Features:
Online system interacts with vendor's TPA services; includes policy and reserve tracking; allocation of premium; incident reporting; risk analysis; loss trending; claims, financial and quality measurement report generation; data analysis; diary; litigation, medical cost, catastrophe and crisis management; early medical intervention; check and 1099 processing. Optional modules/features include toll-free reporting service, online access, query and ad hoc reporting and electronic data transfer.

Customization optional
First installation: 1975
Total installations: 900; 700 in corporate risk management departments


Gallagher Bassett Services Inc.

The Gallagher Centre, 2 Pierce Place, Itasca, Ill. 60143-3141; 708-773-3800; fax: 708-285-4000
Risk management systems since: 1983
Staff: 93 total, 81 professionals
Clients: 843 total. Sold systems to 147 clients in 1993.

Parent: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

User support:
Onsite training, telephone assistance 24 hours per day*, off-site training*, user manuals*. *Included in system price.
1993 revenues:
$106.3 million total. $6.4 million from risk management information systems sales and services.
Officers:
Peter J. Durkalski, president; John G. Campbell, chairman; Donald C. Klein, Richard Rothman, Fred Potenza, executive vps.

Contact: Tracy D. Mock, area vp-marketing services, 708-285-3593.

Software products:

RISX-FACS
System specifications:
Leased, online system; accessed via IBM compatible PC with DOS.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto.
Features:
Claims administration; loss forecasting and trending; reserve tracking; incident reporting; check processing; diary; litigation management; claim notes; claim payment and recoveries tracking; summary loss, loss and claim experience, specific excess, activity summary, claim activity, claim register, accident loss analysis and claim loss analysis report generation. Optional modules include Micro-FACS that allows 24 hour access to claim data.

Customization optional
First installation: 1983
Total installations: 843; 11 in corporate risk management departments

Micro-FACS

Price: $2,100 plus connect time and report charges.

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC, single user version. Operates in DOS. Online system.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto.
Features:
Allows vendor's TPA clients to perform claim information retrieval, including total payments, recoveries, reserves and expenses by category; type, source, nature and part of body involved in claim; handling adjuster; check payment listing; history of changes in total reserves; reported date; accident date and time; location and description of the loss; client location and assigned claim; also allows for user-defined data selection. Optional modules include E-mail through TELE-FACS.

Customization optional
First installation: 1986
Total installations: 214


Health Management Technologies Inc.

1150 Moraga Way, Suite 150, Moraga, Calif. 94556; 510-631-6750; fax: 510-631-6789
Risk management systems since: 1986
Staff: 14 total, all professionals
Clients: 400 total, including 250 corporate risk management departments. Sold systems to 65 clients in 1993

User support:
User groups/meetings, onsite training, telephone assistance 10 hours per day.
Officers:
Karen Wolfe, president; James Wolfe, chief marketing officer; Eric Wolfe, director-client services.

Contact: Kathy Conrotto, client services.

Software products:

RETURN.

Price: $10,000-$20,000.

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC, single user and LAN versions. Operates in DOS or Windows.
Claims/coverages managed:
Workers comp, managed care.
Features:
Provides management reporting for loss control, disability management, medical services and health documentation; utilization review; OSHA reports; financial accounting; regulatory compliance documentation; outcomes analysis; performance accountability; produces employers first report of injury by state; allows for electronic data transfer. Optional modules include job analysis, job return and job-based disability guidelines.

Customization optional
First installation: 1988
Total installations: 400; 250 in corporate risk management departments


Helmsman Management Services Inc.

225 Borthwick Ave., Portsmouth, N.H. 03801; 603-431-8400; fax: 603-431-2071
Risk management systems since: 1985
Staff: 38 total, 34 professionals
Clients: 247 total, including 237 corporate risk management departments. Sold systems to 72 clients in 1993.

Parent: Liberty Mutual Insurance Group.

User support:
User groups/meetings*, onsite training*, telephone assistance 10 hours per day*. *Included in system price.
1993 revenues:
Risk management information systems revenue: 2% from hardware sales, 52% from software sales, 46% from software services.

Contact: Michael N. Henry, director-RISKTRAC marketing.

Software products:

RISKTRAC
System specifications:
Client server. Operates in DOS or Windows.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, property, casualty, workers comp, auto.
Features:
Claims management; reports include loss comparisons, development, frequency/severity analysis, repeaters, allocation and trending; ad hoc reporting; download capabilities; access to adjuster notes; electronic mail.

Customization optional
First installation: 1985
Total installations: 361; 350 in corporate risk management departments


Home Insurance Co.

59 Maiden Lane, New York, N.Y. 10038; 212-530-7000; fax: 212-530-3348
Risk management systems since: 1991
Staff: Seven total, all professionals
Clients: 15 total, all corporate risk management departments. Sold systems to six clients in 1993.

Parent: Trygg Hansa SPP.

User support:
Onsite training*, telephone assistance eight hours per day*.*Included in system price.

Contact: Matthew T. Craig, 212-530-6867.

Software products:

RiskOptions/Professional Claim Inquiry/Adjuster Notes.
System specifications:
IBM compatible PC; single user-8MB RAM, LAN-16MB RAM. Operates in DOS.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, casualty, workers comp, auto.
Features:
Aggregate loss and loss control analysis; standard and custom report generation; claims tracking and reporting; allocation of loss costs by individual unit, unit groups and state; summarization of currently valued claims by line of business and policy period; interactive adjustor notes with risk manager diary; daily online claim inquiry.

First installation: 1991.
Total installations: 140; 15 in corporate risk management departments


ITT Specialty Risk Services Inc.

55 Farmington Ave., Hartford, Conn. 06105; 203-520-2500; fax: 203-520-2503
Risk management systems since: 1981
Staff: 24 total, 15 professionals
Clients: 50 total. Sold systems to 50 clients in 1993

Parent: ITT Hartford Insurance Group.

User support:
User groups/meetings*, onsite training*, telephone assistance eight hours per day*. *Included in system price.
1993 revenues:
100% from software services.

Officers: Nanette Char, assistant vp-risk management information systems.

Software products:

LASER (Loss Analysis System to Evaluate Risk).

Price: $8,000-$25,000.

System specifications:
IBM compatible PC, single user version. Operates in DOS or UNIX. Online system.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, workers comp, auto
Features:
Provide claim management and risk analysis via online inquiry to vendor's TPA clients; access to adjuster notes; electronic mail communication; formatted and ad hoc report generation.

Customization optional
First installation: 1992
Total installations: 120, all in corporate risk management departments


Insurance Software Packages Inc.

3625 Queen Palm Drive, Tampa, Fla. 33619; 800-237-8133; fax: 813-621-0652
Risk management systems since: 1985
Staff: 44 total, 36 professionals
Clients: Sold systems to 20 clients in 1993.

Parent: Pharmacy Management Services Inc.

User support:
User groups/meetings*, onsite training*, telephone assistance eight hours per day*, carbon copy/on-line interactive support*. *Included in system price.
1993 revenues:
Risk management information systems sales and services revenues: 70% from software sales, 30% from software services.

Officers: George Cannon, vp.

Software products:

CompStar
System specifications:
IBM compatible PC, 4MB RAM; single user and LAN versions. Operates in DOS.
Claims/coverages managed:
Workers comp.
Features:
Reinsurance tracking, auto indemnity payments, enhanced security, claims adjudication, fee schedule, full fee schedule rates integration, EOBs, PPO and correspondence module.

Customization optional
First installation: 1985
Total installations: 193, all in corporate risk management departments

MediStar
System specifications:
IBM compatible PC, 4MB RAM; single user and LAN versions. Operates in DOS.
Claims/coverages managed:
Workers comp, auto.
Features:
Utilization review, electronic filing, fee schedule validation of rules and values, medical bill history, duplicate checking, inquiry and enhanced reporting.

Customization optional
First installation: 1986
Total installations: 95, all in corporate risk management departments

Multi-Star
System specifications:
IBM compatible PC, 4MB RAM; single user and LAN versions. Operates in DOS.
Claims/coverages managed:
Property, casualty, auto.
Features:
Legal module, report writer, claims entry, reserve tracking, payment inquiry, correspondence module, reinsurance module, report generation.

Customization optional
First installation: 1985
Total installations: 26, all in corporate risk management departments


Kemper Risk Management Services

1 Kemper Drive, Long Grove,Ill. 60049; 708-320-2400; fax: 708-320-4330
Risk management systems since: 1980
Staff: 94 total, 76 professionals
Clients: 244 total, all corporate risk management departments. Sold systems to 24 clients in 1993.

Parent: Kemper National Insurance Cos.

User support:
Onsite training*, telephone assistance 10 hours per day*. *Included in system price.

Contact: Robert S. Adamski, marketing manager.

Software products:

Kemper Risk Management System
System specifications:
IBM compatible PC network, 240MB RAM. Operates in Windows.
Claims/coverages managed:
General liability, casualty, workers comp, auto.
Features:
Tracking and reporting of losses, payments and medical cost containment.

Customization optional
First installation: 1983
Total installations: 244