Preparing an Employee Workers’ Compensation Survey
What your employees know — or do not know — about workers’ compensation can affect the claims process once an employee needs to file a claim. As I mentioned in my previous blog, Reduce Claim Filing Lag Time Through Effective Employee Communication Plans, an employee survey can be a vital part of developing effective communication to […]
70 Percent of Insurers Communicate with Independent Agents via Social Media – Insurance Networking News
70 Percent of Insurers Communicate with Independent Agents via Social Media – Insurance Networking News.
Reduce Claim Filing Lag Time Through Effective Employee Communication Plans
(This is Part II of What Every Employer Should Know About Workers’ Compensation) Despite the best safety efforts, workers’ compensation claims happen. The unnecessary lag time between the date of a work-related injury and date of claim filing can mean the difference between a medical-only claim and a lost-time claim costing tens of thousands of […]
Twitter Rolls Out “Expanded Tweets”
Twitter Rolls Out “Expanded Tweets”.
Social Media by the Numbers
Half of Americans believe Facebook is a fad, according to an Associated Press and CNBC. (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/15/half-americans-call-facebook-fad.) Keeping in mind that there are lies, damn lies, and statistics, I am sharing other social media “facts” I find interesting. 15.5: The average amount of hours people spend on Facebook monthly. (Some fad.) 161 million: Number of professionals using […]
Annmarie’s 9 Habits of Highly Efficient (or Productive) People
Annmarie’s 9 Habits of Highly Efficient (or Productive) People.
What Insurance Industry Reporters Want
What Insurance Industry Reporters Want
If you want to attract media attention in the insurance industry, read this post from Aartrijk. I have worked on both sides of the media by writing articles and pitching them. This is what you need to know.
Tell and Hear it Like it Is
A native Bulgarian woman once told me that the politically correct paranoia in the United States was similar to communism where citizens felt they could not freely express themselves. Telling and hearing difficult truth is not easy but more necessary than ever. Freedom of expression is not only a First Amendment right, but it is […]
Quick Blog Writing Tips
Here’s some quick, random blogging tips: 1) Be consistent. Have a blogging schedule and stick to it. 2) Don’t wear out your welcome. Many experts say you should blog as much as possible to get your company name in front of people, but you don’t want your audience to get sick of you. 3) Always […]
Harnessing the Power of Social Media for Business-to-Business Marketing
Ready to harness the power of social media for your company? Then check out my recent article, The Case for Social Media http://www.contingenciesonline.com/contingenciesonline/js2012spring#pg4. Published in a supplement of the American Academy of Actuaries’ Contingencies Magazine, my article is not just for actuaries. It answers many of the concerns about using social media in business-to-business marketing […]
