Gallagher
Joins WorkCompEdge as Contributor
Brentwood, TN,
November 3, 2008 --
Well-known commercial insurance broker and consultant Maureen
Gallagher has joined WorkCompEdge as a contributor, announced
Kory Wells, WorkCompEdge blog editor and director of product
development for Specific Software Solutions. In this role,
Gallagher will provide commentary and in-depth analysis on
current workers compensation affairs through the award-winning
WorkCompEdge blog and wiki.
In addition to her contributor
position with WorkCompEdge, Gallagher continues to serve as a
partner with Neace Lukens,
the 30th
largest US agency, and to provide training and consulting
through Insurance Partners Academy, an educational company for
insurance professionals which she founded.
Gallagher said, "I am delighted to
join this prestigious group of bloggers, including an old
friend, Frank Pennachio, at WorkCompEdge. I am not only
interested in what other work comp geeks are up to, I suspect
there is something special in the making at WorkCompEdge. After
spending many hours navigating the site, I have come away
thoroughly impressed. It has a wealth of useful, practical, user
friendly information. I look forward to interacting with the
others trying to make sense of this wacky work comp world and
hope to continue the high quality of writing that has earned
WorkCompEdge the recent honor and recognition as one of the top
25 workers compensation blogs."
Launched in 2008,
WorkCompEdge.com is
a web site to
help employers reduce workers compensation costs and improve
productivity. The WorkCompEdge
blog was selected as a 2008 honoree
for the LexisNexis Top 25 Blogs for Workers' Compensation.
"We are honored
and delighted for Maureen to join us," said Specific Software
CEO Tim Coomer. "She has a long reputation for her innovative
and aggressive approaches to
insurance.
Because of the depth and breadth of her experience with agents
and employers, we expect she'll bring both a unique
perspective and an impressive level of detail to the content on WorkCompEdge."
A frequent
lecturer and presenter, Gallagher is also on the teaching
faculty for the National Alliance for Insurance Education and
Research, the largest insurance educator in the country.
The
WorkCompEdge blog explores topics including safety, premium
audits, hiring practices, return-to-work, wellness, total cost
of risk, and many other aspects involved in managing a complete
view of a company’s workers compensation picture.
Visit the WorkCompEdge blog at
www.workcompedge.com/blog/blog.cfm.
About
WorkCompEdge
Supported by Specific Software and its affiliate
SIGMA Actuarial Consulting Group, WorkCompEdge.com delivers work comp
education, strategy, tools and community to employers and the
insurance and risk management professionals who serve them.
Employers may subscribe directly to WorkCompEdge or join the
site through a WorkCompEdge Member Agency. The site also
features a wiki, forum and public blog.
For more
information about WorkCompEdge, visit
www.WorkCompEdge.com and the
WorkCompEdge product information pages on
specificsoftware.com.
About the Companies
Specific Software Solutions serves risk management and insurance
professionals in companies of all sizes with software products that
facilitate complex calculations and insightful analyses. Founded in
1990 by Tim Coomer, A.R.M., the privately held Brentwood, TN
organization is best known for its flagship product ModMaster, which
computes and analyzes the workers compensation experience rating
modification factor.
SIGMA Actuarial
Consulting Group, Inc. (SIGMA)
is a casualty actuarial consulting firm
that supports its affiliate, Specific Software Solutions, in the
development of ModMaster, Loss Forecaster and other software
products for risk management and insurance professionals. Located
near Nashville, Tennessee, the company provides actuarial services
to government entities, associations, self insureds and commercial insureds
in a wide variety of health, retail, service and manufacturing industries
throughout the country. Specializing in workers compensation, automobile
liability, general liability and products liability, SIGMA prides itself in
producing attractive graphical analyses that are easy to read, easy to
understand, and free of actuarial jargon.
More
information about the companies and their products and services is available at
www.specificsoftware.com.
