Work Comp
Agencies Embrace New Education, Marketing Service
WorkCompEdge Welcomes Founding Members
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Brentwood, TN,
February 13, 2009 -- Despite
economic conditions - or maybe because of them - insurance
agents, brokers and other professionals are embracing a new
web-based service that facilitates workers compensation
education and marketing.
While some
insurance agents are "hunkering down" through the economic
crisis, others realize this is a crucial time to pursue new
sales and service opportunities. WorkCompEdge is a site that
offers agencies and associations a fresh way to attract
prospects and improve delivery of work comp education and
cost-saving strategies to employers. The founding Member
Agencies of WorkCompEdge include a hospital association and
leading agencies at the local, regional and super-regional
levels in thirteen states.
“At first, it
appeared that we launched WorkCompEdge at a very inopportune
time,” admits Specific Software Solutions CEO Tim Coomer,
speaking of the site’s debut only weeks before last fall’s
economic meltdown. “But we’ve persisted with our message that
WorkCompEdge provides not only proven implementation strategies,
but also marketing tools for an agency to attract and retain
clients. We applaud these forward-thinking agencies and are
enthusiastic about promoting their success with the site.”
The agencies,
listed on the
WorkCompEdge AgentFinder, are incorporating WorkCompEdge
strategies and promotional materials into their sales and
service processes and are authorized to provide clients with
direct access to WorkCompEdge educational modules, videos,
analytical tools and more. By
virtue of their advanced professional designations and
commitment to continuing WorkCompEdge education, some founding
member agents are also designated on the site as Chartered WorkComp Executives (ChWCEs).
All of the
founding members also use the company’s ModMaster software to
compute and analyze the workers compensation mod factor.
“WorkCompEdge is a natural extension of ModMaster and the
knowledge we’ve built over the past twenty years,” Coomer added.
“WorkCompEdge
has a wealth of useful, practical, user-friendly information,”
said Maureen Gallagher, partner with founding agency Neace
Lukens, the nation’s 30th largest insurance broker.
“After spending many hours navigating the site, I have come away
thoroughly impressed.” So impressed, in fact, that the
well-known commercial insurance broker and consultant is now
contributing on a regular basis to the WorkCompEdge
blog and wiki.
MHA
Diversified Services for the Mississippi Hospital
Association; Madison, Mississippi
Steven D.
Weeks
Neace Lukens; Southfield, Michigan
Maureen
Gallagher, ChWCE
Sue
Separa
Neace Lukens - CORE Solutions; Cincinnati, Ohio
Tim
Devine
Network
Insurance Services; Greenwood Village, Colorado
Nick
Vuolo
Peel and
Holland Financial Group; Benton, Kentucky
Keith
Riley
The
Clement Companies; Greenville, North Carolina
James E.
Clement, Jr., ChWCE
Townley Kenton Inc.; Decatur, Georgia
Robert
Townley, ChWCE
Winona
Agency; Winona, Minnesota
Garry
Watts
WorkComp Partners; Bartow, Florida
Frank
Pennachio, ChWCE
In its short
history, the WorkCompEdge site has already been recognized by
LexisNexis for its leading blog. The site was also recently
selected as “Best of Show” to represent the Nashville region in
the international Society for Technical Communication
competition.
About the
Company
Brentwood,
Tennessee-based Specific Software Solutions (http://www.specificsoftware.com)
and its affiliate, SIGMA Actuarial Consulting Group, serve risk
management and insurance professionals in companies of all sizes
across the nation with software products and casualty actuarial
consulting. Founded in 1990, the company is best known for its
flagship product ModMaster, which computes and analyzes the
workers compensation experience rating modification factor. The
company maintains an award-winning blog on workers compensation
at
http://www.workcompedge.com.
