Sentences with phrase «claims management regulation»

The government body, Claims Management Regulation (CMR) recently published its 2009 Impact of Regulation Assessment report.

The Claims Management Regulation Unit, part of the MoJ, tackled companies that short - changed customers through bad service, misleading marketing or hidden charges.

Figures recently released by the Claims Management Regulation Unit reveal that the number of registered claims management companies handling personal injury claims fell from 2,435 in March 2012 to 1,700 in June this year.

Not exact matches

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry, and the company's previously disclosed review of strategic alternatives.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

On regulation of Claims Management Companies: «Poorly regulated Claims Management Companies have been hiking up the cost of insurance for far too long.

Modernising the civil justice system Welcomed the Government review of claims management company regulation Delivering MedCo to bring rigour to personal injury claims Securing mandatory lawyers checks of a claimant's personal injury claims history

The Ministry of Trade and Industry contravened existing law on public financial management, particularly the Financial Administration Regulations, by allowing the use of an existing account for the receipt of monies that it claimed were private funds;

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget recently issued new regulations saying that scientists presenting their research at conferences can claim related child care expenses on their federal grants.

Environmentalists claim that Charles Monnett of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) is the victim of a «witch hunt» aimed at opening up more of Alaska to oil and gas drilling.

These forward - looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, significant amount of indebtedness, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud.

These forward - looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud.

These forward - looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, indebtedness, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud.

These forward - looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment and data center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud.

Using a proprietary database of institutional investors» daily stock trading records in the post — Regulation Fair Disclosure (FD) period, this study examines whether transient institutions have the independent ability to correctly process small negative earnings surprise announcements, which management claims transient institutions have difficulty in interpreting.

As some groups push for additional EPA and Bureau of Land Management methane rules, claiming that voluntary efforts to reduce emissions haven't worked, it's clear that a combination of industry actions in concert with existing regulation have worked — and that additional regulation isn't needed.

Parliament is presently considering the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill to bring together various free - to - client financial guidance services and transfer regulation of claims management services to thClaims Bill to bring together various free - to - client financial guidance services and transfer regulation of claims management services to thclaims management services to the FCA.

Domenick has served on the Board of Directors of the ARC Association and a mid-cap technology company, as Chairman Emeritus of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, Board Member of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, Adjunct Professor of Insurance Law and Regulation at Temple Law School, Member of the Board of the Business School of NJIT, where he also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Corporate Finance, Member of the Association of Corporate Growth and Member of the American Bar Association Mergers and Acquisitions Committee.

Introduce more effective regulation to restrict the marketing activities of referral agencies, such as claims management companies, and personal injury lawyers, in particular to control the volume of cold - call marketing practices.Create a more robust approach to medical assessments for workplace injuries by extending the use of independent medical panels to cover all personal injury claims, not simply whiplash - related personal injury claims as currently envisaged under Ministry of Justice proposals.

We suspect the real battleground will be on the restrictions on QOCS, regulation of claims management companies and, potentially, on claimant costs.

The Insurance Fraud Taskforce report published in January 2016 called for more stringent enforcement of claims management company regulation and a tougher approach by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)regulation and a tougher approach by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)Regulation Authority (SRA) to fraud.

Your information will be used to provide you with information and services that you request from us, deal with inquiries that you may make, to enable us to provide you with information that we feel may be of interest to you, for the purpose of compliance with applicable laws and regulations, to defend ourselves in claims under such laws, for legal, administrative and management purposes and for other legitimate business interests.

The program was on «Risk Management and Litigation Issues Arising Out of the January 2017 Amendments to ERISA Disability Claim Regulations.»

The Drug and Medical Device Product Liability Deskbook includes: detailed coverage of: warning - related claims and defenses; other information - based theories; strict liability; FDA - related per se liability; preemption of common law tort claims by the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act and FDA regulations; class actions in drug and medical device litigation; theories of liability asserted against entities other than manufacturers; practical issues involving litigation management; the use of expert witnesses; and many other important topics.

Practitioners in the travel sector have been encouraged by the Government's recent commitment to tightening the regulation of claims management companies, who offer support to consumers in making a claim for compensation.

This reviews the impact of its regulation of businesses in the claims management arena over the last year.

New rules and regulations inevitably have an impact on business processes, from product governance and design to distribution and claims management.

We can represent you in all high - profile disputes relating to compliance with product safety regulations and breach thereof, risk management and injury claims.

In a medical office or a health related industry (e.g. health insurance company), special skills such as claims management, medical records filing procedures, knowledge of medical terminology, clinical procedures, appointment scheduling and compliance with special medical regulation required.

Highlights Experience handling complicated claims Expertise with writing reports Case management skills Knowledge of auto insurance regulations Understanding of policy limits and interpretations Successful ability to increase risk management effectiveness Trained in delivering quality customer service Ability to find and identify instances of insurance fraud Strength in discerning accident causes Data analysis expertise Strong written and verbal skills Top attention to detail Ability to keep sensitive material confidential Hardworking and efficient Experience Insurance Claims Adjuster 8/1/2009 — 8/1/2012 Countrywide Insurance — Columbia, MD Processed more than 5,000 auto insurance cclaims Expertise with writing reports Case management skills Knowledge of auto insurance regulations Understanding of policy limits and interpretations Successful ability to increase risk management effectiveness Trained in delivering quality customer service Ability to find and identify instances of insurance fraud Strength in discerning accident causes Data analysis expertise Strong written and verbal skills Top attention to detail Ability to keep sensitive material confidential Hardworking and efficient Experience Insurance Claims Adjuster 8/1/2009 — 8/1/2012 Countrywide Insurance — Columbia, MD Processed more than 5,000 auto insurance cClaims Adjuster 8/1/2009 — 8/1/2012 Countrywide Insurance — Columbia, MD Processed more than 5,000 auto insurance claimsclaims.

Areas of Expertise: * Contract Negotiation / Management * Risk Analysis / Management * Team Leadership & Motivation * Project Management Certification * Organizational Leadership * Global Trade Compliance * Employee Training & Development * Budget Management * Sourcing Strategy Development * Claims Defense / Resolution * Legal Management * Vendor / Supplier Management * EAR, ITAR, NRC, & DOE Regulations * Process Reengineering * Ch...

¥ Substantial understanding of medical and workers» compensation claims processes ¥ Familiar with current state and federal discrimination and disability regulations ¥ Strong familiarity with medical billing codes ¥ Solid knowledge of medical and basic legal terminology ¥ Proficient in the use of MS Word Access and PowerPoint ¥ Very good internal and external communications abilities ¥ Ability to work flexible shifts and overtime as necessary ¥ Strong time management and organizational skills

Director of Human Resources / HR Consultant — Professional Duties & Responsibilities Oversee the planning, direction, and management of all HR - related activities including staff recruiting, candidate tracking, personnel screening and testing, and hiring processes in accordance with Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employment regulations Support senior management to develop and maintain personnel policy and ensure compliance with all standards, authoring and implementing new policies and procedures as needed along with creating HR procedure manual Serve as lead analyst for compensation reviews, performance and pay - scale benchmarking, market studies, and salary structure decisions, also creating organizational / staff planning charts for all departments and all positions Create and deliver firm - wide staff new - hire orientation, training and development programs, and performance evaluations utilizing a competency - based appraisal system which leads to focused training and development programs based on common and individual areas of performance deficiency Manage all aspects of workers compensation and unemployment claims on behalf of employer, attending hearings and participating actively in all related meetings Hold responsibility for all benefit negotiations, administration, and plan reviews, promoting compliance with and effective execution of IRS / DOL regulations, ERISA, HIPPA, and all audit - related processes Implement and sustain safety programs while performing regular safety - policy trend analyses to identify critical issues, developing corrective action plans to ensure compliance with applicable safety, health, and environmental regulations including OSHA and other applicable laws Consult with management regarding employee - and labor - related issues to resolve conflicts in a professional manner, conducting grievance hearings and negotiation agreements with worker representatives within the provisions of any applicable contract Provide relevant guidance and administration to the development of human resources site on firm intranet, housing online - employment forms, manager resources, job postings, and HR - related forms and documents Develop valuable staff relationships to improve workplace morale as well as maintain positive business relationships with all related brokers and vendors

Medical Billing Specialist — Duties & Responsibilities Manage medical billing, coding, and customer service operation for industry leading corporations Develop extensive experience with all major medical insurance providers Provide exceptional customer service resulting in 100 % client satisfaction rating Maximize reimbursements and minimize costs through effective management Serve as member of Rate Book Committee overseeing 80,000 outpatient third party accounts Recruit, hire, and train staff ensuring understanding of company brand, policies, and procedures Responsible for $ 100 million per year in company income and company record of $ 46 million in one month Oversee financial management providing best practices and strategic planning Build and strengthen relationships with third party payors including Medicare, Medicaid, and others Author and present reports to senior leadership regarding company financial health Set and strictly adhere to departmental budgets and project timelines Ensure compliance with applicable laws and industry regulations Establish and maintain detailed records regarding claims, billing, and client information Create and implement clinical and nonclinical team training activities Consistently promoted for excellence in management, customer service, and revenue generation Study internal literature to become an expert on products and services Represent company brand with poise, integrity, and positivity