David R. LengRisk Management · Insurance · Author

For readers of Stop Being Frustrated & Overcharged, Appendix C

What We Review in a Risk Management and HR Assessment

What to gather before you talk to anyone.

The list from Appendix C. Most companies have these spread across three or four people. Pull them together once and you have what an underwriter, a new agent or I would ask for first.

ItemHave itRequested
A tour of the facility and job sites
Interviews with key employees
Five years of current loss runs on every policy, with a description of every claim over $10,000 and an analysis by type, cause, time of day and time since hire
Five years of premium and payroll history
Five years of OSHA 300 logs and 300A summaries, plus this year's log to date
Three years of experience mod worksheets
Your injury rates compared to your industry's, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Injury reporting and investigation forms and procedures
Your return-to-work program
The clinics and doctors you use now
Safety manuals, policies and procedures
The employee handbook
Job descriptions, applications and hiring procedures
New hire orientation materials
Every insurance policy, with all endorsements
The carrier's past loss control reports and recommendations, and your responses
Subcontractor and independent contractor agreements, and certificates of insurance
Customer contracts, for their insurance and indemnity requirements
For fleets: driver files and motor vehicle records, telematics data, and FMCSA safety data if you're regulated by DOT

To have them reviewed, send what you have to david@davidleng.com. Sending them doesn't commit you to anything.

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