FEATURE |
Fall Risk Management Workshops set
The secret is out. Greg Dickie compiles information on this Fall's Risk Management Workshops.
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HR Services:
Guidance on lactation breaks
In every Pooling Matters newsletter Tina Stevens shares news and information you may need in your HR planning! This month Tina provides guidance on lactation breaks.
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Technology Corner:
Introducing the
"File Exchange"
Have files too large to e-mail to underwriting or finance? We know. That's why in July VML Insurance Programs launched a new file sharing page called File Exchange.
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Featured Staff:
Pam Pitts, subrogator extraordinaire
Pam Pitts plays a crucial role in helping keep premiums down. As recovery specialist she pursues subrogation and/or restitution on claims where losses were caused by a third party.
Learn about Pam and her pooch Dusty D'Dog.
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Multimedia Library updated
Coaching the lift truck operator, Hand, wrist and finger safety and Shift work: Circadian survival are just a few of the titles newly added to the Multimedia Library, a free lending library available to VML Insurance Programs members. Check out a video today!
Complete listing >> PDF
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Training Calendar
Go ahead, print it!
You know you want to.
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The City of Petersburg offered TULIP to vendors and others during the NostalgiaFest event.
Special events - special liabilities
Fall is near. With fall festivals, music events, and more coming up taking a focus on risk management is crucial. VML Insurance Programs spoke with Elsie Jarmon, Risk Manager for the City of Petersburg.
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SAFETY SERVICES |
Are you storm ready?
Last winter's historic snowstorms dropped record amounts of snow throughout Virginia. Just north, the District of Columbia saw its largest snowstorm in more than 90 years.
Now as we enter peak hurricane and flood season VML Insurance Programs asks, are you storm ready?
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WTRMTR - Driver Selection
Did you know that 56 percent of claims to VML Insurance Programs are automobile related? They represent 47 percent of total claim costs, coming in at $11 million annually.
The Where the Rubber Meets the Road (WTRMTR) campaign is designed to provide safety tips to protect employees and reduce claims. This month's focus is on driver selection.
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Pedestrian safety - take the pledge!
 In 2009, 84 people died walking or cycling on our Virginia roadways. This year Drive Smart Virginia and Bike Walk Virginia are teaming up to raise awareness about roadway injuries and fatalities.
Sept. 12 – 18, 2010 is Virginia’s second annual Bicyclist and Pedestrian Awareness Week – and municipalities are being challenged to pledge to become a safety partner and distribute materials to employees and constituents.
Will you take the pledge?
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UNDERWRITING UPDATE |
Workers' Compensation audits due
Workers’ compensation audits are due by the end of September. Members who received mail audits were required to complete them by Aug. 31. Please submit your physical or telephone audit to Commercial Insurances of Virginia (CIS) by Sept. 30.
If you have not returned your mail audit or scheduled an appointment with a CIS auditor please notify your underwriter.
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