Articles and Interviews

White Papers


Two Decades and 10 Lessons Learned: How Self-Insureds Can Achieve Outstanding Results	PMA Companies is celebrating 20 years in the TPA business. In those two decades, we have gained extensive knowledge into what makes self-insured programs successful. In this new white paper, Two Decades and 10 Lessons Learned: How Self-Insureds Can Achieve Outstanding Results, author Frank X. Altiere, III, president, PMA Management Corp., discuss the ten keys to achieve outstanding results in the workers' compensation programs.

PMA Insights — Increasing Employee Accountability and Safety in the Healthcare Industry	PMA's white paper recommending six steps for building safety accountability among employees in healthcare facilities.

PMA Insights — White Paper on Using Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) to Trim WC Healthcare Costs	PMA's white paper examining eight ways a Pharmacy Benefits Management program can help control your workers' compensation healthcare costs.

PMA Insights — 10 Workers' Compensation Considerations in Recessionary Times	PMA's white paper examining ways to keep your program on track — and improve it in the process.

PMA Insights — The Aging Workforce	This white paper by the PMA Companies studies the positive impact of an aging workforce and examines how employers can capitalize on the strengths of older adults while minimizing high-severity risks.

Articles and Interviews


Safeguarding the Ivory Tower	In the September issue of Risk Management magazine, Frank Altiere, president of PMA Management Corp., discusses risk management in higher education in the article, Safeguarding the Ivory Tower. Mr. Altiere reflects on the diversity of exposures faced by colleges and universities, and the culture of risk management in higher education. PMA Companies is a higher education risk management expert, providing risk management solutions and services to more than 200 colleges and universities.

Answering Your Claims Questions Risk & Insurance interviews two PMA Executives, SVP and Chief Claims Officer Kurt Schuhl and VP of Claims for PMA Management Corp., Jim Walsh, on the most vital issues impacting the claims industry today.	Kurt and Jim offer their insights on the No.1 issue affecting claims, the use of technology to enhance the claims process, the keys to successfully developing claims talent and trends in unbundling services.

8 Ways a Pharmacy Benefits Management Program Can Help Control Your Workers' Comp Healthcare Costs, by Tina Preisig, Senior Vice President, PMA Managed Care Services	Article from the April 2010 edition of The Self-Insurer

Reducing the Cost of Risk, TPAs as Solution Providers by Frank X. Altiere III, President of PMA Management Corp.	Read an overview of nine key areas that can drive down workers' compensation costs: frequency rates, root causes of claims, prompt claims reporting, calendar year payments, medical savings, closure rates, recoveries, settlements and benchmarking.

Risk Management Lessons from a Successful SIG by Frank X. Altiere III, President of PMA Management Corp.	Read about how PMAMC helped the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association's self-insured group reduce its costs, protect its workers and improve its results.

Claims Adjusters Critical to Determining Organizations' Ultimate Cost of Insurance by Frank X. Altiere III, President of PMA Management Corp.

Accident Repeaters: An Examination and Structure for Action by James Rhoads	Article from the November 2007 issue of Public Risk

The Nest Egg Isn't Ready To Hatch. How to Prepare for an Aging Workforce by Kathy Napier	Article from the July/August 2007 issue of The Tennessee Insuror

Risk Managers Can Save Lives When Workplace Violence Strikes by Bill Carney and Jack Aspen	Article from the June 11, 2007 issue of National Underwriter

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