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Article: Multi-line carriers get jump on 24-hour cover. (combination of health and workers compensation into single 24-hour coverage package)
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- National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management
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- May 18, 1992
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CHICAGO--A small number of multi-line insurers are taking steps to incorporate workers' compensation and health insurance into a single 24-hour coverage for employees, one major carrier contends.
A handful of national, multi-line carriers with significant operations in both the workers' compensation and group health markets are moving to coordinate the two lines, according to Dennis Chookaszian, president and chief operating officer with Chicago-based CNA Ins. Cos.
These carriers are bringing the impact of comprehensive managed care to bear on workers' compensation issues and passing along to employers the economies gained from an integrated approach, he ...