The Certified WorkComp Advisor course is engaging, interactive, hands-on sessions led by veteran Workers’ Comp experts. It’s Workers’ Compensation training that gives you the real-world tools and information you need to dramatically grow your book of business and help your clients control one of their biggest insurance expenses.
The CWCA is offered in-person, live online, and as an online on-demand course. In person it is a two day course. Live online, it runs across three 4.25 hour sessions over three days. On-Demand, the course is twelve hours from start to finish, broken into twelve sessions.
The live CWCA course is approved for Continuing Education credits in these states:
Institute Agenda
The Certified WorkComp Advisor course is engaging, interactive, hands-on sessions led by veteran Workers’ Comp experts. It’s Workers’ Compensation training that gives you the real-world tools and information you need to dramatically grow your book of business and help your clients control one of their biggest insurance expenses.
The LIVE (Virtual and in-person) CWCA Institutes are approved CE:
14 Credits in AR, AZ, CA, DE, FL, IN, KS, LA, MI, MO, NC, NJ, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, WI, IA, NE, NM 13 Credits in GA 12 Credits in IL and TX 11 Credits in CT.
The On-Demand CWCA Institute is not approved for CE credits.
No matter how you take the course, the Institute is built on Conquering Zero™, IWCP’s trademarked process to guide employers to their lowest possible workers’ comp costs.
Certified WorkComp Advisor Modules
The Experience Mod
The resources you need to Conquer Zero
The Mod is a comparison tool
Understanding the Lowest Possible Mod and building a specific plan to reach it
The importance of the Controllable Mod
What policies are included on the Mod?
What expenses are excluded from the calculation?
The Experience Rating Adjustment Plan
What steps to take when you discover Mod error
The most important date of the workers’ comp year
Should you take advantage of a deductible?
The complexities of multi-state employers
Validating the Experience Mod
What happens if you Cancel and Rewrite a policy mid-term?
Managing Employee Injuries
A new way to look at safety
Avoid hiring a workers’ comp injury waiting to happen
How to train employees to prevent workers’ comp problems
Knowing when indemnity starts
Locating and partnering with skilled Medical Providers
Understanding the value of Recovery at Work
Building an effective Recovery at Work program with your clients
Safety committees and your role in them
Should an employer pay small claims out of pocket?
Fraud: What it is, what it isn’t, and how to prevent it
The critical importance of immediate accident reporting
Effectively managing your toughest to manage risks
Preventing attorneys from getting into your clients’ wallets
The Premium Audit
The importance of classifications
Challenges the premium auditor faces
Understanding the rules of the premium audit
What the auditor can and cannot do
Excluded/included remuneration
Dealing with your clients’ sub-contractors
The complexities of staffing and construction risks
Audit flow charts and checklists
Being ready for auditors’ visit
Communicating the Institute Process to Employers
Getting in the door
Consistent marketing plan
Using the telephone
Other strategies
The importance of language
Where workers’ Comp and Employee Benefits Collide
The 3 buckets into which employers fill with their insurance dollars
Group health and excluded officers
The dangers when employees are out of work due to an occupational injury