We appreciate that workers' compensation policies are often the largest premium expense in your insurance program. Our specialists work with you to negotiate lower premium costs through proactive analysis of health and safety standards to complement claims and injury management services.

PEOPLE SOLUTIONS

Workers' Compensation

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We understand your health and safety goals and objectives.

    We appreciate that workers' compensation policies are often the largest premium expense in your insurance program. Our specialists work with you to negotiate lower premium costs through proactive analysis of health and safety standards to complement claims and injury management services.

    This includes analytical tools to assess the viability of various insurance structures from conventional to retro paid loss structures, all the way to self-insurance. In addition, we provide a full suite of claims and injury management services detailed below.

    Our services

    Workers’ compensation experts design insurance programs that reduce costs, and we analyse your claims data to identify the causes that can be most efficiently eliminated.

    HOW YOU CAN BENEFIT FROM LOCKTON’S EXPERTISE:

    • Access to insurers to negotiate competitive pricing

    • Claims and injury management services assisting early return to work

    • State-of-the-art benchmarking and analytics designed to take advantage of market trends

    • Loss forecasting and probability analysis

    • Alternative risk expertise, including captive consulting and formation

    • Self-insurance experts

    • A full suite of safety services designed to reduce loss costs

    OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

    We offer a range of services to support each state workers’ compensation scheme such as:

    • Placement services

    • Injury management claims services

    • Premium industry benchmarking

    Key contacts

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    Morag Fitzsimons

    National Manager Employee Care
    morag.fitzsimons@lockton.com
    +61 414 638 821

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    Michelle Klobas

    Manager Advisory Services Employee Care
    michelle.klobas@lockton.com
    +61 438 475 296

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    Lockton People Solutions FAQs

    Lockton believes every business maximizes their potential when their people maximize theirs. That’s why we help our clients make their business, and their people’s lives, better. We know employers need solutions that help balance attracting and retaining talent, manage costs and promote employee well-being. Lockton helps guide clients to people solutions that drive employee understanding, engagement and satisfaction; incorporate competitive total rewards and benefits packages; and manage and measure the effectiveness of your programs.

    We work with every client thinking about how we can best improve your employee experiences to drive engagement, understanding, satisfaction and productivity; design total rewards and benefits that increase perceived value and help attract and retain talent, while controlling costs; and help you make information-based decisions, measure and manage your programs, while driving a competitive business advantage amid an increasingly complex landscape.

    Lockton delivers a full suite of solutions in the following areas: employee experiences and engagement, total rewards and benefits, and management and measurement.

    Lockton is privately owned, which allows teams to prioritize client business. Our Associates are empowered to go above and beyond to help their clients succeed and the entrepreneurial culture at Lockton fosters data-driven solutions, solving problems faster and more efficiently.

    Lockton operates all over the globe through Lockton offices and a network of Lockton Global Partners.

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