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Liberty Mutual Insurance Company is an American diversified global insurer and the sixth-largest property and casualty insurer in the world. [3] It ranks 87th on the Fortune 100 list of largest corporations in the United States based on 2024 revenue. [4]
The risk of loss remains with the employer, and not with the TPA. An insurance company may also use a TPA to manage its claims processing, provider networks, utilization review, or membership functions. While some third-party administrators may operate as units of insurance companies, they are often independent.
Insurance is characterized as a business vested or affected with the public interest. [2] Thus, the business of insurance, although primarily a matter of private contract, is nevertheless of such concern to the public as a whole that it is subject to governmental regulation to protect the public’s interests.
An independent adjuster is contracted by an insurance company to assess and investigate claims. Independent adjusters are expected to operate impartially to recommend a settlement.
Incoming claims are classified based on severity and are assigned to adjusters, whose settlement authority varies with their knowledge and experience. An adjuster undertakes an investigation of each claim, usually in close cooperation with the insured, determines if coverage is available under the terms of the insurance contract (and if so, the ...
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Crawford & Company is one of the world's largest independent providers of claims management to the risk management and insurance industry as well as self-insured entities. The company is based in Atlanta, Georgia with clients in more than 70 countries. Jim Crawford, formerly an insurance company claims manager, founded Crawford & Company in ...