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Workers' Compensation Micro-Credential

Total Credits: 10 including 10 General

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Competency/Category:
Compensation & Benefits
Speaker:
Chris Boggs
Duration:
10 Hours
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Description

Workers’ Compensation Micro-Credential (10 Hours) is a structured, nine-course program designed to give HR and insurance professionals a solid understanding of workers’ compensation—from foundational principles to advanced applications. Participants will explore essential topics such as employee eligibility, occupational injury criteria, the role of the Alternate Employer Endorsement, Employers’ Liability coverage, experience mod calculations, multi-state coverage challenges, claims management strategies, and the premium audit process. Courses include engaging content on historical context, legal considerations, and real-world best practices.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Describe the history and structure of workers’ compensation in the United States, including market types, benefit classes, and the purpose of key program features such as Second Injury Funds and experience modifiers.
  • Identify who is covered under a workers’ compensation policy, including employee classifications, legal entity considerations, alternate employer relationships, and contractual risk transfer issues.
  • Explain when an injury or illness is considered occupational and compensable, including travel exposures, multi-state issues, and common “gray areas” in determining coverage.
  • Describe the relationship between workers’ compensation and related coverages, including Employers’ Liability, premium audits, experience modifications, and coverage gaps between WC and CGL policies.
  • Identify employer responsibilities following a workplace injury, including reporting requirements, claims management best practices, attorney involvement, and coordination with laws such as FMLA and Medicare Set-Asides.

Major Subjects
  • History and Structure of Workers’ Compensation
  • Employee Classifications and Coverage Determination
  • Occupational Injury and Illness Determination
  • Alternate Employer & Borrowed Servant Issues
  • Employers’ Liability Coverage
  • Experience Modifications
  • Claims Handling and Regulatory Considerations
  • Premium Audits and Payroll Classification

Speaker

Chris Boggs's Profile

Chris Boggs Related Seminars and Products

Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS, president of Boggs Risk & Insurance Consulting (BRIC) with a focus on education, training, risk and claims consulting with insurance agents and insurance carriers, began the practice of insurance in 1990. 

During his nearly three-and-a-half-decade insurance career, Boggs has authored over 2,000 insurance and risk management-related articles on a wide range of topics. Additionally, Boggs has written 15 insurance and risk management books including:

  • "The Insurance Professional's Practical Guide to Workers' Compensation: From History through Audit," (now in its second edition);

  • "Business Income Insurance Demystified: The Simplified Guide to Time Element Coverages," (now in its third edition);

  • "Property and Casualty Insurance Concepts Simplified: The Ultimate 'How to' Insurance Guide for Agents, Brokers, Underwriters and Adjusters;"

  • "Wow! I Never Knew That! 12 of the Most Misunderstood and Misused P&C Coverages, Concepts and Exclusions;"

  • "Insurance, Risk & Risk Management! The Insurance Professional's Guide to Risk Management and Insurance;"

Boggs is a regular speaker at industry events, having taught or spoken nearly 1,000 times. This includes sessions for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC), the National Society of Insurance Premium Auditors (NSIPA), the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), the Institute of Work Comp Professionals (IWCP), the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) Society and numerous independent insurance agent state association meetings. He has also earned numerous professional accolades including the 2017 Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) Brian Hey Prize and the 2019 Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Charles A. Hachemeister Prize as part of a of professional collaboration with a diverse group of professionals.

His professional background includes work as a risk management consultant, loss control representative, insurance producer, claims manager, journalist and columnist, quality assurance specialist, and insurance coverage product manager. 


Boggs earned a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and holds nine professional designations.

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites

None


Advanced Preparation

None


Designed For

Any professional involved in workers' compensation from the agent/broker to the underwriter to the HR professional responsible for managing the employers' workers' compensation program.


Course Developer

Boggs Risk & Insurance Consulting, LLC


Additional Information

Complaint Resolution Policy

Please contact Jessica Vieira with any complaints at jessica.vieira@acpen.com, (617-519-6790).


Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration


Instructional Delivery Method

Group Internet Based


Refund/Cancellation Policy

Please contact the HREN help desk 1-877-602-9877 or help@HREducationNetwork.com if you wish to cancel your attendance for a previously purchased webcast and are requesting a refund or transfer.


SHRM Accreditation Information

HR Education Network is recognized by SHRM to offer SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP professional development credits (PDCs). This program is valid for PDCs. See the course registration page for more information on number of credits and credit types. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit shrmcertification.org


HRCI Accreditation Information

HR Education Network is a recognized provider of recertification credits. HR Certification Institute® pre-approved this program for credits towards aPHRTM, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRiTM and SPHRiTM recertification.  See the course registration page for more information on number of credits and credit types.


Reviews

Availability Module Title Speaker Credits Course Type Duration Course Details
At the time of purchase Basics of Workers' Compensation in America
Chris Boggs
Total Credits: 1 including 1 General On Demand 1 Hour More info »
At the time of purchase Who is the Employer Required to Cover Under Workers' Compensation
Chris Boggs
Total Credits: 1 including 1 General On Demand 1 Hour More info »
At the time of purchase What Creates a Compensable Work Comp Injury or Illness
Chris Boggs
Total Credits: 1 including 1 General On Demand 1 Hour More info »
At the time of purchase Knowing the Who, What, When and How of the Alternate Employer Endorsement
Chris Boggs
Total Credits: 1 including 1 General On Demand 1 Hour More info »
At the time of purchase Employers' Liability Coverage: More Important Than it Appears
Chris Boggs
Total Credits: 1 including 1 General On Demand 1 Hour More info »
At the time of purchase Understanding the Experience Mod Calculation
Chris Boggs
Total Credits: 2 including 2 General On Demand 2 Hour More info »
At the time of purchase When Employees Travel to Other States to Work
Chris Boggs
Total Credits: 1 including 1 General On Demand 1 Hour More info »
At the time of purchase Managing a Workers' Compensation Claim
Chris Boggs
Total Credits: 1 including 1 General On Demand 1 Hour More info »
At the time of purchase The ABCs of Workers' Compensation Premium Audits
Chris Boggs
Total Credits: 1 including 1 General On Demand 1 Hour More info »
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