After 25 years leading risk management departments and devising risk strategies for large global corporates. It is a pleasure to be on the team of THE world class provider of products and services essential to delivering excellent risk management outcomes.
Mr. Mandel received his B.S. in Business Management from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a Masters in Business Administration from George Mason University. In addition to these university programs, he was conferred the RIMS-CRMP (2017), RIMS Fellow (2015), ARME (2014) ,CCSA (2007), CPCU (1987), ARM (1990) and AIC (1982) designations. He is a frequent industry speaker and author, and a "Risk Innovator" contributor to Risk and Insurance magazine.
In 2016, Chris was awarded the Harry and Dorothy Goodell Award by the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. He was named Risk Manager of the Year - 2004 by Business Insurance and the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. He also writes the “Claims Management” column at IRMI and serves as the Director of the Sedgwick Institute.
| Location: | Nashville, TN |
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| Areas of expertise: |
Claims management Performance Risk financing Insurance Liability Litigation management Safety and loss control Workers' compensation Employee engagement Integrated services |
We can agree that much has changed about the world of workers' compensation, yet the question of effect remains open. On one hand, many employers have substantially improved their "results" in this realm, particularly over the last five to ten years.…
In a recent conversation with a senior risk leader about risk strategy, he expressed concern that the risk financing decisions made for his company's workers' comp exposure may not be optimal, especially given the shift in exposure magnitude from i…
As I write this, Governor Christie has just vetoed a proposed change to the New Jersey workers' compensation statute that would have guaranteed benefits to a particular interest group and liberalized the law further in his state. I make no judgment a…
Mandel cautiously projects the likelihood for long-awaited changes to the workers’ compensation system. He explores some of the recent legislative proposals and reforms designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of benefits delivery in suc…
Sedgwick Senior Vice President, Strategic Solutions, Chris Mandel is featured in the CTC Guide to Enterprise Risk Management – Beyond Theory: Practitioner Perspectives on ERM. Chris is quoted in the sidebar entitled, “Time to Shift Gears,” where he…
Workers' compensation, being the statutorily defined and administered animal that it is, may not appear to need a risk standard applied to its day-to-day management, but I maintain the opposite is true. All risk exposures lend themselves to better ma…
Sedgwick Senior Vice President, Strategic Solutions, Chris Mandel, discusses the importance of applying risk standards to managing any type of risk. He makes the case that risk standards can help apply the rigor and consistency needed to excel in ma…
As consumers, we all feel the effects – to varying degrees – of recessions and other forms of economic disruption. From a risk management point of view, this is economic risk for which some risk managers have direct responsibility. For the vast major…
Sedgwick Senior Vice President of Strategic Solutions, Chris Mandel, is featured in Business Insurance after participating on a panel at the 2013 International Conference on ISO 31000 in Toronto, Canada earlier this week. Addressing best-in-class ri…
The RIMS 2013 Annual Conference & Exhibition was held in Los Angeles last week and, once again, RIMS did a great job delivering a well-balanced program complete with educational sessions, networking opportunities, thought leadership and entert…
To purchase services on a bundled or unbundled basis is a question that risk managers have debated for many years. In the past, conventional thinking among many risk professionals was to purchase services from distinct service providers.
Risk managers have long debated the use and value of bundled versus unbundled programs. Historically, conventional wisdom has dictated that risk managers buy services such as claims administration, medical bill review, preferred provider networks and…
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Sedgwick blog. As your host, I look forward to a rich and regular dialogue about the issues and opportunities that represent the present and future of high performance claims and productivity management servi…
