Sentry Insurance announces data-driven enhancements to workers' compensation claims analytics program

Expanded program uses predictive analytics to help claims professionals instantly evaluate and react to claims data

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Apr 30, 2019, 13:57 ET

STEVENS POINT, Wis., April 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Sentry Insurance, one of the largest and most financially secure mutual insurance companies in the United States, has announced increased breadth and functionality in its workers' compensation claims analytics program.

Sentry Insurance announces data-driven enhancements to its workers’ compensation claims analytics program. The expanded program uses predictive analytics to help claims professionals instantly evaluate and react to claims data.

This program aligns with the company's longstanding dedication to effective claim resolutions while maintaining transparency and communication with their customers. By leveraging a series of predictive models, Sentry claims professionals are able to make an earlier, more comprehensive and continual assessment of each workers' compensation claim.

"With this technology, our claims professionals will be able to instantly recognize key relationships between dozens of variables involved in each workers' compensation claim," said Michele Dufresne, Chief Claims Officer. "This insight is invaluable throughout the lifecycle of the claim—particularly when it comes to managing potentially severe claims."

Sentry claims professionals are known for their experience across a range of industries, their commitment to communication, and their solution-focused approach. This program emphasizes these attributes, providing the team with a valuable tool built on cutting-edge technology.

"Our program takes the results of comprehensive and complex data analytics and presents it to our claims staff in a clear and easy-to-understand format," said Dufresne. "We believe that the human element is just as powerful as technology. The way we put the two together in this program enhances our ability to achieve the best possible outcomes for all involved."

The workers' compensation claims analytics program assesses both structured and unstructured data, from first notice of loss throughout the lifecycle of the claim. Not only does this data assist claims professionals in determining appropriate courses of action, it also provides key information that can lead to quantifiable savings for employers and their employees—reduced claims costs and treatment expenses, more efficient claims resolutions, and improved return-to-work timelines for injured employees.

To learn more about Sentry, including their experienced, highly trained claims professionals, visit sentry.com/why-choose-sentry.

About Sentry Insurance
At Sentry, we understand what you're looking for in an insurance company. Because we've been there ourselves. We got our start in 1904, when members of the Wisconsin Retail Hardware Association formed their own insurance company. Backed by personalized care and Midwest roots, we've since grown to become one of the largest and most financially secure mutual insurance companies in the nation. As of May 2018, we've earned an A+ (superior) rating from A.M. Best*, the industry's leading rating authority, for 27 years in a row.

*A+ (superior) A.M. Best Financial Strength Rating (FSR) current as of May 2018. See ambest.com for rating information.

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