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Dennis McHugh
Dennis McHugh is Principal of McHugh Consulting, Inc.
Established in 2005, McHugh Consulting, Inc., is an independent firm that
provides Workers’ Compensation consulting services to stakeholders in the
property casualty insurance industry. Mr.
McHugh holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, which he
earned from Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut in
1972. He has thirty-three years
experience as a claim professional.
He began his career as a multi-line claim adjuster in
the property casualty claim department of a major insurer, holding a variety of
Field Office Management assignments including Subrogation Assistant Supervisor
and Workers’ Compensation Supervisor. In 1979, joined the Home Office
management team and held numerous positions including, Workers’ Compensation
Regional Assistant for two regions, Examiner Assistant for the Vice President of
Workers’ Compensation Claims, Claim Account Executive for National Accounts,
Underwriting Account Manager and Product Liability Account Executive.
In 1992 Mr. McHugh was transferred to Atlanta, GA to become the Assistant
Manager of the Workers’ Compensation Claim Department with responsibility for
Georgia and Alabama. After
successfully merging the Atlanta Workers’ Compensation Department with another
major insurer, in 1996 he was promoted to Technical Manager of the Quality
Validation Unit of the Home Office and developed the internal procedures for
audits of Workers’ Compensation Field Offices east of the Mississippi.
In 1998 Mr. McHugh became Director of the Workers’
Compensation Technical Field Services Division with nationwide responsibilities
with oversight of excess workers’ compensation cases, management and
processing of lifetime reserves, residual market oversight, TPA certification
and oversight, management of the reserving model in concert with the Actuarial
Department, internal coordination of loss prevention and engineering services on
Worker’s Compensation programs, and procedural interpretation and application
of Workers’ Compensation law changes. In 2002 Mr. McHugh took a position with
another large insurer as Workers’ Compensation Manager with nationwide
responsibility for the management and supervision of all TPA programs.
In 2004 he took a position with a worldwide
Third Party Administrator as Client Service Manager with full responsibility for
the management of dedicated accounts nationwide.
This position was responsible for renewal pricing, collateral
requirements, contract negotiations, claim service coordination, and new account
servicing and education.
Mr. McHugh is a Certified Workers' Compensation
Professional (CWCP), Legal Principles Claim Specialist (LPCS), Casualty Claim
Law Associate (CCLA), Workers' Compensation Claim Law Associate (WCCLA), Fraud
Claim Law Associate (FCLA), Senior Claim Law Associate (SCLA) and a licensed
workers’ compensation claim adjuster. He
is a member of the Society of Claim Law Associates (SCLA). He also serves on the Research Committee of the WCRI
(Workers’ Compensation Research Institute, of Cambridge, Massachusetts and the
Workers’ Compensation Advisory Committee of the Chairman of the Georgia State
Board of Workers’ Compensation.
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