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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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