I just got back earlier this week from the National Work Comp Conference in Chicago. It was a productive conference, although I liked the setting of Las Vegas better last year.

The big difference at the conference was the buzz over Coventry. With all of the mergers and deals this year, it was clear Coventry was going to be the main topic for everyone, which held to be true. An irony of the conference was that Coventry seemed to be very quiet themselves. There was not a big splash from Coventry promoting their new “super network”. Instead, there was just a lot of talk from Resellers as to if they were going to be termed by Coventry or see their rates go up (or both).

I also heard a lot of buzz regarding Fair Pay and other “fair and reasonable” business model companies. It seems the time has come for this major form of cost containment.

Otherwise, it was a quiet conference.