Tracking Loss: Indexing Progress at the Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia

Sullivan, Laura, Risk Management

Ella Young and her team created an index of comparison to measure losses for the Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia.

When the power company that Ella Young worked for in Alberta was making changes three years ago, she had to make a decision: Move to its Houston headquarters or find a new job. What influenced her choice was working with the power company's risk management department on a project, which had perked her interest in the field, and inspired a career shift.

"I was interested in risk management, but not risk management dealing with insurance," she says. So when a job of that billing came up at the Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) of British …

Questia, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. www.questia.com
Publication information: Article title: Tracking Loss: Indexing Progress at the Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia. Contributors: Sullivan, Laura - Author. Magazine title: Risk Management. Volume: 48. Issue: 12 Publication date: December 2001. Page number: 34+. © 1999 Risk Management Society Publishing, Inc. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

This material is protected by copyright and, with the exception of fair use, may not be further copied, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means.