We continue to receive a volume of post-decision inquiries regarding prior payments made to the Recovering company. These tips aim to help reduce these inquiries and unnecessary award amendments.
In TRS® Special Arbitration, the Recovering Party must declare its case type by first choosing a coverage group and then a right of recovery from available options in the first workflow step.
Moving Open Online Filing (OLF) Dockets into Total Recovery Solution (TRS)
We outline the process for moving the remaining open Online Filing (OLF) dockets to TRS. The transition from OLF to TRS will be supported by AF and will be an interactive process.
AF recently facilitated its latest Filer and Responder workshops on June 19 and 20 with 182 member company representatives in attendance. The purpose of these workshops is to drive decision quality.
As a response to member feedback, AF recently introduced a system enhancement to the Shared Evidence/Revisit badge aimed at providing additional clarification regarding evidence.
Moving Online Filing (OLF) Dockets into Total Recovery Solution® (TRS®)
AF will initiate the first step of the Online Filing migration, the import process, on Monday, September 9, 2024, and continue through Monday, September 30, 2024.
AF is scheduled to conduct system maintenance this August. As a result, AF applications will be unavailable from 9 p.m. ET on Friday, August 30, 2024, through 6 a.m. ET on Monday, September 2, 2024.
The Remittance Address is a section of the E-Subro Hub demand that is completed by the Demanding Party and indicates where settlement checks are received.
Choose the Right Path: Filing UMPD and UMBI in the Special Arbitration Forum
UM recovery actions against the tortfeasor’s insurer are compulsory in the Special Arbitration Forum for cases where the Responding Party has coverage.
Have you ever logged in and discovered that you were unable to find a case to hear? To remain active in AF’s system, arbitrators need to hear cases on a consistent basis.
E-Subro Hub and Settlement Exchange System Changes Coming in April
As announced in January, Arbitration Forums, Inc. (AF) will soon be delivering enhancements to E-Subro Hub aimed at improving our membership’s experience.
To render decisions that meet our memberships’ quality expectations, arbitrators must remain knowledgeable about AF rules, hearing procedures, and system functionality.
As an arbitrator, you will likely encounter a case in which the Responding Party failed to answer the filing—leaving you with only the Recovering Party’s arguments and evidence to decide the case.
AF continuously implements process improvements that aim to positively impact our membership. One improvement we will soon implement relates to personally represented hearings.
Regularly reviewing access privileges for your TPAs helps reduce cybersecurity risks by ensuring that only active and current TPAs have access to your company’s sensitive information.
We have noticed an increasing number of Post-Decision Inquiries (PDIs) submitted by filers and responders who believe the arbitrator did not comment on a particular piece of evidence.
AF offers numerous reference guides, training tutorials, and live webinars on the various intercompany arbitration programs and processes to ensure our members’ success.
Evidence attached to support the Recovering Party’s feature damages and the Responding Party’s damages dispute, if applicable, became viewable to all parties involved in the arbitration filing.