Three winners will be selected. Each will receive:

• An exclusive profile in the August 2016 issue of National Underwriter Property & Casualty and on PropertyCasualty360.com.

• Round-trip airfare to the leading event for Workers' Comp professionals—The Workers' Compensation Educational Conference (WCEC) on Aug. 21–24 in Orlando, Fla.—where we will present the awards, and two nights' hotel accommodations.

• The opportunity to discuss their award-winning program during a roundtable panel held at WCEC (with highlights appearing in National Underwriter Property & Casualty's October 2016 issue and on PropertyCasualty360.com).

In 1,200 words or less, entrants are asked to describe the nominated program and explain why it is deserving of recognition. Among the points you should address in your essay:

• What makes your organization stand out in terms of workers' comp risk management? What makes your program unique?

• What is your organization's top workers' comp concern, and what are you doing to address it?

• Detailed loss control and safety programs. What changes have been implemented to improve your loss experience?

• How has your workers' comp loss control program evolved over the past three years?

• How do you work with your insurer, broker, safety consultant or third-party claims administrator to limit the frequency of workers' comp claims, as well as control severity costs for those claims that are filed?

• How do you manage your return-to-work programs?

• How do you handle claims management? What protocols are in place with your insurer or third-party administrator to make sure claims are adjusted fairly and within a reasonable time?

The person entering must be a risk manager or someone who works in a risk management department of a U.S. company, responsible at least in part for the firm's workers' comp program. Entrants must fill out all of the company profile information in the online application. All proprietary information will be kept confidential, and is being collected for judging purposes only.

I look forward to this competition each year for several reasons. First, it provides us a series of great stories to tell, sharing details on the winners' strategies and efficiencies gained. Everyone involved in a workers' comp program can learn something new from the winners that they can add to their own list of best practices.

Second, it affords me the opportunity to spend some quality time with the winners at WCEC before the awards ceremony, during the conference's general session when we present the awards statuettes to the recipients, and during our panel at WCEC.

Lastly, it enables NU to heap some well-deserved praise on those who have been able to deliver rock-solid results in a sector beset by so many challenges.

Enter today! There is no fee for entering. Those with any questions can always contact me directly [email protected].