Closed on Fourth of July: In observance of Independence Day, Arbitration Forums will be closed on Friday, July 4. Our applications will remain available, however, please note that our Member Service Center will be closed.
AF is pleased to announce that the Guide for Arbitrators has been updated to further address Damage Award Calculations in Concurrent Coverage cases and Double-Dip Payments.
TRS allows users to embed evidence in the liability arguments when needed. To ensure efficiency, we recommend limiting embedded evidence to one or two key items.
In response to member feedback, AF will soon be introducing Occupational Accident Insurance (OAI) coverages to TRS under the Special Arbitration Forum.
AF is scheduled to conduct system maintenance this July. As a result, AF’s applications will be unavailable from 9 p.m. ET on Friday, July 25, 2025, through 6 a.m. ET on Monday, July 28, 2025.
As an arbitrator, you will likely encounter a case in which the responding company failed to answer the filing—leaving you with only the recovering company’s arguments and evidence to decide the case.
To render decisions that meet our memberships’ quality expectations, arbitrators must remain knowledgeable about AF rules, hearing procedures, and system functionality.
To render decisions that meet our memberships’ quality expectations, arbitrators must remain knowledgeable about AF rules, hearing procedures, and system functionality.
While arbitrators regularly comment on the evidence that influenced their decision, TRS offers the ability to embed evidence directly into liability and/or damages arguments to require a comment.
AF’s Settlement Exchange System® (SES®) facilitates both the automated issuance of EFTs and the processing of incoming subrogation and arbitration payments made via EFT once settlement is reached.
New Enhancement to Assignee Information Coming Soon
Recently, AF has observed an increase in assignment errors due to duplicate demand assignments that are occurring for the same business units or user ID.
Email notifications can be a valuable tool to manage an E-Subro Hub inventory. It is important to understand these notifications and how other parties’ configurations may impact your workflow.
While prior articles have outlined what qualifies for post-decision review, about half of the post-decision inquiries (PDIs) submitted do not address a correctible clerical or jurisdictional error.
Preserving Neutrality, Privacy, and Confidentiality
Objectivity and neutrality are the foundations of a credible arbitration system. All decisions must be based solely on the arguments made in the contentions and the evidence submitted.
Attention Arbitrators: Don’t Fall into the 100/0 Liability Mindset!
While Recovering Parties often seek 100% recovery in arbitration, Adverse Parties often reply with a 0% liability admission. These declared liability positions should not influence you to limit...
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.