Hecla, Pennsylvania Tornado- Jerry Freiwald talks about having the right people to call after a loss

“We came home on Thursday night,”  said Jerry Freiwald resident of Hecla and Vice President of Bartush Signs in Orwigsburg,PA,  “and found out that a tornado had come through and devastated the whole area.” The night of Thursday May 26, a  tornado (with damage consistent with an EF1)  caused Jerry and his neighbors significant damage [...]

Quote of the Day: June 3, 2011

It is possible to fail in many ways… while to succeed is possible only in one way. – Aristotle (384BC-322BC) Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, student of Plato, and teacher of Alexander the Great. Listen to our success stories! www.seltzergrp.com  

The Seltzer Group is named February’s Marketing Agency of the Month!

The Seltzer Group is  featured in the February 2011 edition of Rough Notes magazine – a highly recognized national insurance publication! Click here to read the article!   The Seltzer Group with locations in Schuylkill Haven, Orwigsburg, and Pottsville, Pennsylvania, serves businesses and individuals locally, regionally, and on the national level.  The Seltzer Group is a proud [...]

Success Stories- Claims Management

A temporary staffing company was paying $230,000 annually for workers compensation and their experience mod was 1.969.  They had several open claims at a time and needed to devote a lot of time to employees out on workers compensation. Their average losses per year were around $200,000. The Seltzer Group implemented an aggressive return to [...]

Success Stories- Group Health

An employee of one of our clients could not obtain coverage from their health carrier for life sustaining durable medical equipment used to control diabetes. The Seltzer Group worked on behalf of our client and their employees corresponding with the doctor and health carrier to get the bills approved. After several appeals from The Seltzer [...]

Success Stories- Human Resources 2

A large manufacturing company was out of compliance under the requirements of the EBSA (Employee Benefit Security Administration) division of the Department of Labor. They were misinformed by their accountant regarding the filing of the 5500. After researching the history as to why the company stopped filing, reviewing the filing and verifying with EBSA, we [...]

Success Stories- Human Resources 1

A large manufacturer client had an employee out of work, receiving workers compensation benefits for several years. The employer was also paying for the out-of-work employee’s health insurance. Through a consultation with The Seltzer Group, we were able to obtain legal advice for them on FMLA and COBRA. This resulted in their ability to end payment [...]

Success Stories- Full Duty Verification, pre-existing conditions and money saved on IME

A client hired a worker and within 3 weeks she filed a workers compensation claim for back injury. She had not reached 90 days of employment, therefore no physical had been done that would have screened for a pre-existing condition. This employee was out of work for approximately 4 months. During the time she was [...]

Success Stories- 3

  Referral to a Treating Physician An employee filed a claim for a back injury. She was receiving treatment from her own chiropractor and was found to have aggravated a pre-existing condition and was out of work. Upon our request, she was seen by a member of the employer’s doctor panel. After this she was [...]

Success Stories- Saved from pre-existing problems

An employee of a client filed a claim and was released to work light duty. After talking with the employee we learned that he had pre-existing problems related to the current injury. We helped our client develop a program with this information in mind to avoid a future incident with this employee. The employee was [...]

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