The Florida Conference’s all-conference Workers’ Compensation program has a new Third Party Administrator (TPA), Johns Eastern Company Inc. in Sarasota.

Johns Eastern is an established Workers Compensation TPA in Florida and has the full endorsement of the Florida Conference’s insurance broker, Arthur J. Gallagher.

The conference’s former TPA, Protegrity, opted to terminate its contract.

All existing claims have been transferred to Johns Eastern. New claims should be reported to the Johns Eastern claims line at 1-800-616-6857. Once a new claim has been reported, further contact should be made to the assigned Johns Eastern adjuster. The claims adjuster number is 1-800-749-3044, extension 359.

Contact conference Risk Manager Jim Severance at 1-800-282-8011, extension 137, for more information.

The 2003 Florida Annual Conference Journal may be ordered on the Florida Conference’s Web site at http://www.flumc.org. 

An order form to be faxed or mailed may also be downloaded from the Web site. Fax and mail orders must be accompanied by check or credit card information.

The journal is available either spiral- or hardbound in printed format or on a CD-ROM and as a free download in Adobe Acrobat format on the conference Web site.

Order before July 11. The projected delivery date is Sept. 1.

For more information contact Anna Adkins or Caryl Kelley at 1-800-282-8011, extensions 174 or 115, respectively.