Gerry,

there are four factors for determining records value. they are:

Administrative
legal
fiscal
historical

You will hear foks tell you there are more, there isn't.
there is no shortcut to good records scheduling.
having said that, the Sate of Idaho screen scraped the Oregon retention 
schedule, removed most of the specific cites from Oregon, adn inserted 
"Idaho" where they could. the schedule was in place as required by code, but 
it really sucked (RM technical term).

In short yo ucan get a schedule, change the title page and use it, but....

If you insist on doing it yourself, I recommend you search out a general 
retention schedule from a like minded person, just as you are doing, and 
then put some real effort into matchng it to your specific circumsatnces. 
Good luck,

of Course you could always hire someone to do it for you.

Chris Flynn


>From: Gerry Clifford <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Worker's Compensation
>Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:31:47 EST
>
>Good day to all,
>
>I will be moving into a new realm or records management I am sorry I know
>little about.  I will be working for a insurance company that deals only in
>worker's compensation.
>
>If the knowledgeable ones in the insurance field can give me some pointer's
>on where on-line I can find record series' and retention schedules, it 
>would
>be  appreciated.
>
>You can e-mail your responses to either the ListServ as some other's might
>be in need or you can e-mail me direct.
>
>Thanking you all in advance, and have a great holiday season.
>
>Regards,
>Gerry Clifford
>
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