Number Weirdness

Unregistered Carriers on 02/25/2009 - 838
Unregistered Carriers on 02/26/2010 - 832

Illinois - 96.16%
Maine - 94.91%
Indiana - 91.80%
Alabama - 90.78%
Kentucky - 89.74%

There's sort of a friendly competition going on among, at the very least, Alabama, Maine and Illinois. By "friendly competition", I mean that all of us are watching our percentages pretty closely, diligently working the UCR program, and thinking, "I think we could wind up on top of the registration percentage heap for 2009!". And, as I've said many times in this blog, "It's all good!" From a performance standpoint, all states should be engaged in whatever it takes (as long as it's legal) to raise that UCR registration percentage.

I mentioned yesterday that I think Maine is the odds-on favorite to wind up on top - and even "get to zero" - if they keep doing what they've been doing over the past couple of weeks. Why? Number Weirdness!

Maine has registered 2,906 carriers and currently has 156 carriers on their unregistered list for a registration percentage of 94.91%. If their unregistered list was reduced by just another 40 carriers, they would be tied for the lead with me. Meanwhile, Alabama has registered 7,208 carriers and currently has 732 carriers on their unregistered list for a registration percentage of 90.78% In order to get to the same spot, they will have to reduce their unregistered list by roughly another 450 carriers. That's a lot when you only have 732 to start with! Meanwhile, us folks in Illinois don't plan to be standing still, so whatever improvements we make in our percentage only raises the bar a little more.

One think I think we all agree on: the Unregistered List is invaluable! All of us have slightly different approaches, but since we have the list of carriers who haven't registered, we at least know who to go after.

It's all good!!