Bob Wilson

Workers' comp is founded on the "grand bargain," yet few seem to remember what it is or why it was made. That's a big problem.

"Opt Out" will return, faster than expected, and with an improved concept that will quickly gain traction. We need to be prepared.

Free marijuana will be distributed to all persons with any ailment. No one will really recover from anything, but no one will really care, either.

Some estimates are that employers and carriers will shell out as much as $2 billion for past workers' comp cases alone in Florida.

An Uber-style app to summon someone to pick up a pet's poop raises interesting questions for workers' comp. (Call of doody, anyone?)

Like Schrodinger's cat, claims about the Oklahoma Option need to be kept in a locked box, far from prying eyes.

Texas has always been an Opt In state -- no one need buy workers' comp insurance -- but some mischaracterize Texas in pursuit of an agenda.

There is plenty of blame to go around for the current mess, but a good deal of it belongs to the folks on the Oklahoma Insurance Commission.

A crazy case of workers' comp fraud involving a local judge, a cemetery, painkillers and the lid of a toilet tank.

Elements of medical care in the U.S. just plumb confound me. One is the requirement of a prescription for the most mundane of items.

Workers comp fraud just isn't taken seriously enough, perhaps because it's hard for so many to see insurance companies as victims.

The workers' comp process is like my golf game. Both start out well enough but then go sour, and every "fix" just makes things worse.

Work comp began life as a Hyundai but has evolved into a fully loaded Mercedes. Comp is no longer simple -- and simpler would be much better.

Two lawsuits would require Uber et al. to treat drivers as employees, not contractors, and provide full benefits -- ending a major innovation.

Unfortunately, we in the workers' comp industry operate by the book and spend too little time thinking about others' perceptions.

Firms with fewer than 100 employees account for 35% of U.S. payrolls, yet they are getting little or no advice on crucial issues.

In a point-counterpoint, the author argues that the industry needs to get away from its creeping "disability mindset."

The workers' comp research suggests, for instance, that Missouri, New Mexico, Hawaii and Delaware may see major reform efforts soon.

After competing in two pageants while collecting workers' comp for an injury that kept her off of her job, a woman is charged with fraud.

The workers' comp industry has pushed too far and needs to rethink its philosophy.

The RFID sensors that the NFL is putting on players to generate data for fans could help with investigations of workplace injuries.

The Social Security Disability Income program will be broke within two years, even though each and every worker pays $750 a year into it.

"Active shooter" drills make teachers and students familiar with the sounds of gunfire and with in-pants urination -- and will lead to claims.|