Is Value-Based Care Coming to WC? By Mark Walls No, despite some advances, workers’ compensation won't see such care any time soon. There are too many regulatory constraints.
Workers’ Comp in the Year 2030 By Mark Walls Costs for workers’ comp could triple by 2030 with no change in indemnity benefit levels, raising questions about the viability of the system.
Should Workers’ Comp Be So Litigious? By Greg Moore It’s time to dedicate resources on several fronts to get back to the original intent of the workers' compensation system.
Workplace Wearables -- Now What? By Mark Walls Combining workplace data with evolving data analytics and machine learning can improve productivity, safety and fraud rates.
Why Workplace Safety Auditors Don't Work By Lakshan De Silva Auditors are shown an appearance of compliance. Fortunately, tools now exist that will actually improve workplace safety.
Shifting Cost Curves in Commercial Lines By Jamie Yoder Francois Ramette A more strategic approach to cost management will become an imperative for growth in 2018 and beyond.
Expanding Into Small Commercial By Francois Ramette Jon Blough Jamie Yoder Marie Carr Small commercial is a large and interesting market that has changed little and is now ripe for disruption.
Insurtech Now Hits Corporate, Specialty By Chris Sandilands Most corporate and specialty insurers initially dismissed insurtech. That was then, and now is now.
Lemonade's 'Synthetic Agent' Nonsense By Matteo Carbone Desperate for growth, Lemonade produces another howler: A lender receiving a 16% interest rate is presented as a (synthetic) agent.
Auto Insurance in an Existential Crisis By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers The 125-year-old, $300 billion U.S. auto insurance industry is caught between runaway inflation and strained consumer wallets.
The Promise of Continuous Underwriting By Bill Deemer Bobby Touran Typically, a risk is underwritten, bound... and forgotten. But new streams of data and automation allow for continuous underwriting.
Convergence and the Insurance Ecosystem By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers Companies must anticipate the future, innovate beyond their core and transform their capabilities as rapidly as technology allows.