Top 5 Themes in Commercial Lines By Deb Smallwood Key priorities are clearly centered on the agent/broker for growth, with some early investments in the customer and emerging technologies.
Effect of Cannabis on Workplace Accidents By Dan Nevarez What if an employee legally consumes marijuana outside of work, still has THC in his system and is involved in a workplace accident?
Group Insurance: No Longer Overlooked By Jamie Yoder Marie Carr Changes in the employee-employer dynamic are making investments and growth prospects in the group sector more attractive.
Sanity Prevails on Award of TTD By Richard Jacobsmeyer An appeals court reversed a puzzling W.C.A.B. decision that awarded temporary total disability benefits beyond five years from the date of injury,
Why WC Needs an Outcomes Strategy By Greg Moore States take different approaches to choosing workers' comp doctors, but ranking based on outcomes always delivers benefits.
Work Comp: Mediation or an 'Informal'? By Teddy Snyder Negotiating a workers' comp settlement at a mediation is often better than at the board, but how does that compare with an informal?
3 C's for Commercial Brokers in 2018 By Jamie Yoder Macroeconomic forces have been fueling a contentious debate between brokers and underwriters on compensation, leading to a war of words.
Mismatches and Misunderstandings By Gary Swinfield A culture clash in construction can cause confusion that leaves a project uninsured or the employer in breach of contract.
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.