Long-Awaited Ruling in King v. CompPartners By Mark Webb The California Supreme Court ruled in favor of a utilization review (UR) physician accused of malpractice.
Maine Says: Buy Your Own Marijuana By Francis Mootz Maine joined the list of states that preclude worker’s compensation coverage for the cost of medical marijuana used to treat a workplace injury.
The Best Workers’ Comp Claims Teams By Peter Rousmaniere Rachel Fikes A major study identifies the “top three” practices that organizations should adopt to join their successful peers.
Choose Your Companies Carefully By Chris Burand Insolvencies and impairments are so low in P&C that most agents pay little attention to the possibility one of their companies may fail.
How to Get Ahead of the Watchdogs By Andrea Falcione Compliance functions need the agility to adjust to business changes and to the inevitable surprises inherent in a dynamic business climate.
Workplace Wearables: New Use of Big Data By Mark Frederick Workplace wearables can go beyond biometrics, tracking the environment around an employee, not from the employee.
Top OSHA Trends Facing Employers By Amanda Czepiel Don Enke Expectations for a more business-friendly environment have yet to materialize, but there are signs that change may be coming.
Breaking the Cycle of Litigation in WC By Greg Moore We were promised protection from litigation and ended up with a system that facilitates it instead. Three changes are needed.
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.
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.