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.
Global Trend Map No. 11: Fraud By Alexander Cherry The cost of fraud is 5% to 10% of insurers’ annual revenue, and it takes firms a median time of 20 months to detect continuing fraud.
Digital Insurance 2.0: Benefits By Denise Garth While the outlook for employee and voluntary benefits is promising, the market no longer looks anything like it once did.
How Analytics Can Disrupt Work Comp By Karen Wolfe Analytics can be positioned as a profit center, transforming its visibility and perceived value to a workers' comp organization.
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.