Start-Ups Set Sights on Small Businesses By Dax Craig Having attacked certain areas, including auto, start-ups are now aggressively going after sales to small businesses.
How to Win at Work Comp Claims By Nancy Moorhouse The No. 1 cost driver of a workers’ compensation claim is that the injured worker is not getting better, but that can change....
How Advocates Can Reengage Workers By Scott Rogers Communicating upfront and providing a healthcare team focused on injured employees' well-being can make the process better for everyone.
Confusion Reigns on Predictive Analytics By Karen Wolfe Workers' comp claims data can be used to rank-order physicians' performance and quickly identify outliers.
Ending Cost-Shifting to Workers’ Comp By MaryRose Reaston Frank Tomecek Doctors can't always know if an injury is work-related, but a test can provide a baseline for evaluating each worker.
Politics of Guns and Workplace Safety By Mark Walls Some employers post signs banning all guns. But this simple sign can be a recipe for disaster, for many reasons.
How Should Workers’ Compensation Evolve? By Mark Walls The time has come for workers' comp to reflect the realities of the current workforce, workplace risks and advances in science and medicine.
An Open Letter on the Oklahoma Option By Daryl Davis "The conclusion (by ProPublica and NPR) misses the mark in pinpointing why so many WC systems are broken beyond repair."
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.