How to Know When a Claim Should Settle By Teddy Snyder The key question is: How did you get to that number? You can't move toward a settlement in workers' comp without some basic math.
Key Misunderstanding on Oklahoma Option By Daryl Davis Mark Blongewicz Many assume that ERISA governs the Oklahoma Option, creating a pathway for federal intervention. No rulings back that assumption.
Demographics and P&C Insurance By Andy Serowitz The customer's journey has changed little in 100 years. It still runs through agents. But demographics will change their role fundamentally.
Time to Focus on Injured Workers By Peter Rousmaniere Research on workers' comp focuses on soaring costs in the industrial-medical complex, but workers get lost in the shuffle. That must change.
Future of Work Comp Healthcare Delivery By Kimberly George Mark Walls Employers send a mixed message to employees: Get the best healthcare -- but not if you're injured.
How Work Comp Can Outdo Group Health By Karen Wolfe The shift to value-based healthcare creates staggering opportunities to cut workers' comp costs while improving outcomes for workers.
Debunking ‘Opt-Out’ Myths (Part 6) By Bill Minick Although the option industry is new and does not provide all the data that workers' comp does, rapid progress is being made.
Work Comp Payments: Stuck in the '80s? By Dave Stair While the world has moved on from parachute pants, many workers' compensation payment processes are as outdated as a Sony Walkman.
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.