Data Is Your Best Weapon in Work Comp By Karen Wolfe When poorly performing doctors see comparisons with peers, corrected for the severity of cases, they initially fuss -- then improve.
The Second 100 Years of Workers' Comp By Bob Wilson In a point-counterpoint, the author argues that the industry needs to get away from its creeping "disability mindset."
How to Win in Commercial Lines By Dax Craig With nontraditional competitors appearing and with Millennials changing the customer mix, working the market cycles is no longer enough.
How to Manage Legal Fees for Work Comp By Rebecca Shafer Here are nine ways that risk managers can control the alarming rise in legal costs for workers' compensation claims.
How to Pick a TPA for Work Comp Claims By Tim Stanger Here is a series of questions that get beyond the third-party administrator's fee, which is typically just 8% of total claims costs.
Insurance Product Development (Excerpt, Part 3) By Ty Sagalow Every profit center leader should ingrain a culture of creativity into the daily routine.
Affordable Care Act Can Help Close Workers' Comp Claims By Teddy Snyder Just don't call the ACA "Obamacare" with counsel or clients.
Ebola and Beyond: Protecting Self-Insured Work Comp Plans By Vince Capaldi Epidemic diseases require careful thinking, and terms of coverage vary widely.
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.