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.
Has OSHA Become a Friend to Insurers? By Daniel Miller A little-known regulation may provide a powerful tool outside of workers' comp law that can reduce fraud and lost work time.
Post-SB 863: Now How Do We Contain Costs? By Judy Adlam With the bill's failure to cut workers' comp costs, California should take three steps to encourage the right behavior by healthcare providers.
Oregon Study Shows Which States Are Next By Bob Wilson The workers' comp research suggests, for instance, that Missouri, New Mexico, Hawaii and Delaware may see major reform efforts soon.
Good Answer (Maybe) on Opioids in California By Mark Webb The new research is right that a formulary could cut lots of workers' comp costs -- but other attempts have failed.
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.