Why do claims payers still write checks?
Paying by checks is so 20th century. Why do claims payers persist on using them in 2015, when… Read more »
A young, immigrant and undocumented worker in an above-average injury job is not a situation anyone would prefer to be in.
A recent report zeros… Read more »
This week’s Annual Issues Symposium put on by the National Council on Compensation Insurance in Orlando will feature a talk on May 14 by Salim… Read more »
About mid-April, legislative prospects for opt-out in Tennessee fell apart. Oklahoma’s enactment of opt-out in 2013 in its second try shows that a winning coalition… Read more »
Chronic pain imposes a huge toll, sometimes deadly, on injured workers. The financial cost to claims payers, if modestly set at 15% of annual benefits… Read more »
The Insurance Information Institute criticized ProPublica’s recent reportage on workers’ comp. It noted contributions by insurers in reducing the rate of injuries. But the III… Read more »
A very cold Vermont winter suddenly broke in early March. Maple syrup lines are flowing.
In another kind of spring awakening, a surge of seemingly… Read more »
In the past few weeks, events 680 miles apart sharpened the debate over the merits of workers’ compensation opt-out.
In Nashville, state senator Mark Green… Read more »
Declining work injury trends and rising non-occ absence trends are signaling to workers’ comp claims payers the need to diversify.
Employers are being saddled with… Read more »
Traumatic work-related deaths are a rare tragedy in America. As measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4,405 workers died on the job in 2013. Read more »
