Medicare Set Asides: You Are Overpaying By Deborah Watkins Submitting an MSA to CMS for review and approval builds in unrealistic costs that can double the expenses for the workers' comp payer.
How to Cut Litigation Costs for Claims By Colleen Slyngstad Using AI, here are three ways to transform workers' comp claims from lose-lose to win-win for both companies and injured workers.
New Power Shift in P&C Insurance By Tom Hammond When data and capital were scarce, P&C insurers were highly profitable. But now data and capital are everywhere.
Workplace Violence: Assessment, Response By Kimberly George Mark Walls With a deeper understanding, organizations can significantly reduce incidents against their workers.
Long-Awaited Ruling in King v. CompPartners By Mark Webb The California Supreme Court ruled in favor of a utilization review (UR) physician accused of malpractice.
Maine Says: Buy Your Own Marijuana By Francis Mootz Maine joined the list of states that preclude worker’s compensation coverage for the cost of medical marijuana used to treat a workplace injury.
The Best Workers’ Comp Claims Teams By Peter Rousmaniere Rachel Fikes A major study identifies the “top three” practices that organizations should adopt to join their successful peers.
Choose Your Companies Carefully By Chris Burand Insolvencies and impairments are so low in P&C that most agents pay little attention to the possibility one of their companies may fail.
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.