Surge in Work Comp Services Is Ending By Peter Rousmaniere The workers' compensation industry will emulate Walmart and take a much more disciplined approach to its supply chain.
New Data Strategies for Workers’ Comp By Dax Craig Information asymmetry makes it difficult for insurers to determine who is a high-risk customer and who is low-risk, leading to rampant fraud.
It's Time to Rethink WCMSA Legislation By Roy Franco Congress is unlikely to pass the industry's attempt at reforming Workers' Compensation Medicare Set Asides. Changes are needed.
How to Handle Pirates, Kidnappings, Ransom By Michael Henk Kidnap and ransom insurance is a very real segment of the insurance industry -- and represents a major, and growing, need.
How the 'Internet of Things' Affects Strategic Planning By Fay Feeney Larraine Segil, director at Frontier Communications, lays out what boards must do to prepare.
Workers Comp Ensnares the Undocumented By Peter Rousmaniere One out of every 10 injured workers faces the risk of criminal prosecution and deportation simply for submitting a legitimate workers' compensation claim.
Two Looks at the 'Going/Coming' Rule By Gregory Grinberg Here are two peeks at the surgical distinctions the rule often calls for -- and at the continuing evolution of the law.
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.