Obesity as Disability? Workers' Comp Effects Employers are being asked to shoulder not only the responsibilities of a work injury but also of issues with little tie to the work environment.
How to Turn Workers’ Comp Into an Advantage By Calvin Beyer Workers' comp costs are so high that they are either a competitive advantage or disadvantage for contractors. Your choice.|
Issue 'Tickets' for Safety Violations? Alberta may be on to something by issuing fines -- putting the blame where it belongs, whether company or worker -- before someone gets hurt.
Can You Trust the Aflac Duck? Can simply purchasing disability insurance really lower the cost of workers' compensation claims? Forgive me if I'm skeptical.
25 Key Slides on Workers' Comp's Future American industrial might is making a comeback: Is this a golden opportunity for workers' compensation insurers?
A Catch-22 on Hiring the Disabled Is it fair to place employers in situations where they face litigation if the employee is not hired, yet still face litigation if the employee IS hired?
Teachers Apparently Object to Being Shot By Bob Wilson "Active shooter" drills make teachers and students familiar with the sounds of gunfire and with in-pants urination -- and will lead to claims.|
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.