At the 2019 Executives in Workers’ Compensation conference, Jeff Rush from California JPIA discussed pending legislation impacting workers’ compensation and liability claims in California.  California has single party rule, with a Democratic governor and Democrats having a super-majority in both houses of the California legislature. This single party system makes it very easy for the […]

At the 2019 Executives in Workers’ Compensation conference, a session talked about how advances in medical technology are impacting workers’ compensation. the speakers were: Constantine Gean, MD – Regional Medical Director, Liberty Mutual William Zachry – Senior Fellow, The Sedgwick Institute New technology can be both good and bad. It can create efficiencies and solve […]

At the 2019 Advisen Casualty Insights Conference a panel discussed the rapidly rising costs seen in workers’ compensation catastrophic injury claims. The speakers were: Mark Walls – VP Communications & Strategic Analysis, Safety National Michael Choo – Chief Medical Officer, Paradigm Thomas Ryan – Senior Principle National Practice Integrated Casualty Consulting, Willis Towers Watson Workers’ […]

At the 2019 Advisen Casualty Insights Conference a panel discussed issues shaping the future of the casualty insurance marketplace. This casualty insurance executive panel is the feature event of the conference. The speakers were: Anthony DeFelice – Managing Director, AON (moderator) Paul Horgan – Head of North America Commercial Insurance, Zurich North America Lori Goltermann […]

At the 2019 Advisen Casualty Insights Conference, a panel discussed the causes of the increasing frequency of high severity losses. The speakers were: Jonathon Drummond – Head of Casualty Broking North America, Willis Towers Watson (moderator) Gregory Katz – New York Managing Partner, Lewis Brisbois Russell Smith – SVP North America Casualty Claims Leader, Chubb […]

At the 2019 Advisen Casualty Insights Conference, a panel discussed the challenges and opportunities in the commercial auto market. The speakers were: Ellen Greiper – Partner, Lewis Brisbois (Moderator) Eliot Feldstein – Senior Vice President, Lytx Andrew Johnson – Global Head of InsurTech, Willis Towers Watson Pete Noteman – Technical Director Auto, Zurich 2018 will […]

At the 2019 Advisen Casualty Insights Conference a panel discussed how risk managers view the current casualty insurance marketplace. The speakers were: Barry Martin – EVP Old Republic Risk Management (moderator) Stephanie Fisher – Director of Risk Management and Insurance, Quanta Services Inc. Lisa Kerr – Vice President Risk Management, Henry Schein Jane Sandler – […]

At the 2019 California Self-Insurers Annual Conference, a panel discussed fraud in California Workers’ compensation. The speakers were: James Riddle – President and CEO, JLR Investigations John Riggs – Senior Manager Workers’ Compensation, The Walt Disney Company Jennifer Snyder – Head Deputy District Attorney Los Angeles According to one the panelists, these are what they […]

At the 2019 California Self-Insurer Association Annual Conference, Bill Armstrong from the Armstrong Law Firm highlighted some important recent California workers’ compensation case law. Young vs Splash Studio WCAB panel majority ruled that applicants home was employer authorized second job site and therefore injuries sustained traveling between home and other fixed work site was considered […]

At the 2019 California Self-Insurer Association Annual Conference, George Parisotto, Administrative Director from California Division of Workers’ Compensation discussed their ongoing activities. Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule The MTUS guidelines are an independent guideline that contains definitions and evidence based treatment guidelines. They include the ACOEM guidelines but can go beyond them. They are constantly looking […]