At the 2017 Business Insurance/CLM Workers’ Compensation Conference a panel addressed key elements for employers with their pre and post accident process from the perspectives of a corporate claims manager, insurance claims specialist and defense counsel. The panel was: Judith Cole –  Corporate Claim Manager – K2 Industrial Services Company Stephanie Wood – Claims Manager, […]

At the 2017 NCCI Annual Issues Symposium, a panel of representatives from industry associations discussed a variety of topics impacting their members. The panel included: Roberto Ceniceros – Senior Editor, Risk & Insurance Magazine Charles Chamness – President and CEO, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) Sean Keveligan – CEO, Insurance Information Institute (III) […]

At the 2017 NCCI Annual Issues Symposium, Jonathan Haidt, Professor of Ethical Leadership from NYU Stern School of Business and noted author, discussed the important work done by our industry and our reason for doing it. The Triangle Shirtwaist fire in 1911 is credited with being the rallying point for the present workers’ compensation systems […]

At the 2017 NCCI Annual Issues Symposium a panel debated issues impacting the workers’ compensation system and how well our industry is serving injured workers. The panel was: Susan Donegan – Chief Regulatory Officer, NCCI (moderator) Robert Hartwig – Associate Professor of Finance, University of South Carolina Peter Kochenburger – Associate Clinical Professor of Law, […]

At the 2017 NCCI Annual Issues Symposium, Kurt Carl, Chief Economist for Swiss Re, talked about the impact of the economy and technology  on insurance and workers compensation.  The highlights: There are several factors that has lead to disappointing economic growth the last few years. This includes commodity price bust, slowdown in trade growth and […]

At the 2017 NCCI Annual Issues Symposium, Chief Actuary Kathy Antonello shared details from NCCI’s analysis of the latest trends and cost drivers in workers’ compensation. The data looks at information for 2016 and compares it to data from 2015. The highlights: P&C Industry Total P&C premiums increased from $514 in 2015 to $527 billion […]

The 2017 NCCI Annual Issues Symposium kicked off with NCCI President and CEO Bill Donnell giving his assessment of the workers’ compensation system and the challenges it faces going forward. One of the goals of NCCI is to help preserve the balance in the system by providing analysis that can be used by all stakeholders […]

Can you maintain the balance between the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and your workers’ compensation claims? At the RIMS 2017 Annual Conference, Drew Pomerance, Partner, Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani, LLC, and Tamara Johnson, Vice President, Lockton, discussed how you can equip workers with the correct information […]

At the RIMS 2017 Annual Conference and Exhibition, this panel of healthcare risk professionals discussed the most-prominent workers’ compensation challenges and solutions facing the industry today. Speakers included:  Rich Reynolds, Manager – Workers’ Compensation, Providence Health & Services Paul Posey, CEO, Ascension Care Management Martin King, Director, Corporate Risk Management, Kaiser Permanente Mark Walls, Vice […]

The first topic in the spotlight on Tuesday in the Wellness ZENter at RIMS was employee resilience. Kimberly George, SVP, Corporate Development, M&A, and Healthcare at Sedgwick, talked with Molly Doyle, Chief Product Officer at meQuilibrium, about the importance of resilience. Resilience is about the ability to handle the natural challenges and opportunities that come […]