Paduda: Work Comp's Future Is Not What You Think it Is

What drives workers’ comp is employment — more specifically, payroll, industry type and claim frequency. Employment is the end-all and be-all of workers’ comp — for premiums and policies on the front end, and getting work comp patients back to work when claims do happen. So when a whole lot of jobs in a bunch of industries look to be disappearing, we work comp folks need to take notice. If you insure, manage claims for, provide services to or otherwise work in the transportation/logistics industry, you’d best be watching d...