Industry Insights
Paduda: Workers' Comp is Shrinking | 12/29/2017 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
In 2020, there will be 10% fewer claims than there are today. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: What's Happening With Investments in Work Comp Services? | 12/26/2017 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The investment community’s interest in workers’ comp remains high. Not as high as it was a few years back when deals came almost every month, but high nonetheless. What’s different is the size of the investments we’re seeing, which isn’t a surprise. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Uncomfortable Truths at NWCDC | 12/12/2017 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Frank Pennachio is one of those people every industry really needs. He’s blunt, outspoken, deeply insightful and completely unafraid to challenge established practices. ...Read More | |||
Pew: Compassion > Empathy > Sympathy | 12/06/2017 | ||
By: Mark Pew | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
On Nov. 1 at WorkCompCentral's Comp Laude gala in San Diego, I attended a session that reinforced how different "empathy" is from "sympathy." ...Read More | |||
Pew: Making Big Opioid Pharma Pay | 11/14/2017 | ||
By: Mark Pew | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
As discussed in "Big Opioid Pharma = Big Tobacco?" there are attempts from around the country to hold Big Opioid Pharma (BOP) accountable for its part in the #opioid epidemi...Read More | |||
Paduda: Opioids, MSAs and the Feds | 11/06/2017 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
According to the California Workers’ Compensation Institute, the average California Medicare set-aside includes almost $49,000 for drugs — about half of all future medical expenses. ...Read More | |||
Pew: Big Opioid Pharma = Big Tobacco? | 10/25/2017 | ||
By: Mark Pew | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Have you noticed that Big Opioid Pharma (BOP), manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids, are under attack? I have. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Run Like Hell | 10/23/2017 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Shockingly, compound drug merchants allegedly lied when they sold accounts receivable to investors. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Failure Is Good | 10/17/2017 | ||
Source: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Had a great conversation with an old friend. He runs a mid-sized work comp insurer and is one of the most forward-looking executives in this industry. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Claims, They Are A-Shifting | 10/10/2017 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
There appears to be a trend among many work comp insurers to shift more and more claims-handling responsibilities to third party administrators (TPAs). ...Read More | |||