Industry Insights
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Moore: The Top 20 Issues for Workers' Compensation in 2019 | 12/28/2018 | |
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| Source: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| An Out Front Ideas 2019 webinar hosted by Mark Walls (Safety National) and Kimberly George (Sedgwick) will look forward to the emerging issues in 2019. This Jan. 8 webinar remains the most popular one they do every year. ...Read More | |||
| Morrisroe: Between a Rock and a Hard Place | 12/19/2018 | ||
| By: Sean Morrisroe | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It’s a bad place to be: between a rock and a hard place. Mick Jagger has sung about it. You’ve seen defense counsel stuck there at the board. At a hearing, an aggressive applicant's attorney demanding a penalty for delayed or refused payment of some benefit post-...Read More | |||
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Moore: Should Workers' Comp Be a Litigious Industry? | 12/06/2018 | |
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| Source: Gregory Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Workers’ compensation was designed to reduce litigation by trading out the employee’s right to sue his employer for negligence in exchange for limited guarantee of care and compensation. This exclusive remedy “bargain” was the justification for why the system was created a...Read More | |||
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Moore: Who's Really to Blame for Rating Bureau Mistakes? | 12/03/2018 | |
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| Source: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Most workers' comp rating bureaus are only as good as the data the organizations receive from the carriers. ...Read More | |||
| Martin: Would Your Employees Take the Bait? | 11/20/2018 | ||
| By: Megan Martin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Since 2015, in at least three instances, third parties have illegally gained access to sensitive data via targeted phishing attacks on employee email accounts in workers’ compensation funds, and experts believe future attacks are inevitable. Phishing takes the form of deceptive emai...Read More | |||
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Moore: National Adjuster License vs. Reciprocal Exchange Agreements | 11/12/2018 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The subject of national adjuster licenses created quite a bit of buzz. WorkCompCentral published an article on this very subject a few weeks ago. ...Read More | |||
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McFaul and Doornink: Would You Like to Share Attorney Fees? | 11/07/2018 | |
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| Source: Anna McFaul and Christy Doornink | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Typically, parties are responsible for paying their own attorney’s fees. There are some exceptions to this, such as when a person is forced to litigate to recover an award or when other persons or entities who want to share in the award must also share the responsibility for the attorney fe...Read More | |||
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Mejia: Implications of SB 562 on the State Workers' Compensation System | 10/24/2018 | |
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| By: Karen P. Mejia | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The availability of 24-hour medical care regardless of pre-existing conditions, illness and cause of injury could soon be available in California. ...Read More | |||
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Mahjoubi: Legislation Combats Fraud and Abuse in Lien Practices | 10/10/2018 | |
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| By: David F. Mahjoubi | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The California Legislature has taken additional steps to combat fraud and abuses in lien practices not resolved by SB 863. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: What Is a Guaranteed Cost Program in Workers' Compensation? | 10/02/2018 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| What is a guaranteed cost program? Is that the type of policy I have in place now? ...Read More | |||
