Industry Insights
| Thoughts and Comments from the Sidelines on the New IWCC | 10/21/2011 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| We give credit for these changes to the amazing members of the Fourth Estate. The two quiet hard-working reporters at the Belleville News-Democrat, George Pawlaczyk and Beth Hundsdorfer, turned the world of Illinois workers' compensation on its collective ear with stories about a claim-crazy pri...Read More | |||
| The Shocking Story of the Ill. Firefighter with a Runny Nose | 10/17/2011 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Illinois government is something of a smoking mess on a lot of levels. Right now, estimates are the state is running an $8.3 billion deficit by the end of the next fiscal year on June 30, 2012. That deficit is in spite of billions received from the ...Read More | |||
| The New Troika of Concepts Coming at Ill. Claims Handlers | 10/06/2011 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| One of these concepts is coming right out of the blue. The other two are in the new 2011 Amendments. To us, it is mildly bewildering but if you want to stay ahead of the game in these difficult times, read on. First, we are now advised Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and its mem...Read More | |||
| The Escamilla Decision | 10/05/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Among the en banc rulings of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board last week was "In Re: Daniel Escamilla."Escamilla, appearing as a lien rep in various WCAB proceedings in Southern California, is noted to have engaged in a pattern of misleading statements and frivolous tactics. De...Read More | |||
| The Passing of Judge Greenblatt and my Introduction to Comp | 10/03/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| I got the news late yesterday evening that former California Workers' Compensation Judge Larry Greenblatt had died.Judge Greenblatt served as the presiding judge at the Ventura and Agoura Boards and after his retirement, as an annuitant in Marina Del Rey.Judge Greenblatt ...Read More | |||
| That UC Davis Work Comp Study: PR v. Reality | 09/29/2011 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The good folks at the University of California, Davis were kind enough to send me the entire study they are publishing re "...Predictors of Workers Compensation Costs". This is the one that generated headlines claiming financial returns are the best single predictor of work comp premiums....Read More | |||
| The Same Inputs will not Produce Different Results | 09/14/2011 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Computing engineers find it amusing when people continue to utilize the same inputs expecting to get different results.Likewise I find it illogical when regulators continue to utilize the same tools (i.e. inputs) and expect to obtain different outputs.Two examples appeared la...Read More | |||
| The GOP Narrative | 09/06/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The continuing narrative of the GOP both nationally and at the state level will be jobs, jobs, jobs.Whether President Obama can rise to the occasion with his soon to be announced jobs initiative remains to be seen. Jerry Brown unveiled a proposal this week, but that plan already appears ...Read More | |||
| The Five Stages of Work Comp Death | 08/25/2011 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Dr. David Dietz, vice president and national medical director for Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, asked the audience at the 66th Annual Florida Workers' Compensation Institute conference in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday how many would choose workers' compensation for their health care over their gen...Read More | |||
| The CCWC Panel | 08/01/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungBoxer & GersonThe Disneyland conference of California Coalition on Workers' Compensation wrapped up July 25 with a panel analyzing the current state of California's workers' comp system.Moderated by CCWC lobbyist Jason Schmelzer, panelists...Read More | |||
