Industry Insights
| NFL Players Tackling Heart Disease | 02/02/2012 | ||
| By: Jon Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Many football players are essentially paid to be big—really big—especially those whose job is to block or stop the big guys on the other team. They also suffer from medical conditions that are work related and claim medical benefits and other benefits available under the Workers' Com...Read More | |||
| NCCI Proves what we Knew All Along | 01/16/2012 | ||
| By: James J. Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| A new report has been produced by the the National Council of Compensation Insurance indicating that older workers do not account for a larger percentage of workers' comp accidents than the overall employee population. In a way, the theme of the article seems that NCCI may have been surprised by...Read More | |||
| NCCI's Slow Road to Big Changes in Experience Ratings | 11/21/2011 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Back in September we blogged about the National Council on Compensation Insurance's pending changes in experience rating plans. While initially proposed for this fall, the new implementation schedule (contained in NCCI Circular Letter E-1402) does not even begin until January 2013, at which time...Read More | |||
| NYSAC Enters the WC Market with New Partner PERMA | 11/14/2011 | ||
| By: Mark LaVigne | |||
| State: NY | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Rate increases, mid-year assessments for pool members, State Comptroller audits pointing to the need for reserves and actuarial studies, the risks inherent in local government operations, dwindling fund balances, the state’s new property tax cap.All of these were among the reasons,...Read More | |||
| New v. Legacy Comp Claims: Where is our Attention? | 08/15/2011 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| I've been working on a project for a client that involves, among lots of other things, determining the volume of new and legacy claims in each state. Its been rather eye-opening.For example, Ohio which has pretty good reporting, as one might expect form a monopolistic state had jus...Read More | |||
| Northern Calif. County Considering Radical Work Comp Pilot Project | 08/10/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Zachary H. SacksSacks & ZolonzOver the last few years, there has been a sustained call at the state capital to crack down on the number of uninsured employers, meaning those who fail to provide the requisite level of work comp coverage.One industry where uninsure...Read More | |||
| Narcotics in Work Comp is a Cultural Problem | 07/13/2011 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By David J. DePaoloWorkCompCentralOver prescription of narcotics in workers' compensation, indeed, general health, is getting lots of publicity lately, and for good reason - the general American population is either becoming hopelessly addicted (and consequently hopelessly nonp...Read More | |||
| New York: A Matter of Trust(s) | 05/13/2011 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanLynch Ryan & AssociatesNew York continues to deal with the failure of the self-insurance groups (SIGs) managed by CRM. As is so often the case, the question is who pays? Who assumes the debts incurred by the failed management company? When a conventional insuran...Read More | |||
| NCCI Reports: A Sobering Look at Risk | 05/12/2011 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanLynch Ryan & AssociatesThe National Council on Compensation Insurance has released two reports that are essential reading for risk managers and anyone else who enjoys the Bigalbeit somewhat gloomyPicture.The first report is a ...Read More | |||
| No Presumption Earnings are Maximum Where Documentation Lacking | 04/28/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Richard M. "Jake" JacobsmeyerShaw, Jacobsmeyer, Crain & Claffey The California 1st District Court of Appeal has reversed a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision that really involves a technical issue for calculating and paying temporary total disability under unde...Read More | |||
