NCSI Panelists Say Claim Numbers Dropping as Costs Rise

SAN DIEGO -- American workers are living longer and working longer, but when they get hurt at work, the severity of their injuries and the cost of caring for them are increasing, panelists at the National Council of Self-Insurers' Annual Meeting said Tuesday, Speakers on Day 3 of the four-day event in San Diego included Kevin Glennon, a registered nurse who serves as vice president of Complex Care & Home Health Services in Florida, and Larry DellaVedova, head of the DDP Group, a claim consulting company.DellaVedova said he has been seeing a rise in claims complicated by the obesit...