Actuaries Work to Keep Up With Changing Presumption Laws

Workers' compensation presumption rules were supposed to eliminate some of the debate about compensability for certain illnesses. But with legislatures continuing to amend the laws, courts continuing to strike down some states' orders, and science and treatments continuing to evolve, presumption rules have caused insurers and actuaries to utter the word they most disdain: uncertainty. “There really is so much uncertainty about what kind of impact presumptions will have on current and future workers' compensation costs,” said Dave Heppen, chairman of the American A...