Industry Insights
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Fitzpatrick: Medical Malpractice and Workers' Compensation Subrogation in the Golden State | 09/12/2019 | |
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| By: Peter V. Fitzpatrick | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| One of the quirks of California workers’ compensation law is that insurance carriers cannot subrogate against medical malpractice lawsuits. ...Read More | |||
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Fein: Better Treatments for Opioid Addiction | 07/31/2019 | |
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| By: Lewis Fein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The opioid epidemic is a moral hazard of existential proportions — a test of the moral health of the insurance industry in which the question is, will insurers acknowledge the severity of this threat by subsidizing better ways to treat it? ...Read More | |||
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Fein: Visions of Safety and Pictures of Success | 04/02/2019 | |
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| Source: Lewis Fein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Sight is the savior of the insurance industry. Lew...Read More | |||
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Fish: High Court Upholds Record-Setting Retaliatory Discharge Verdict | 03/25/2019 | |
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| Source: Mike Fish | |||
| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| On March 1, the Alabama Supreme Court issued its opinion regarding the largest retaliatory discharge jury verdict ever recorded in the state. ...Read More | |||
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Fish: Reform Proposal's Chances Look Slim | 01/14/2019 | |
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| By: Mike Fish | |||
| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In November of 2017, the Alabama State Bar appointed a task force to review the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act and make recommendations for improvement. ...Read More | |||
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Fitzpatrick: Petition for Credit: the Easy Part and the Hard Part | 01/04/2019 | |
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| Source: Peter V. Fitzpatrick | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| After settlement or judgment of a third-party civil case, the employer is entitled to a credit based on the employee’s net recovery in the civil action. ...Read More | |||
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Fein: Choosing the Right Drug-Testing Courses | 12/13/2018 | |
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| Source: Lewis Fein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A drug-free workplace is a safer place to work, provided the drug testers themselves have passed the test; provided they have done the coursework; provided they have taken the right courses to do their jobs with accuracy and ease; provided the provider of the coursework is himself an expert &mdas...Read More | |||
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Furtado: Quest for the Holy Grail in Workers' Comp | 11/15/2018 | |
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| By: Karen Furtado | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Quotes from only five data points, or even fewer? Name your number, and you can find an insurer looking to transform the sales experience to match. ...Read More | |||
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Fein: Adopting New Standards of Safety | 11/01/2018 | |
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| Source: Lewis Fein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The duty of insurers is not to deny the need for new standards but to dedicate themselves to standardizing new — and superior — levels of safety. ...Read More | |||
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Fein: Let's Open Our Eyes to Work Safety Issues | 10/03/2018 | |
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| Source: Lewis Fein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Beware of those who seek to revise history by erasing or rewriting it altogether. ...Read More | |||
