Industry Insights
Wickert: Future Credit in Third-Party Recovery Applies Only to Indemnity Benefits | 07/03/2018 | ||
Source: Gary L. Wickert | |||
State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
A long-standing controversy in Pennsylvania workers’ compensation subrogation has been resolved, and resolved in a manner most unfriendly to Pennsylvania small businesses and the entire workers’ compensation industry. ...Read More | |||
Weinmann: When Carriers Ignore Judges' Orders | 06/18/2018 | ||
By: Robert Weinmann | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 3 | |||
When can insurance companies ignore judge's orders? Anytime they want to it appears. The following is a case example. ...Read More | |||
Walls: Carrier's Perspective on Large WC Claims | 06/07/2018 | ||
By: Mark Walls | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
High-dollar workers’ compensation claims are rare, but they can be extremely costly and have a significant impact on an employer’s workers’ compensation costs. The rarity of these claims makes studying them challenging. Safety National recently completed a review of our large cl...Read More | |||
Webb: Key Ruling on Who Is a Contractor | 05/31/2018 | ||
By: Mark Webb | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Sometimes you’re the disruptor. Sometimes you’re the disrupted. ...Read More | |||
Weinmann: Malpractice Case May Soon Be Decided By Supreme Court | 05/24/2018 | ||
By: Robert Weinmann | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
Malpractice reform in utilization review is again on the line, this time because the California Supreme Court has scheduled hearings Ki...Read More | |||
Walls: Workers' Comp in the Year 2030 | 05/18/2018 | ||
By: Mark Walls | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
At the recent WCRI Annual Issues & Research Conference, Dr. Richard Victor, former CEO of the Workers Compensation Research Institute and current senior fellow with the Sedgwick Institute, discussed his views of workers’ compensation in the future. ...Read More | |||
Wickert: The Effect of X-Mods on Comp Insurance Premiums | 05/04/2018 | ||
By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
It is said that good judgment comes with experience, but experience comes from bad judgment. ...Read More | |||
Weinmann: AB 3087 Is a Step Backwards | 04/17/2018 | ||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
If Assembly Bill 3087 becomes law, California will be obliged to appoint a commission to set prices and ration care. Access to care will become increasingly unavailable as costs are shifted to out-of-pocket expense. How's that for a step backwards? ...Read More | |||
Worley: Temporarily Unavailable | 04/19/2018 | ||
By: Diane Worley | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
California's Return-to-Work Supplement Program (RTWSP) is a benefit that was created with the passage of Senate Bill 863 for injured workers whose permanent disability benefits are disproportionately low in comparison to their earnings loss. ...Read More | |||
Wolken: Zombie Liens, Round Two | 04/13/2018 | ||
Source: James Wolken | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
We all remember the notion of "zombie liens" from a few years ago, which the Legislature tried to combat by enacting regulations to allow dismissal of liens for failure to prosecute a lien (8 CCR § 10582.5), and enacting legislation requiring payment of the controversial lien activ...Read More | |||