Industry Insights
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Snyder: Quarantine Settlements | 07/15/2020 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| You have an opportunity. Right now. While you are working from home. While you are most likely to be able to reach people by telephone and actually engage in a discussion about pending claims. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: File Reconsideration for Alleged Errors | 07/14/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| One of the charms of the legal profession in general, and workers’ compensation in particular, is that if you think you’ve mastered anything, you are probably wrong. At least a little wrong. ...Read More | |||
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Espinoza: Workplace Mental Health Even More Critical Now | 07/13/2020 | |
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| By: Kathy Espinoza | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Mental health is in the forefront as an impact of the coronavirus pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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Goldstein: MSP Court Decision Sends Warning Signals to Primary Payers | 07/10/2020 | |
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| Source: Jean S. Goldstein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A recent decision out of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey is sending warning signals and a reminder to implement proactive practices to primary payers. ...Read More | |||
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Nichols: Survey of State Laws Regarding COVID-19 Compensability Published | 07/09/2020 | |
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| By: Steve W. Nichols | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance and American Academy of Actuaries have each released a survey of state laws regarding the compensability of the COVID-19 virus. ...Read More | |||
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Castillo: Profits Before People | 07/08/2020 | |
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| By: Michael Castillo | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) released its 2019 California Workers' Compensation Losses and Expenses report last week ...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: DWC Not Prepared to Honor QME Fee Schedule Stakeholder Agreement | 07/07/2020 | |
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| By: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In general, it appears that after three months of negotiations, the California Division of Workers' Compensation has decided to go its own way and ignore whichever parts of the stakeholder agreement it chooses. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Large-Deductible Workers' Comp Policies: Paying 50% of Expenses? | 07/06/2020 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We often perform workers' comp policy reviews as part of our premium reduction consultant services. Large-deductible workers' comp policies usually have a deductible amount ranging from $100,000 (the minimum) to $5 million. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: State Supreme Court Rules Air Ambulance Rates Regulable | 07/02/2020 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Contrary to all prior federal circuit courts that have decided the question, the Texas Supreme Court, in Texas Mut. Ins. Co. v. PHI Air Medical LLC, has decided that the Airline Deregulation...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: AOE/COE: Who Bears the Burden? | 07/01/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In 2020 so far, we’ve tackled fires, almost-war with Iran, plague, murder hornets, volcanos and just about everything else; fill in the blank for yourself. ...Read More | |||
