Industry Insights
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Paduda: Hey, Work Comp Payers — Do Your Job | 05/29/2019 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Has any workers’ comp insurer, excess carrier, state fund or any self-insured employer sued opioid manufacturers, distributors or dispensers? ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Involving the Physician in Return-to-Work Risk Management | 05/28/2019 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A huge risk return-to-work risk management failure begins when the physician evaluates the injured employee for a light- or full-duty release. ...Read More | |||
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Walls: Taking Aim at Workplace Violence | 05/24/2019 | |
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| By: Mark Walls | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Workplace violence can happen any time and anywhere. A session at the recent RIMS 2019 Annual Conference & Exhibition reviewed a spectrum of workplace violence risk management tactics, including red flags that can foreshadow an event, and training on what to do if it does occur. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: Reflections on a Workplace Manslaughter Case | 05/23/2019 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: ME | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Last summer, well-known podcaster Joe Rogan debated fellow podcaster and sometimes-libertarian Dave Rubin about the necessity of having and enforcing building code regulations (see the YouTube video ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Comparing Work Comp to Group Health | 05/22/2019 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Barry Lipton, a senior actuary at the National Council on Compensation Insurance, did a quick review of a few ways work comp and group health differ, and how they are sometimes comparable. ...Read More | |||
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7 Safety Trends for Today's Workplace | 05/21/2019 | |
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| By: Insurance Thought Leadership | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Monumental changes in how and where work is performed create new risk and safety challenges. The recent session at the RIMS 2019 Annual Conference & Exhibition examined emerging workplace risks and effective safety strategies to address them. Speakers included Larry Pearlman, sen...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: Reneging on AB 1107 | 05/20/2019 | |
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| By: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | |||
| In its original form, Assembly Bill 1107 was supposed to give relief to injured workers who were being wrongly denied access to treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Mesothelioma and Asbestos in the News | 05/17/2019 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In 2018, I penned Territorial Jurisdiction in Workers' Compensation. The litigation mentioned there involved a cancerous condition called mesothelioma. That post included a link to the...Read More | |||
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Duff: Why Federal Equal Protection Challenges to WC Statutes Don't Work | 05/16/2019 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I do not believe that interference with workers’ compensation rights are subject to vindication under the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution (even when the interference is vicious or unfair), because the obstruction does not disadvantage a suspect class or i...Read More | |||
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Snyder: How to Write a WC Mediation Brief | 05/15/2019 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Why do so many advocates stumble when it comes to preparing for mediation? ...Read More | |||
