Industry Insights
| WC Subrogation against Political Subdivisions Given Last Rights | 11/07/2012 | ||
| By: Gary Wickert | |||
| State: PA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The states which seem most inimical toward subrogation rights always seem to be struggling with themselves, contorting legislation and case decisions in an inexplicable effort to destroy one of the most effective means society has for holding down insurance premiums – subrogation. Pennsylvania...Read More | |||
| Workers' Comp Costs Challenge Town's Ability to Control Taxes | 10/16/2012 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: | 0 | |||
| A change in the way workers’ compensation costs are accounted for in Chautauqua County is challenging the Town of Hanover’s ability to comply with the state’s 2% cap on property taxes, the Dunkirk Observer reports.Chautauqua County is located at the extreme western end ...Read More | |||
| Wasted Money? | 10/15/2012 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| In the last several weeks I've done three conference presentations on Senate Bill 863.Based on audience questions at the various seminars, one of the least controversial parts of the recently enacted comprehensive workers' comp reform is the section dealing with reforms to the su...Read More | |||
| Workers' Compensation Overpayment | 10/02/2012 | ||
| By: Justice Paul E. Pfeifer | |||
| State: OH | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Here at the Supreme Court of Ohio we review numerous workers’ compensation cases. The questions raised in these cases cover a wide range of issues, but one that we handled earlier this year was rather unique.The case involved Donald F. McNea Jr., a police officer for the city of Pa...Read More | |||
| What will Aetna do with Coventry's Work Comp Business? | 09/13/2012 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| That's a question I've been asked a couple dozen times over the last two weeks.For several reasons I don't see Aetna selling the Coventry workers' comp business.1. It generates a ton of cash.While the financials are a bit murky, the workers' co...Read More | |||
| Workers' Comp: Headed over the 'Fiscal Cliff?' | 08/10/2012 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| With Washington seemingly frozen in place, unable to agree on anything except it's the other side's fault, the awful specter of the Fiscal Cliff looks more and more possible. But unlike any other fall from a great height, we're already getting hurt.The ...Read More | |||
| What's the Real Workers' Comp 'Secret Sauce?' | 08/03/2012 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| "An educated consumer is our best customer." - Sy Simms (a really smart retailer). In the mid-1980s and early 1990s, our nation was in the midst of an awful workers' compensation crisis. In my home state of Massachusetts, the cost of workers' comp was approaching $2 billio...Read More | |||
| When to Drug Test | 07/25/2012 | ||
| By: Michael Rabinowitz | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A colleague recently presented a new claim she encountered. A client’s employee was involved in a trucking accident (that same day). The accident was bad. The cab flipped and crushed. The employee was undergoing emergency surgery.However concerned the employ...Read More | |||
| Workers' Comp and the Affordable Care Act | 07/05/2012 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Assuming that Obamacare isn't grievously wounded by Congressional de-funding and that a Romney win in the election doesn't result in repeal of the law, what effect will it have on workers' comp?I've already received several client e-mails asking whether the Affordable Hea...Read More | |||
| Workers' Comp Annual 'Must-Read' Doc | 05/10/2012 | ||
| By: Julie Ferguson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers' comp geeks and nerds, your wait is over: NCCI's 2012 Workers' Compensation Issues Report is out. For the uninitiated, NCCI stands for "National Counc...Read More | |||
