To borrow from a popular phrase, it can be said that when "the going gets tough, the tough get creative". Consolidations, mergers, and an aging workforce are all conspiring to bring major challenges to the workers’ compensation marketplace over the next few years. The latter of these, the aging workforce, combined with the general absence…
Reflections Of A National Workers’ Compensation Conference Participant
I attend a good number of conferences around the country every year, and having just returned from the 18th National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference & Expo in Chicago, I have had just a bit of time to reflect on the activities and agenda there. If you are someone who has never attended this or…
Corporate America, Train Thy Front Line Manager Well on the Ways of Workers' Comp
Sarasota, FL (CompNewsNetwork Editorial) – It is said that a company is only as good as its worst employee. It would stand to reason then, that how a company handles a workers’ compensation claim is largely only going to be as good as the skill, knowledge and commitment of the front line manager who initially…
ABA WC Committee Mid-Winter Seminar: Pain Hurts In Workers' Comp
This week I find myself in New Orleans at the ABA Workers' Compensation Committee Mid Winter meetings. This year is a unique event, as it represents the first time that two separate sections of the ABA, The Labor and Employment Law Section (LEL) and the Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) have combined to…