A session last week at the Florida RIMS Educational Conference in Naples, FL on Cyber Liability provided stark evidence of how much technology changes are impacting business, by offering a glimpse at the “dark side” of this continuing revolution. Michele Centeno, and Glen Bailey, both of Beecher Carlson, joined Mike Rossi of the Insurance Law…
Florida RIMS: Darrell Brown On Medical Marijuana
Naples, FL – To be fair, Darrell Brown was not "on" medical marijuana at the session he presented yesterday at the Florida RIMS Educational Conference, but the topic was surely on his mind. Brown, Director of Claims at Sedgwick CMS, covered a variety of issues and challenges related to claims management during what I consider…
Wilson Urges Extreme Caution Regarding New York Workers’ Comp Board Email Filing System
Sarasota, FL (CompNewsNetwork Editorial) – The announcement today that the New York Workers' Compensation Board “now allows documents related to claims for compensation to be filed with the Board as email attachments” gives me tremendous concern, not so much for what it says but for what it fails to say. The NYWCB is clearly looking…
Workers' Comp 20/20: Tethered by Wireless – The Future Office Without Walls
Sarasota, FL (CompNewsNetwork) – One thing is certain about the future of most industries, including the workers' compensation industry. Technology will continue to radically change the way we work. Of course we know that changes brought on by technological advances have already occurred, but as we look to the future, it is pretty easy to…
Special Series: Workers' Comp 20/20 – What Will Workers' Comp Look Like In The Year 2020?
Sarasota, FL (CompNewsNetwork) – This week we are pleased to announce the launch of our new series, "Workers’ Comp 20/20", which is designed to both forecast where the industry is going, and generate dialogue that will contribute to that process. Essentially we are asking, "What will the workers’ compensation industry look like in 10 years,…
Those Wacky Wallenda’s And A Sarasota Skywalk Stop Work At WorkersCompensation.com Offices
Sarasota, FL – First, I will acknowledge this post has nothing to do with workers' compensation. If the subject of this post fell during his event, it surely could have been, but fortunately that did not occur. As you may or may not be aware, WorkersCompensation.com is based in beautiful Sarasota, Florida, on…
Outsourcing Workers' Compensation Claims Management – Is Offshore Solution Out Of Bounds?
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…