Regardless of the workers’ compensation model (private insurance, competitive state fund, exclusive state fund), every insurer has to prepare for the unexpected. Afterall, insurance is the transfers ...
Read More As novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic cases have surged, so have the number of companies asking employees to work from home, with 46% of American businesses (Willis Tower) implementing remote-work ...
Read More On March 18, 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued an Executive Order which placed into effect Emergency Administrative Rules for the Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency relative to ...
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We have reviewed case law and the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Act for guidance on how cases of Coronavirus exposure and diagnosis will be evaluated by the Board.
Alaska Statute 23.30.395(24) ...
Read More Editors Note: This is the last of a three part installment. Part 1 is available here. Part 2 is available here.
Part Three of Three: Five methods for setting reserves
In our previous installment, we ...
Read More Editors Note: This is the second of a three part installment. Part 1 is available here. The final part will run tomorrow.
Part Two of Three: Your reserving philosophy.
In our first installment, we ...
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Editors Note: This is the first of a three part installment. Part 2 will run tomorrow.
Part One of Three: Introduction
When the claims audit was completed, it was clear that the self-insured program was ...
Read More I. Compensability of COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Claims.
Infectious diseases such as COVID-19 can be compensable as either a personal ...
Read More In this era of rapid changes to health care, networks are becoming more important than ever. They’re evolving from relatively straightforward mechanisms for directing patients and controlling costs to ...
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