Stanford Study Links Medical Errors to Physician Burnout August 20, 2018 By Tracie White The epidemic of physician burnout may be the source of even more medical errors than unsafe medical workplace conditions, a...
Study Looks at Polypharmacy Claims in California Workers’ Comp August 17, 2018 A study from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute shows the likelihood that indemnity was paid on a workers’ comp claim...
Acrimonious, Disruptive No-Deal Brexit Is Growing Risk, Says Fitch August 17, 2018 Ratings agency Fitch said on Thursday that it saw a growing risk of a bitter and economically damaging Brexit that...
States with Best, Worst Home Flood Damage Disclosure Laws August 16, 2018 In 21 states, home sellers are not required by law to disclose to buyers whether their home has ever flooded...
Global Insured Catastrophe Losses Decline to $20 Billion in H1: Swiss Re August 16, 2018 Global insured losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters during the first half of 2018 were US$20 billion, down from...
Workers’ Compensation Insurers Face Rise in Motor Vehicle Accidents August 14, 2018 Although there has been an overall decline in workers’ compensation claims, the frequency of claims for motor vehicle accidents has...
How Agent and Carrier Relationships Are Changing in a Customer-Centric World August 14, 2018 By David Pieffer Auto insurance shoppers are placing a greater importance on having more services provided to them today versus five years ago,...
3 Steps to Help Close Workers’ Compensation Claims Performance Gap August 13, 2018 An analysis of five years of benchmarking data from more than 1,700 claims identifies three practices that workers’ compensation claims...
Study Finds Massachusetts Workers in Dangerous Jobs More Prone to Overdoses August 10, 2018 A study has found that construction workers are six times more likely to die from opioid overdoses than all other...
July’s Droughts, Wildfires, Floods Caused Billions in Global Economic Losses: Aon August 10, 2018 Many countries across the globe saw worsening in drought-related and wildfire conditions during July, which have led to hundreds of...