Patients on Opioids Before Knee Surgery Have Worse Pain Outcomes May 23, 2017 Six months after knee replacement surgery, pain outcomes were not as good for patients who previously took prescription opioids, according...
California’s Comp Insurers Had 5.1% More in Direct Written Premium in 2016 May 22, 2017 California workers’ compensation insurers wrote $12.96 billion in direct written premium last year, an increase of $628 million, or 5.1...
Injured Worker Attorney Involvement Varies Widely by State May 18, 2017 There is a wide variation in the percentage of claims with worker attorneys involvement across state workers’ compensation systems, according...
Report: New Medical Coding System Not Yet An Improvement in California Comp May 17, 2017 A new report shows that an updated medical coding system that went into effect in California a year-and-a-half ago hasn’t...
Soft Reinsurance Prices to Continue Until Year-End – at Least: Fitch May 16, 2017 The soft pricing in the global reinsurance market will continue, at least, for the rest of the year, Fitch Ratings...
Manufacturing’s Share of Workers’ Comp Premium Is High Relative to Exposure: NCCI May 15, 2017 By Stephanie K. Jones In 2016 in the United States, the manufacturing sector produced nearly 72 percent more goods than in 1990, but manufacturers...
Medical Professional Insurance Market in Good Health for Now: A.M. Best May 12, 2017 The U.S. medical professional liability (MPL) insurance sector is stable, with strong capitalization and profitable, albeit declining, operating performance, plus...
Bermuda Re/Insurers Hit by Ogden Rate Change, Higher Nat Cats: S&P May 12, 2017 A big change in the Ogden rate in the UK and higher natural catastrophe losses are dampening a wide range...
Experts Expect Simultaneous Cyber Attacks on Multiple Firms: Survey May 12, 2017 Nine in 10 global cyber security and risk experts believe that cyber risk is systemic and that simultaneous attacks on...
TRIP: Oklahoma’s Deteriorating Roads, Bridges Cost Motorists $5B May 11, 2017 A national transportation research group says deteriorated and congested roads and bridges in Oklahoma cost the state’s motorists $5 billion...