Paul Hughes, Author at The PEO Compass

California court upholds ruling: Staffing firms can’t self-insure workers’ comp

Paul Hughes
May 15, 2015

It would appear California understands the nature of PEO’s and Staffing firms having an ever evolving potential change in underlying Workers’ Compensation exposures, growth and financial liability they are assuming…

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NCCI Annual Issues Symposium 2015

Paul Hughes
May 14, 2015

As a reminder, this is the week in which the Nation Council of Compensation Insurance (“NCCI”) hosts the Annual Issues Symposium (“AIS”) in Orlando. This is by far the workers’…

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Affordable Care Act : Success or Failure? Only Version of the Facts or Only Version of the Truth?

Paul Hughes
April 24, 2015

With all the pomp and circumstance surrounding the ACA, there is still very little to learn about its impact. While not the person to make predictive calls as that is…

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Insurer reserve releases set to slow as prices fall | Business Insurance

Paul Hughes
April 21, 2015

Property/casualty insurers will likely announce solid reserve releases in 2015 but declining insurance premiums point to lower releases in 2016 and 2017, according to a report from investment analyst Keefe,…

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California Workers’ Comp Premium Up 11% in 2014; Combined Ratio Still Exceeds 100

Paul Hughes
April 21, 2015

The WCIRB projects a preliminary ultimate accident year combined loss and expense ratio of 103 percent for 2014. Of this, 61 percent is attributable to the indemnity and medical loss…

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How to extract data to price better, expand markets and improve underwriting | PropertyCasualty360

Paul Hughes
April 15, 2015

The real challenge begins when companies begin extracting meaningful insights from this explosion of data. Determining how to take advantage of all this data to price better, expand markets and…

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Illinois Governor Looks to Reduce Worker’s Comp Costs

Paul Hughes
April 13, 2015

High on the list of Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s legislative priorities is reducing the amount employers pay for workers’ compensation insurance. Illinois currently ranks 7th nationwide for the highest cost…

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Workers comp sector improves on higher pricing and improved underwriting | Business Insurance

Paul Hughes
April 13, 2015

Higher pricing and improved underwriting are credited for workers compensation insurers’ better financial performance in 2014, after years of struggle. The industry’s financial turn-around from the lean years of 2010…

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