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Workers Comp Writers Using More Mobile Device Apps and Other Tech Advances

Paul Hughes
October 23, 2014

Workers compensation insurers are increasingly turning to mobile device applications and other technology innovations in their bid to remain a force in the industry and serve their clients. New technology…

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Hopeful Outlook for Workers’ Comp

Paul Hughes
September 26, 2014

Just like that we are in the last quarter of 2014, which means there is valuable data that has been compiled to tell us how the workers’ comp market is…

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NAPEO Publishes New White Paper Entitled Professional Employer Organizations: Keeping Turnover Low and Survival High

Paul Hughes
September 25, 2014

In further exploring the impact of PEOs and their potential to help small businesses better meet the challenges of today’s demanding economic conditions, this follow-up study examines employee turnover and…

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NCCI Proposes Decrease to Florida Workers Compensation Rates with 2015 Rate Filing

Paul Hughes
August 25, 2014

The Office of Insurance Regulation today received the 2015 Florida workers’ compensation rate filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), which proposes a statewide average rate decrease of…

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NCCI Update on Endorsement, Definitions, and Data Subcommittees

Paul Hughes
August 18, 2014

The updates below are provided by the NCCI and its subcommittees representing PEO/Temp Staffing ventures such as 1) new PEO alternate co-employment endorsement, 2) PEO vs Temp Staffing definitions, and…

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WCIRB Reports on State of California’s Workers’ Compensation System

Dan Leporati
August 8, 2014

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) has released its new “WCIRB Report on the State of the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance System.” The report, which the WCIRB…

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Health reform may push medical claims to property/casualty insurers |

Paul Hughes
June 16, 2014

LONG BEACH, California — The law of unintended consequences is playing out in the wake of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as ramifications “trickle down” through the property/casualty…

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R.I. Approves WC Advisory Loss Costs Increase of 2.5% for Industrial Classes

Paul Hughes
May 21, 2014

Rhode Island’s Department of Business Regulation, Insurance Division, on May 15 approved a +2.5 percent overall increase in advisory loss costs for workers’ compensation for industrial classes and an overall…

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