Workers’ Compensation Results Improved in 2014 But Industry Anxious About What’s Ahead May 15, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson The workers’ compensation industry had a pretty good 2014 in which its combined ratio improved for the third consecutive year,... Read More
More Recalls: 5 Million by Toyota, 1.5 Million by Nissan May 14, 2015 By Ma Jie, Masatsugu Horie and Yuki Hagiwara The safety crisis plaguing the global automotive industry deepened as Japan’s three biggest carmakers said they would recall at least... Read More
Taser Looks Beyond the Stun Gun to Cop Cams May 14, 2015 By Matt Stroud That was the dare Taser International laid down at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in 1998, and hundreds... Read More
Employee Negligence Biggest Cause of Data Breaches May 14, 2015 By Ellen Rosen Mary Jo White, the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, said in a speech Friday that cyberattacks against... Read More
‘Reckless’ Amtrak Engineer Was Driving at Double Speed Limit May 13, 2015 By Romy Varghese, Mark Drajem and Angela Greiling Keane The New York-bound Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing seven and injuring more than 200, was traveling 106 miles... Read More
CCC Information Services Acquires DriveFactor May 12, 2015 CCC Information Services Inc. announced it has acquired DriveFactor Inc., a provider of a highly robust, flexible technology platform for... Read More
Here’s the Scoop on Listeria-Linked Ice Cream Recall Insurance, Business Issues May 12, 2015 By Denise Johnson While peanut butter and cantaloupe made big news in recent years, ice cream is now the latest item to be... Read More
Spike in Hospitalizations Linked to Synthetic Pot Seen Across U.S. May 12, 2015 By DAVE COLLINS A huge spike in hospitalizations last month caused by a class of drugs often called “synthetic marijuana” illustrates the potency... Read More
GENEX Survey Reveals Communication at Heart of Most Claims Issues May 12, 2015 Getting injured workers back to the job in a timely and efficient manner while controlling workers’ comp claims costs is... Read More
Patient Engagement Key to Improving Compliance, Return to Work in Workers’ Comp Claims May 12, 2015 A new whitepaper by Coventry, a company that offers workers’ compensation cost and care management to insurers, third party administrators... Read More