A narrow focus on the opioid epidemic may overlook the risks of non-opioid prescriptions and draw crucial resources away from proactive monitoring and interventions.

A coffee spill lands Dunkin’ in hot water, a potential class action against Publix highlights the issue of wage theft, and more stories of legal filings likely to impact the insurance and risk management sector.

The Catastrophe Resiliency Council invites you to join experts from government, industry and academia at the inaugural Resilience Innovation Summit.

The Institutes’ latest affiliation promises to introduce the skills and experience of insurance accounting and systems administration professionals to a much wider audience.

Multiple factors affect PBM pricing. These are the questions payers need to ask to find the right fit (and get the most savings) for their company.

Starting November 8, 2023, Risk & Insurance will provide our readers with a new newsletter offering, “The Risk Brief.” 

MEMIC names new chief human resources officer, Allianz Commercial appoints new global head of portfolio solutions and more.

The latest legal filings likely to impact the insurance industry today.

How has the workers’ compensation industry evolved over the past decade? The Rising Medical Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study answers this question by reviewing the industry’s overall adoption of new technologies, as well as its struggles with the current talent shortage.

MedRisk’s newly appointed CEO, Sri Sridharan, talks to Risk & Insurance about the culture he leads and the vast amount of injured worker data his team has at its disposal.

Risk & Insurance editor-in-chief Dan Reynolds sat down with Nan-Wei Gong and Scott Sexton of FIGUR8 to discuss how they’re working to standardize and codify data that can help care teams better gauge an injured workers’ musculoskeletal recovery process.

The increasing size of wind turbines is perhaps the most striking change the industry has seen in recent years. In the past 20 years, they have almost quadrupled in height, from around 230 feet to around 853 feet — nearly three times taller than the Statue of Liberty.

This 2023 Power Broker has dedicated his career to sharpening his knowledge and always placing client interests above his own.

Risk & Insurance sat down with Fabian Mercado, vice president and property lead for the East region of QBE North America, to discuss ongoing and emerging supply chain risk, the industry response, and best practices for the exposures that may be uninsurable. 

Advances in technology are enhancing our ability to prevent potential losses. In the season one finale of Predict & Prevent, Pete Miller, CEO of The Institutes, learns about a robotic dog that can fetch data from places that are tough for humans to go. 

After launching a pay-as-you-go workers’ comp solution, NYSIF set out to discover how it was impacting the policyholder experience. The results were clear.

Diet and mental health are so closely connected that the gut is often called our “second brain.” Addressing the importance of food choices, especially during recovery, can help to optimize the mental wellbeing and resilience of injured employees.

The latest legal filings likely to have an impact on the insurance industry today. 

Rising Star Merritt McDonough shares why opportunity has kept him intertwined in the commercial insurance space. 

Suicide is not an issue in just workers’ comp; it’s a humanity issue. Panelists at National Comp 2023 share why it’s imperative not to ignore mental health risks.