A recent study by Travelers revealed that 35% of workplace injuries occur during an employee’s first year on the job, resulting in more than 6 million missed workdays.

“Nonprofits are society’s last line of defense; they help when no one else can. Insurers know this and see the additional risks these organizations face — especially filling low-wage jobs with qualified personnel, which has always been a struggle.”

The synchronicity and success of the State of Ohio’s efforts to recruit and educate new risk management and insurance talent is worth emulating.

The future of workers’ compensation will depend on AI systems that operate on accurate data and are transparent in their recommendations.

Workers’ comp payers have long been skeptical about psych claims. Here’s why that perspective needs to change.

From thoughtful education programs to on-site health clinics and everything in between, employers are working to support the health of their people in every way possible.

“Relationships are certainly important, but how well you serve your customer and help them solve their problems is how your level of success is defined.”

Erich Bublitz, the head of excess and surplus for AmTrust shares the latest happenings in E&S, property and the talent gap.

“We have from one to 50 different insurers utilizing the data we gather. We want our clients, the insureds, to walk into their market meetings every year armed with this data to present to the markets.”

Through the lens of enterprise risk management, Elliott Young finds opportunities to make post-secondary students safer.

“The unknowns of legal system abuse are a significant stressor for businesses. No one wants to find their name on a billboard or news cover, putting themselves, their employees or their investors in that position.”

As more health care networks acquire individual physician practices, the workers’ compensation industry must address the medical management costs and patient outcomes associated with this trend.

Demex Group CEO Bill Clark talks to Risk & Insurance about the risk of convective storms and a parametric approach to reinsurance.

Michele Haas of One Call discusses her vision for the company’s financial strategy, fostering a culture of innovation and accountability, and leveraging her extensive experience in health care to improve outcomes for injured workers.

“Learning risk engineering the old-fashioned way, by getting my hands deep into the problem, has been invaluable.”

“One of the biggest challenges we face in the energy transformation is increasing our expertise in the new technologies that come with it … Learning about the risks and specificities of these new technologies is crucial for both the industry and its insurers.”

“We’ve seen a growing openness to the possibility of shipping via rail, moving away from the traditional focus on trucking. This shift can be attributed to several factors, including the rail industry’s environmental friendliness and its potential for cost savings.”

“As brokers, we uniquely see both sides of the aisle in the transaction. Transparency and timeliness are two words that stand out to me that could be improved on in helping our clients make educated buying decisions.”

The E&S market is a strategic platform for innovation and is filling critical protection gaps with bespoke parametric solutions.

Clear communication with her broker partners is something that QBE’s Julie Minor treasures.