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Ryan Murphy on the Future of Workers’ Comp, AI, Talent and Knowledge Transfer

For Ryan Murphy, Vice President of Product, Enterprise Claims at CorVel Corporation, the onus is on leaders in the industry to make sure knowledge transfer, technology-enabled triage of information, and courting the next generation of claims professionals remains at the forefront of organizational strategy.

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