Book Your Ticket: Here’s What You Can’t Miss at NWCDC

Medical marijuana, the raging opioid epidemic and the proliferation of technology are just some of the topics NWCDC will cover this year.

60 Tips in 60 Minutes: Meet the Panelists of an NWCDC Perennial Favorite

Meet the panelists of one of NWCDC’s most anticipated sessions, ’60 Tips in 60 Minutes – Avoiding Medical Mismanagement’s Claims Fallout.’

Scientists Finally Found a Way to Effectively Replace Opioids

Two non-psychoactive molecules from the Cannabis sativa L plant have the potential to replace opioids with a new drug that poses zero-impairment issues for users.

10 Reasons Why Insurance and Risk Management Is a Great Career

Insurers, brokers and risk managers agree there are endless opportunities in this field. Here’s what they want young professionals to know.

Effective Cannabis Testing in the Workplace: No, We’re Not There Yet

Determining when an employee took cannabis and to what degree they are impaired are challenges for employers and public safety agencies alike.

6 Workers’ Compensation Legal Decisions and Their Impact on the Industry

Calculating benefits for pro footballers, compensating unemployed volunteers, pre-existing cancer and more.

EPIC Broker Maron Impagliazzo Recognized as a 2019 Transportation Power Broker

512 Workers’ Comp Professionals Identified Their Top 10 Challenges for 2019

Attendees of the 2018 National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference shared their thoughts on the challenges and trends unfolding ahead.

The 2019 Transportation Power Brokers

Want to Speak at NWCDC 2019? Here’s Some Presentation Inspiration

The speaker selection team for the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference & Expo has released a wish list of topics they’d like to see presented during 2019’s event in Las Vegas.

7 Factors Potentially Driving Professional Liability Rate Changes in 2019

Historic volatility on both economic and social fronts creates conditions for more litigation against directors and officers and claims on professional liability policies.

5 Absence and Disability Trends to Watch in 2019

From growing employee engagement to the laws surrounding marijuana use, these are the top 5 trends to keep an eye on in workers’ compensation.

What You Need to Know About the Year Ahead in Workers’ Comp

Political shifts, ACOs, soft skills, the sharing economy and more are on the radar for the workers’ comp industry in 2019.

Cannabis 2018: The Decisions, Laws and Attitudes That Will Shape the Future of Workers’ Comp

From medical to recreational, marijuana laws are changing across the board. Here’s a look back on some 2018 cannabis decisions and facts and what they could mean for workers’ comp.

How Simple Due Diligence Could Have Saved 20 Lives

The deadly limo accident in Schoharie, N.Y, provides a somber reminder of the value of performing due diligence and conducting background investigations.

Warning: What You Know About Cannabis May Actually Be Wrong

Broadspire’s Marcos Iglesias and attorney Stuart Colburn will help employers and payers separate cannabis fact from cannabis fiction at NWCDC in Las Vegas.

The 5 Best Insights We Heard at WSIA 2018

A few themes emerged at this year’s Annual Marketplace, including challenging market conditions, the talent gap, and the promise of Insurtech.

Learning from the Best: Nurse Case Managers Educate Claims Professionals on Injury

A workers’ compensation claims professional can learn a thing or two about injury from the nurses who manage their claims.

5 Key Takeaways from the VCIA Conference

How to insure innovative industries was on this year’s Vermont Captive insurance conference agenda.

10 Evolving Workers’ Comp Risks to Watch

Mega-loss claims and medical marijuana are workers’ comp challenges that are here to stay. See our map of the top current exposures plotted by frequency and impact.