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A WCEC Session Preview: Two-Day Risk Management Program

Are you a risk management professional who sometimes feels out there all alone, talking a foreign language to people who don't understand? That won't happen this August in Orlando. The 69th annual Workers' Compensation Educational Conference has a two-day program just for you. Read More

Independent Contractor vs. Employee: A Stripper's Plight

The South Carolina Court of Appeals recently took up a workers' compensation case involving a stripper named LeAndra Lewis and a shooting in the Boom Boom room. (And people say insurance is boring.) Read More

Weighing in on Emerging Workforce Productivity Challenges

An analysis of 20 years of Cigna's short-term disability claims shows that absence related to obesity, treatment for skin cancer and herniated disc surgery increased significantly from 1993 to 2012. More bad news: a reduction in absences related to depression coupled with an increase in prescribed anti-depressants may signal a hidden problem. Read More

Quinnipiac Polls Floridians on Medical Marijuana, College Athletes

Ten Occupational Health and Safety Milestones That Shook the World

Most U.S. workers and employers can track the societal and workplace changes that transformed safety laws here. But across the pond and above our borders in Canada, similar initiatives have resulted in important legislative change. Read More 

Greetings From the NCCI Annual Issues Symposium

I'm at the NCCI Annual Issues Symposium in Orlando, where the NCCI team is doing its usual stellar job of organizing, feeding, and entertaining everyone -- while also making sure we learn a thing or two. Here's what people are talking about. Read More 

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Patients Want Access to Records

The heck with privacy! According to a survey by Accenture, 69 percent of consumers with chronic health conditions believe patients should have the right to access all of their health care information, and 51 percent believe that accessing their medical records online outweighs the privacy risks. Read More 

WCI Briefs

We know you're busy. That's why we created WCI Briefs, a collection of workers' compensation and insurance news from across the nation and around the world. Each of these articles tells its story in 400 words or less. Read More