National trends track looks at the state of a troubledmarket
|Where is the workers' compensation industry heading in the faceof soaring medical care and prescription drug costs, a softeninginsurance market and other emerging challenges?
|Those are just some of the questions National Underwriter hopesto help attendees answer during the National Trends track, part ofthe Workers' Compensation Educational Conference in Orlando fromAug. 21-24.
|Over 8,000 adjusters, risk managers, litigators, occupationalhealth specialists, agents, brokers and insurance company officialswill be on hand for the WCEC, which boasts over 80 sessions anddraws more than 280 exhibitors.
|The National Trends program–put together by NU Editor-In-ChiefSam Friedman and an Advisory Committee of leading industryofficials–launches with a keynote address by Joseph Giles,president of Wausau Insurance Companies, exploring keyopportunities and threats facing the industry, including fraud andterrorism.
|Subsequent sessions will focus on the state of the market(including emerging exposures), a terrorism coverage update, adviceon controlling medical and drug costs, a recap of state workers'comp reform efforts, tips on dealing with angry claimants and thelatest technology trends in comp.
|The conference registration fee is $199 if you sign up by July29, and $235 after that deadline.
|For more information and to register for the WCEC, go towww.nationalunderwriter.com/national_trends/.
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