Orlando,Fla.-The nation's workers' compensation systems face future multibillion-dollar impacts from returning veterans, obese workers and a variety of chemicals, substances and disorders, experts told an industry conference here today.
The forecasts were made at the 60th Annual Workers' Compensation Educational Conference, a partnership of the Florida Workers' Compensation Institute and The National Underwriter Company.
Speaking at a panel on challenges to the comp insurance business, Robert P. Hartwig, senior vice president and chief economist with the Insurance Information Institute in New York, warned that the industry must be ready for the return of battle-scarred servicemen and women to the workplace.
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