Aside from news related to COVID-19, workers' compensation professionals are also concerned about news and trends related to medical marijuana, legislative updates on the local and national level, insurance fraud, employment lawsuits and advances in technology, among others. (Credit: Kaspars Grinvalds/Shutterstock) Aside from news related to COVID-19, workers’ compensation professionals are also concerned about news and trends related to medical marijuana, legislative updates on the local and national level, insurance fraud, employment lawsuits and advances in technology, among others. (Credit: Kaspars Grinvalds/Shutterstock)

Professionals in the property & casualty insurance industry know that there is almost always a constant barrage of news happening, and this has certainly been the case since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes in regulations and policy wording, among others, have made the need to keep up with industry news more important than ever.

In workers’ compensation, the pandemic has raised questions regarding the growth in telehealth, concerns for businesses that are reopening, how the workers’ compensation industry is being affected and what it will look like down the road. If and when a vaccine is discovered, many questions will continue to linger for the foreseeable future.

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Denny Jacob

Denny Jacob is an associate editor for NU PropertyCasualty360. Contact him at [email protected]

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