Market Insights

One of the buzzwords in workers compensation these days is "cost containment"--the practice of managing and mitigating the medical costs of claims. With employers and insurers being hit by ever-higher premiums, everyone seems to be

Although carriers are a little more open to the idea than they were a few years ago, trying to launch a new program is still one of the hardest things to do in the insurance business. I've talked to many frustrated people who were just

Perhaps due to the popularity of television shows that feature forensic medical doctors, archeologists, and scientists solving murder cases, the term forensic seems to have been inaccurately associated with death.

Old habits are hard to break, particularly in the insurance industry. But when old habits are negatively affecting the bottom line, many companies welcome change.

Legacy, an over-used word that ought to be tossed out of the political lexicon, except in the case of a handful of presidents and maybe a few Supreme Court judges. Otherwise, the whole concept is

Looking back, 2006 wasn't bad. The kinds of catastrophes--natural or manmade--we've experienced in other years didn't occur. The best news is there were no major, unanticipated, devastating crises, and