tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97429372023-09-30T06:48:19.613-07:00The employer resource for REAL Worker Compensation solutions. The Comp Expert will provide an industry insider's view of Workers Compensation and how to drive your expense down to its bare minimum. Little known secrets will be shared to enable business owners to put more money in their own pocket.Cary Duke - The Comp Experthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1113229416045926992005-04-11T07:23:00.000-07:002005-04-13T13:22:25.736-07:00

THe Supreme Court of Texas overturned an appellate court decision that will have far reaching impact on employers who hire temporary workers in Texas. As we know, in Texas an employer is not forced to purchase workers compensation insurance, they can "opt out" of the system. In this decision, the court was reviewing a case where a temporary staffing company sent an employee to their client

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com203tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1112891850145994002005-04-07T09:37:00.000-07:002005-04-07T09:37:30.146-07:00

I recently published this article in the Insurance Journal. Roofing Contractors, Workers' Compensation Insurance and Profits...Making the Puzzle Pieces Fit

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1112732910076765482005-04-05T13:28:00.000-07:002005-04-06T07:56:39.206-07:00

Employers have certainly believed the Workers Comp system keeps employees off work. Most of the time the employer believes it is some type of fraud, though that is rarely the case. Now, a research study in the Journal of the American Medical Association is reporting "financial incentives influence patient outcomes".This comes as no big surprise to employers who have good employees turn into bad

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1112712664594823262005-04-05T07:51:00.000-07:002005-04-06T07:59:23.896-07:00

The Texas House of Representatives has passed their version of the Workers Compensation Reform bill, House Bill 7.A brief review of it is here:Texas House Passes Workers' Comp Reform Bill

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1112110443619777242005-03-29T07:34:00.000-08:002005-04-06T08:03:38.286-07:00

Scranton Times Tribune - News - 03/27/2005 - City To Get a Little FriendlierFour city employees, 2 firefighters and 2 policemen, have been offered alternative, light duty jobs at the city as greeters. The story refers to the four as "former employees". The city and the mayor, Chris Doherty, believe they have created a workable solution to increasing workers comp insurance costs. Some council

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1111680923923150282005-03-24T08:05:00.000-08:002005-03-24T08:15:23.923-08:00

Lynch Ryan has some excellent thoughts on the trend of hiring older workers and the potential risks it brings concerning workers compensation. Read the article here.

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1110985024737619192005-03-16T06:57:00.000-08:002005-03-16T06:57:04.736-08:00

The Texas Senate passed State Bill 5 yesterday. The bill is an attempt to overhaul the Texas Workers Compensation System. Chief among its objectives is the creation of a network system, similiar to group health care, where injured workers would be able to access doctors of their choice. The announcement is here. I'll be following up with analysis and opinion.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1110812958173259072005-03-14T07:09:00.000-08:002005-03-14T07:12:52.540-08:00

The San Antonio Express-News is reporting an AP article that is making that claim. You can read the entire article hereOilfield workers, especially entry-level jobs, are scarce. Some companies are turning to "immigrant Hispanics", according to the article. "There may be a downside to the new wave of workers — AMI Risk Management in Wichita, which writes insurance coverage for drilling and

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1110562186891817772005-03-11T09:29:00.000-08:002005-03-11T09:29:46.890-08:00

Calling All Companies: Make participation mandatory in Texas This is the Dallas Morning News last article in a 4 part series on the current Texas Legislative attempt to "fix" the workers compensation insurance system in Texas. This article deals with the crazy "voluntary" system Texas has. Companies can "opt-out" of the system yet they are still required to provide the employees with the same

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1110560559157292332005-03-11T09:02:00.000-08:002005-03-11T09:03:32.176-08:00

Lynch Ryan's Work Comp Insider has a good review of the Rhode Island Night Club fire which occured a year ago. Specifically, the nightclub's owners, Michael & Jeffrey Derderian and their company, Derco, LLC, were found to be "jointly and individually" liable for the workers compensation benefits of at least 4 employees who died in the fire. See the entire review hereI recommend you read the

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1110468723740785272005-03-10T07:32:00.003-08:002005-03-10T08:05:44.660-08:00

The Washington Times has an article discussing payments of $1.5 million in workers compensation benefits to people without Social Security numbers. The entire article is hereThere are a couple of issues here:The first is the policy issue of allowing people who do not hold a valid social security number to be included a workers compensation system. How were they allowed to be employed in the

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1110384960465540332005-03-09T08:16:00.000-08:002005-03-09T08:16:00.466-08:00

The 2nd part to this series on the Texas Workers Compensation system by the Dallas Morning News puts the focus on the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission. The overall assessment is the system is broke and it needs overhauled. Further, instead of having a seperate governmental entity responsbile for workers compensation they believe it should be part of the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI)

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1110223115551634182005-03-07T11:17:00.000-08:002005-03-07T11:22:20.986-08:00

Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Blogcritics. See the best in business blogging. View it all here.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1110217872080714952005-03-07T09:51:00.000-08:002005-03-07T09:54:20.236-08:00

This Isn't Working: Perfect storm vs. A more perfect system link by subscriptionThe Dallas Morning News has an editorial in today's paper about the problems with workers comp and their analysis of what it will take to fix it. The emphasis is basically the government needs to take control and "fix" the problem for all concerned: The employer, the employee, the medical provider, and the insurance

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1108740580790241532005-02-18T07:29:00.000-08:002005-03-07T10:07:04.176-08:00

WashingtonTexasWest VirginiaIllinoisHiwaiiMissouri OhioOklahomaSouth Carolina

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1107198336715392332005-01-31T11:00:00.000-08:002005-01-31T11:05:36.716-08:00

This week's Carnival of the Capitalist is up. Its being hosted by Ashish Hanwadikar. See what this week as to offer in the round-up of business related blogging.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1106765647600758132005-01-26T11:54:00.000-08:002005-01-26T10:58:21.030-08:00

Busting the Brokers - CFO Magazine - December Issue 2004 - CFO.com Unless you have been sleeping the past few months, you have heard of Eliot Spitzer, the Attorney General for New York State. You also know that he is investigating the insurance industry and Marsh & McLennan Cos. , specifically, for bid-rigging and kickbacks to brokers. Most business owners are not playing the insurance game at

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1106751872975035412005-01-26T07:04:00.000-08:002005-01-26T07:07:59.090-08:00

Institute of WorkComp Advisors Blog has a note about how Baltimore took control of their workers compensation program and saved millions. Yes, millions. Read the complete article here. A couple of points: - 13,000 cases of injured workers reduced to 4,300 cases in 2 years. - Salaries of employees in the workers comp system in 2002 was $2.9 million. In 2004, $773,00. - Reduced claims cost has

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1106750925783252682005-01-26T06:33:00.000-08:002005-01-26T06:48:45.793-08:00

Peter Rousmaniere, a frequent writer on Workers Compensation for Risk & Insurance, publishes a free, thought provoking newsletter delivered by email. (If you would like to get on his newsletter list, leave a comment.) In his issue for 1/25/05 he makes note of an article in Claims Magazine by Kevin Quinley (Subscription Required). Since there is no link, I'll put the entire review here: (

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1105979412036083852005-01-17T08:24:00.000-08:002005-01-17T08:30:12.036-08:00

Anita Campbell has done a great job of organizing the 45 entries in this week's Carnival of the Capitalists. Don't miss this! View the Carnival here.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1105657278688583292005-01-13T14:12:00.000-08:002005-01-21T07:04:54.103-08:00

OK, hot off the government presses. Here is the Federal Congressional Budget Office (CBO) assessment on Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2001 (TRIA). You can read the entire report here. TRIA was designed as a temporary, backstop measure to keep the economy moving by allowing the government to subsidize and support the insurance and re-insurance industry against a major terrorist event. This

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1105584206779206892005-01-12T18:34:00.000-08:002005-01-12T18:48:53.133-08:00

John Coppelman, of Lynch Ryan, has an excellent analysis of the independent contractor rule. You can read the entire article here. It's based on an article from the 1/6/05 edition of the Wall Street Journal but also available here. The upshot of the situation is Fed Ex is facing a huge hurdle to convince the courts that their "independent contractors" are not employees. What does this mean for

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1105409612594461442005-01-10T18:13:00.000-08:002005-01-10T18:13:32.593-08:00

Monty's Bluff has more confirmation that companies that have a good culture are worthwhile. "...companies on the Fortune list of 100 Best Companies to Work For outperformed a matched sample of firms along multiple measures of return." You can read the rest here.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1105384046290411182005-01-10T11:07:00.000-08:002005-01-10T11:12:38.530-08:00

Hugh Hewitt mentions this brand new blog, Fastlane.GMBlogs.com on his website, read it here. Want to know what a major corporate executive thinks? Read his blog. There are also links to some of his speeches. I hope that he continues this. In his speech on managing change, he makes a couple of statements about culture that are critical, not only to change, but to creating the type of environment

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9742937.post-1105383030503461972005-01-10T10:50:00.000-08:002005-01-10T10:50:30.503-08:00

One of my daily must reads is Hugh Hewitt. He covers a wide range of subjects from politics, media, to the war, etc. He wrote in his book, Blog, that business must learn how to embrace the ability to communicate with its audience directly, bypassing the media. Read what he has to say about business and blogs.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009349515445795326noreply@blogger.com0