This past week, WorkCompWire hit another major milestone when our daily WorkCompRecap recipient list crossed the 1,000 threshold after only 30 days of operations. In addition, page views at our WorkCompWire website continue to soar, average time on the site is expanding, and advertising inquiries keep rolling in. All I can say is thanks… [Read more]
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Big Changes Announced at State Fund of California………….
Whispers and rumors of big changes at the State Fund of California have been swirling around for weeks now, but the real “facts” remained elusive. Yesterday, that all changed. The State Fund issued a press release announcing major changes, including office consolidations and a reduction in their downtown San Francisco Home Office presence. To read… [Read more]
Great News for Occupational Health and Safety Professionals!
Today’s edition of WorkCompRecap has a real potpourri of news and information, but I’ll bet you are all curious about the headline. Some of you are surely tired of employment related news, but today’s big news story out of the University of Heavenly Weather (aka: University of California San Diego or UCSD) cannot be ignored.… [Read more]
More Deals and Signs of Recovery……………
Today’s edition of WorkCompRecap highlights more of the growth oriented activity in this space including another acquisition announcement by Verisk Analytics and a business development deal by Mitchell International (in the auto division). With all the recent deal related announcements, the continuing string of positive employment related indicators, and the emphasis on “business innovation,” it… [Read more]
A Major Problem Hiding “Right Out In The Open!”
Today’s edition of WorkCompRecap has an interesting mix of news and announcements. However, I want to focus your attention today on a major problem with our national work force that is hiding “right out in the open.” As you will see in the posted reports, we are getting very mixed signals in the economy regarding… [Read more]
Making Changes to Serve You Better!
Over the last several weeks, I have received several suggestions on ways to improve our aggregated news and information service. One of those suggestions involves combining our Weekly Summary version of WorkCompRecap with any Friday, Saturday and Sunday news, and scheduling delivery for early Monday morning. This seems like a very good, and more efficient,… [Read more]
Comorbid Conditions and Work Comp Claims……..
Several weeks ago I posed a rhetorical question regarding the relationship between diabetes and workers’ compensation claims, driven primarily by my recent experience at a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) fundraiser. Quite a few of you clicked through to the Diabetes at Work website to learn more. Today, a study released by Coventry Workers’ Comp… [Read more]
Deals, Deals and More Deals…….
Todays’ news includes a big announcement from Verisk Analytics regarding their acquisition of Crowe Paradis Service Corporation. This is a significant strategic announcement because it takes Verisk one step further into the workers’ compensation “insurance services” sector. Genex and Cigna also jointly announced that their previously announced transaction closed. I doubt these will be the last transaction… [Read more]
Another “first” for WorkCompWire…….
As a startup celebrating our fourth week in business, we have had plenty of “firsts;” like my first typo (actually a word omission spotted by two eagle eyed industry friends on our first day), our first subscribers, our first media partnership, our first advertisers, etc. Today’s first comes to you from 35,000 feet above the… [Read more]
We are in the home stretch now…….
Most of you with experience in the workers’ compensation industry recognize this “post Thanksgiving” time of year as the period of time when the activity level starts to drop off. Vacations seem to ramp up, internally focused projects get completed, offices get cleaned, months old periodicals get read, and those still left at the… [Read more]