Hurricane Michael's aftermath

When I started my career as a young claims adjuster at an insurance company, my managers showed me the secret handshake and explained the position’s responsibilities. They then told me that to settle claims, we would negotiate to an agreed level of impairment, and provide lifetime future medical care if the employee was still employed at the employer.    After a few years of adhering to that principle, I started thinking that there might be a better way.  Perhaps we should s

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In a disaster, emergency evacuation for long-term care facilities saves lives, not money. Evacuation expense reimbursement coverage may help when there is no question about whether to stay or go. The projected paths of the two most recent hurricanes, Florence and later Michael, led several state governors to issue mandatory evacuation orders impacting more than a million people. Many of the coastal senior living communities in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia had to be evacuated for

Joseph Noel, complex liability regional director at Sedgwick, contributed to this article

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What do we discuss with our colleagues and peers at meetings, conferences and around the proverbial water cooler? What are the topics we read about in trade publications or LinkedIn posts?  What causes risk managers and those who develop claims’ management strategies to question, ponder and explore?  The answers are as diverse as the questions posed. As we near 2019, the issues, challenges, and opportunities facing the workers’ compensation industry continue to proliferate. Howev