Workers' Comp

More reserve charges could be ahead for American International Group Inc. (AIG), according to analysts.

The combination of corporate bankruptcies, high-dollar shareholder derivative lawsuit settlements and declines in Side-A pricing may soon turn a profitable niche of the directors and officers liability insurance market into a money loser, carrier executives say.

A number of issues, including regulation, medical and insurer costs are high on the radar this year for workers’ compensation experts, one who warned that buyers most likely will be looking at price hikes in 2012.

A case in Florida's First District Court of Appeal attempts to answer a question about "settled" workers' compensation claims.

In the wake of the passage of national health care reform, most employers—through coercion or incentive—are going to provide medical coverage. “So why have different medical delivery systems based solely on how one gets hurt or sick,” asks David DePaolo, giving one reason why workers’ compensation may be irrelevant.

The hard hit public sector is seeing a slow recovery as the U.S. economy improves. Risk management needed to control comp costs, expert says.