Most of us deal with sick and injured workers on a daily basis. At some point, daily tasks and deadlines take over and empathy takes a backseat.
Read here.There are always shifts and trends insurance carriers should be watching out for in the auto casualty industry– especially nowadays with factors like changing regulations, more expensive medical costs and increasing accident severity. Here are some of the top trends Mitchell’s auto casualty experts are seeing in the market that are influencing the industry most today.
Ah, the holidays are upon us. For me, this brings to mind all the sentiments of the season, like large family gatherings, in-laws, and the occasional antipsychotic. Over the years, I’ve found that the path to maintaining sanity (holidays or otherwise) is having a good sense of what you can and can’t control. And when it comes to total loss, what you definitely can’t control are market forces.
In the scant months leading up to its signature by California Governor, Jerry Brown, SB1160 gained a tremendous amount of attention from those in the California workers’ compensation industry. This bill, which was signed into law on Sept. 30, 2016, speaks to persistent delays and denials of medical care for injured workers, contains reforms that could considerably impact workers’ compensation programs and influence utilization review requirements nationwide.
Some auto casualty insurance carriers’ workflows are missing a key part of an end-to-end third party solution – an advanced medical bill review platform. Though bill review is traditionally thought of as a specifically first party or workers’ compensation solution, it can also make an impact on third party claims.
For insurance carriers, finding ways to capitalize on the growing volume and velocity of information being generated and collected in their claims systems and operational databases is a critical challenge. Today’s overabundance of data can be an asset. However, without the professional expertise to turn this disparate data into actionable optimization and measurable intelligence, the data is powerless.
This data is the product of upload activity from body shops, independent appraisers, and insurance personnel, more accurately depicting insurance-paid loss activity, rather than consumer direct or retail market pricing.
