Just like the novel coronavirus itself, the emergence of so-called long COVID has surprised both the patients who couldn’t shake their symptoms and the clinicians who have struggled to provide effective treatments. Now, as the U.S. looks to move past the pandemic, there remain unanswered questions about how this fallout from the virus might hamper some workers and for how long. These uncertainties could have important implications for workers’ compensation. By some measures, one in four patients who get COVID-19—even those with mild or asymptomatic cases—will experience subsequent symptoms that range from muscle and nerve pain to breathing difficulties to anxiety and depression. The scope of the challenge will require providers and employers to better understand the nature of the conditions, their origins, and the best paths for treatment. Watch this on-demand webinar to learn more about long COVID and the implications for workers and employers.
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Premiums Written: Q1 2019 Casualty Must-Reads
This quarter, we were featured in PropertyCasualty360 where Executive Vice President and General Manager Nina Smith explained how technology and automation can actually help to further humanize the claims process by freeing up employee’s time to focus on the claimant.
OEM Efforts to Promote Environmental Stewardship
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), transportation contributes 27% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Much of this pollution comes as a result of carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrous oxide (NOx) emissions in addition to other hydrocarbons and particulate matter. With the potential for an increase in Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) requirements looming on the horizon, automakers have been focused on improving the fuel efficiency of their fleets with increasing commitments to electric vehicle production.
Current Used Vehicle Market Conditions: Q4 2018
Average wholesale prices in December fell on a year-over-year basis for the second month in a row and for the seventh time in 2018, supporting our expectation of general price softening due to supply growth. Supply growth is increasingly concentrated in the truck segments, which consequently saw greater price softening in December than did cars.
The Power of Technology: Six Ways to Improve Casualty Claim Outcomes
Though the Property & Casualty (P&C) industry has made definitive inroads into technology adoption, there remain vast opportunities for the sector to reap the benefits of technology to achieve better, faster results. Insurers and claim organizations at large still have a big opportunity to digitize their operations to improve casualty claim outcomes––incumbent insurance carriers could more than double their profits over a five-year period by digitizing their current business operations, according to a McKinsey report.
The Art of Creating a Physician Peer Review Panel: Contracting and Training
In part I of the series, we discussed the first steps of developing a physician peer review panel including determining candidates for the panel and some basic steps to credentialing, including validating state licenses, experience, knowledge and other factors.
Mitchell Issues First Quarter 2019 Industry Trends Report
The Latest Technology Trends, Industry Insights, Data And Analyses On The Property & Casualty And Collision Repair Industries.