INSIGHTS Video Edition - August 2022 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_video-aug2022.aspx | INSIGHTS Video Edition - August 2022 | NCCI Insights | | August 12, 2022 | This episode covers two of our recent INSIGHTS articles which address developments related to COVID-19 WC presumptions, independent contractors/gig economy, single-payer health insurance, and the legalization of marijuana. | Article |
Quarterly Economics Briefing (QEB) - Q2 2022 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_Quarterly_Economics_Briefing-Q22022.aspx | Quarterly Economics Briefing (QEB) - Q2 2022 | Leonard F. Herk and Patrick Coate | | August 08, 2022 | Job creation, hiring, and wage growth are strong through midyear, but the US economy is slowing and consumer price inflation is at a 50-year high. Does today’s inflation foreshadow a coming recession; and what do both mean for workers compensation? | Article |
NCCI's Classification Inspection Program - Top 10 Reclassified Codes in 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-2021-Class-Inspection-Program-Top-Reclassified-Code.aspx | NCCI's Classification Inspection Program - Top 10 Reclassified Codes in 2021 | NCCI Insights | | August 04, 2022 | NCCI’s Classification Inspection Program continually conducts classification inspections in all NCCI states. This article shares data from the program about the top 10 governing codes reclassified between 2019 and 2021. | Article |
Return-to-Work Post-Injury - Employer Perspectives | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Return-to-Work-Post-Injury-Employer-Perspectives.aspx | Return-to-Work Post-Injury - Employer Perspectives | NCCI Insights | | August 02, 2022 | NCCI interviewed various employer professionals to get perspectives on return-to-work programs (post-injury). This is the second of two articles related to return-to-work perspectives. | Article |
Court Case Update Countrywide - July 2022 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase-Update-Countrywide-Jul2022.aspx | Court Case Update Countrywide - July 2022 | NCCI Insights | | July 28, 2022 | NCCI’s Countrywide Court Case Update provides a look at some of the cases and decisions monitored by NCCI’s Legal Team that may impact workers compensation (WC) across the states. | Article |
Confidence in Workers Compensation | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Confidence-in-WorkersComp.aspx | Confidence in Workers Compensation | Bill Donnell | | July 20, 2022 | The US workers compensation system is strong, resilient, and healthy, and it’s currently the best-performing line of property-casualty insurance. | Article |
INSIGHTS Video Edition - July 2022 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_video-july2022.aspx | INSIGHTS Video Edition - July 2022 | Channel NCCI | | July 15, 2022 | In this episode, we discuss our recent article, Workers Compensation Catastrophes: Past, Present, and Future. | Article |
Expand Your Knowledge With NCCI | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Expand-Your-NCCI-Knowledge.aspx | Expand Your Knowledge With NCCI | NCCI Insights | | July 12, 2022 | NCCI appreciates how valuable it is for industry professionals to understand, and put to practice, the knowledge needed to foster a healthy workers compensation system. NCCI responds to this need by providing several learning approaches. | Article |
Mid-Year Highlights Report | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Mid-Year-Highlights-Report2022.aspx | Mid-Year Highlights Report | NCCI Insights | | July 11, 2022 | The WC industry has remained resilient as it faces challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and various economic-related influences, such as inflation and the Great Reshuffle. These factors have impacted both the labor force and WC system. | Article |
Medical Indicators and Trends Dashboard - Update | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Medical-Indicators-Trends-Dashboard.aspx | Medical Indicators and Trends Dashboard - Update | NCCI Insights | | July 06, 2022 | This dashboard provides an interactive way to visualize state-specific medical information since the spread of the pandemic, and through the first half of 2021 and allows you to download various summary tables. | Article |
Heterogeneity of Office and Clerical Classifications | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Heterogeneity-Office-Clerical-Classifications.aspx | Heterogeneity of Office and Clerical Classifications | Nedžad Arnautović | | June 29, 2022 | Our research uncovers some interesting findings and focuses on claim frequency experience for the largest, most reported exposure in WC: Class Code 8810—Clerical Office Employees Not Otherwise Classified (NOC). | Article |
Court Case Update, Federal - June 2022 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase_Update-Federal-June2022.aspx | Court Case Update, Federal - June 2022 | NCCI Insights | | June 28, 2022 | The US Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a 2018 Washington WC statute that created a presumption of compensability for certain types of diseases contracted by federal contractors working at a nuclear cleanup site. | Article |
COVID-19 Workers Compensation Presumptions Update - Five Things You Need to Know | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-COVID-19-WorkersComp-Presumptions-Update-5-Things-to-Know.aspx | COVID-19 Workers Compensation Presumptions Update - Five Things You Need to Know | Laura Kersey | | June 20, 2022 | NCCI shares developments related to COVID-19 WC presumptions and addresses key questions that matter. | Article |
Focus on Three - Key Legislative Trends in Workers Compensation | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-FocusOnThree.aspx | Focus on Three - Key Legislative Trends in Workers Compensation | Laura Kersey | | June 13, 2022 | This report focuses on three important topics: independent contractors/gig economy, single-payer health insurance, and the legalization of marijuana and discusses how these subjects could potentially impact the workers compensation system. | Article |
Court Case Update, Iowa - June 2022 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase_Update-IA-June2022.aspx | Court Case Update, Iowa - June 2022 | NCCI Insights | | June 10, 2022 | The Supreme Court of Iowa clarified the standard to be used to determine whether an emergency dispatcher’s mental injury is compensable in workers compensation. | Article |
Workers Compensation Catastrophes: Past, Present, and Future | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-WorkersComp-Catastrophes-Past-Present-Future.aspx | Workers Compensation Catastrophes: Past, Present, and Future | Katherine Williamson | | June 06, 2022 | The workers compensation industry is not immune to the impacts of extraordinary loss events. This article examines the reflection of catastrophic losses in ratemaking as well as NCCI’s catastrophe provision. | Article |
AIS 2022 Highlights Report | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-AISHighlightsReport.aspx | AIS 2022 Highlights Report | NCCI Insights | | May 25, 2022 | View highlights from AIS 2022, including speaker presentations, videos and more. | Article |
Why Wage Inflation Matters in Workers Comp (PDF) | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/AIS2022-Wage-Inflation-Matters-WC-BarryLipton.pdf | Why Wage Inflation Matters in Workers Comp (PDF) | Barry Lipton | | May 26, 2022 | Barry Lipton explored the impact of nonuniform wage inflation on wages and how this might affect insurers at AIS 2022. | PDF |
Court Case Update, Kansas and Wisconsin - May 2022 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase_Update-KS-WI-May2022.aspx | Court Case Update, Kansas and Wisconsin - May 2022 | NCCI Insights | | May 24, 2022 | NCCI provides an update on decisions in Kansas and Wisconsin that may impact workers compensation in those states. | Article |
Top 5 Ways COVID Changed the Economics of Workers Compensation—For Better or Worse (PDF) | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/AIS2022-BobHartwig-TopFiveWays.pdf | Top 5 Ways COVID Changed the Economics of Workers Compensation—For Better or Worse (PDF) | Bob Hartwig | | May 11, 2022 | This AIS 2022 presentation covers the ongoing effects of the pandemic, the resulting inflationary pressures, the ensuing labor shortage, and the lasting effects on our workers compensation system. | PDF |
Human Factors—Expanding the Science of Predictive Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) (PDF) | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/AIS2022-JimGuszcza-HFI-AI.pdf | Human Factors—Expanding the Science of Predictive Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) (PDF) | James Guszcza | | May 11, 2022 | This presentation from AIS 2022 addresses the need for a broader, design-led perspective that blends ethics, psychology, and the local knowledge of end users in developing hybrid human-machine intelligence systems. | PDF |
Workers Compensation Catastrophes: Past, Present, and Future (PDF) | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/AIS2022-Catastrophe-KatieWilliamson.pdf | Workers Compensation Catastrophes: Past, Present, and Future (PDF) | Katherine Williamson | | May 10, 2022 | This AIS 2022 presentation addressed the impacts of industrial accidents, natural disasters, terrorism events, and pandemics on the workers compensation system. | PDF |
The Great Reshuffle in Labor Markets (PDF) | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/AIS2022-GreatReshuffleFrequency-Len-Carolyn.pdf | The Great Reshuffle in Labor Markets (PDF) | Leonard F. Herk and Carolyn Wise | | May 10, 2022 | This presentation from AIS 2022 addressed how the Great Reshuffle is reshaping labor markets and these changes will affect injury frequency. | PDF |
2022 State of the Line Report (PDF) | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/AIS2022-SOTL-Presentation.pdf | 2022 State of the Line Report (PDF) | Donna Glenn | | May 10, 2022 | NCCI’s State of the Line presentation at AIS 2022 provided an exclusive review of the workers compensation system. | PDF |
The Medical Dilemma (PDF) | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/AIS2022-Medical-Dilemma-Sean-Raji.pdf | The Medical Dilemma (PDF) | Sean Cooper and Raji Chadarevian | | May 10, 2022 | In this session from AIS 2022, Sean Cooper and Raji Chadarevian explored the impact of medical inflation on cost trends. | PDF |