Workers Compensation: Overview and Outlook for New York and US Markets

This PowerPoint report, presented by Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute, to the AmComp New York Seminar, offers an in-depth analysis of the workers compensation market. It focuses on the workers comp operating environment in the U.S. as a whole with emphasis on New York  The presentation also includes a summary of property/casualty insurance industry financial performance (profitability, underwriting performance and financial strength, premium growth, capital/capacity and investments). Another section provides a regulatory update, focusing on the implementation of Dodd-Frank and the status of the Federal Insurance Office. The report concludes with an update of healthcare reform and its implications for workers compensation.