edge:What are you working on right now that will have an impact on our customers in the near future? Teresa:It is an exciting time to be working in the technology field and especially with a company like Sedgwick that is on the cutting edge of innova…

Proposed changes to ERISA disability claim procedures regulation: Preview and prepare BY STEPHANIE SIMPSONSVP, Disability and Absence Management Practice, Sedgwick On November 18, 2015, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) of the U.S.…

What does being the largest really mean? Business Insurance magazine recently released their annual TPA rankings and Sedgwick was again named the largest in the industry. We have been ranked the largest for over a decade based on revenue. Are we …

Workers’ compensation is complex, process-intensive and sometimes confusing -- as we in the industry know. When an injured employee who is unfamiliar with it attempts to navigate the system, the complexities can be daunting, sometimes leading to fr…

Last Wednesday, over 170 women and – yes, men as well – gathered in Boston for The Alliance of Women in Workers’ Compensation workshop, and spent the day discussing “Creating an Advocacy-Based Claim Model.” While there will be a position paper coming…

New technologies are reshaping the world in which we live. They take the form of self-driving cars, virtual reality, and 3-dimensional printers. Once thought to be cold and impersonal, technology is re-defining our expectations and how we view a qual…

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a major threat to patient safety. They can be serious and even deadly to the patient, yet they are often preventable. According to the World Health Organization, HAIs are the most frequent adverse event i…

As healthcare delivery in the U.S. undergoes profound change from volume-based to value-based, patient-centered and more transparent care, there is increasing emphasis on quality and safety. In moving toward a culture of safety, leaders and policym…

“We’ve got serious problems, and we need serious people.” This quote is from one of my favorite movies, The American President. Our industry has many opportunities; they are serious and complicated. We need serious people with serious resources to ad…