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23 February 2024Insurance

Berkley goes contrarian on workers comp: the time bomb is ticking

US workers compensation may be a time bomb with a slow-burning fuse to a powder keg of pending medical inflation, top brass at US P&C insurance group WR Berkley believe.

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