{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Changing World of Workers\u2019 Compensation with Mark Walls","description":"Mark Walls is the Chief Marketing Officer at Safety National, a multi-line specialty insurance and reinsurance carrier and member of the Tokio Marine Group. With over 30 years of workers\u2019 compensation and risk management experience, Mark\u2019s career spans claims management, client engagement, strategic analysis, and market research. He previously served as VP Client Engagement at Safety National and as Senior VP at Marsh\u2019s Workers\u2019 Compensation Center of Excellence. Mark is the founder of the Work Comp Analysis Group on LinkedIn, the largest online discussion group dedicated exclusively to workers\u2019 compensation issues. On this episode of In The Know, Chris Hampshire and Mark explore the changing landscape of the workers\u2019 comp landscape, hot topics in today\u2019s workers\u2019 comp space, and the game changer that is (or could be) AI.   Key Takeaways Mark\u2019s journey toward prominence in the workers\u2019 comp space. Workers\u2019 comp is an industry that fundamentally helps people. The current state of workers\u2019 comp line of coverage. Mark\u2019s inspiration behind the LinkedIn Work Comp Analysis Group. Lessons learned from Mark\u2019s career. The challenging impact of AI on workers\u2019 comp. GLP-1 drugs, marijuana, and other hot topics in the workers\u2019 comp space. Making the career move from claims to marketing and public speaking. Addressing the industry talent shortage. Mark\u2019s five-year look at the future of the industry. \u201cThe outcome makes the journey worth it all.\u201d   In the Know podcast theme music written and performed by James Jones, CPCU, and Kole Shuda of the band If-Then.   To learn more about the CPCU Society, its membership, and educational offerings, tools, and programs, please visit CPCUSociety.org.   Follow the CPCU Society on social media: X (Twitter): @CPCUSociety Facebook: @CPCUSociety LinkedIn: @The Institutes CPCU Society Instagram: @the_cpcu_society   Quotes \u201cWorkers\u2019 comp is an industry that is fundamentally there to help people.\u201d \u201cRisk managers like comp right now because it\u2019s predictable.\u201d \u201cThere\u2019s not a week that goes by that you don\u2019t learn something in this industry.\u201d \u201cAt its core, we are an industry that\u2019s there to help people.\u201d \u201cThe insurance industry is the financial backstop of the entire economy.\u201d   ","author_name":"IN-the-Know","author_url":"http:\/\/cpcusociety.libsyn.com\/website","html":"