Workplace Stress: Past, Present and Future
Written by Don DeCarlo, J.D. and Judge Dave Torrey
The New York workers’ compensation law and insurance expert Don DeCarlo, along with the editor (Torrey), have authored a new book, Workplace Stress: Past, Present and Future. The book, conceived by Mr. DeCarlo last year, is a comprehensive review of the magnitude of the stress problem; an analysis of major factors affecting stress inside and outside the workplace; a 50-state review of the related laws; and proposed solutions. Copies now in stock. Order yours today!
“Workplace Stress: Past, Present, & Future “is a reference that every lawyer and insurance executive will want to keep within reach. In a single volume, the authors provide an analysis of the most timely type of workplace claims with which every business has been or will be faced.””
Listen to AMCOMP founder and author of "Workplace Stress: Past, Present, and Future", Don DeCarlo, speak to NAMIC President, Chuck Chamness, about the new book and how stressors may result in workers' compensation claims.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Donald T. DeCarlo is the principal of an independent law firm in Fresh Meadows, NY, which focuses on mediation/arbitration and regulatory and insurance counseling. Before establishing the firm in 2005, Mr. DeCarlo was a Partner at Lord Bissell & Brook LLP and headed its New York office. Formerly, he was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of The Travelers Insurance Companies, Deputy General Counsel for its parent corporation Travelers Group, Inc. and Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Gulf Insurance Group; and served as General Counsel for the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for 14 years.
Mr. DeCarlo is a Certified ARIAS-US Arbitrator and Umpire, a Master Arbitrator for the NYS Insurance Department, and an Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. Mr. DeCarlo is also the Founder, and Emeritus Board Member of The American Society of Workers Comp Professionals, Inc. (AMCOMP). In addition, he is a Director of 17 insurance companies, and a Director of DeSales Media.
Mr. DeCarlo has authored numerous scholarly articles in legal and trade journals and is a co-author of three books on workers compensation insurance, Workers Compensation Insurance & Law Practice – The Next Generation; Workers Compensation the First One Hundred Years; and Stress in the American Workplace – Alternatives for the Working Wounded.
Mr. DeCarlo Chairs an Advisory Committee of the World Trade Center Captive Insurance Company, and formerly served as Chairman and Commissioner of the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) for 10 years. He also served as an Inspector for the NYS Athletic Commission. Mr. DeCarlo is a professor at St. John’s Tobin School of Business, where he teaches Workers Compensation Law & Insurance, formerly The College of Insurance.
David B. Torrey, a native of Alexandria, Virginia, has been a Workers’ Compensation Judge with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry since 1993. Judge Torrey is Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law (1996-present). He is also the editor of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Newsletter (1988-present). Judge Torrey received his A.B. in 1982 from West Virginia University and his J.D. in 1985 from Duquesne University School of Law. While in law school, he was Editor-in-Chief of the Duquesne Law Review (Volume 23, 1984-85). In 2010, he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Social Insurance. He is a past president of the National Association of Workers’ Compensation Judiciary and is a Fellow and Vice-President of the ABA-founded College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers. In 2008, he published the Third Edition of his treatise, Torrey & Greenberg, Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation: Law & Practice (4 Volumes: Thomson-Reuters 3rd ed. 2008 & Supp. 2019-20). Among his articles is Master or Chancellor? The Workers’ Compensation Judge and Adjudicatory Power, 32 Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judges 21 (2012). Judge Torrey also served in the U.S. Army (1976-1979) and in the West Virginia Army National Guard (1979-1982). All opinions of Judge Torrey are purely his own and not those of his employer.