Would you watch a television show that focuses on Workers Compensation? An independently produced television show is being filmed in Florida right now that will center around the inner workings of a fictional insurance company that deals exclusively with workers compensation claims. The show has been connected with quite a few well known actors and actresses.
The show is going to be centered around a family-owned insurance company called Pinnacle Workers’ Compensation Insurance Co. It is based upon a real life, existing, professional employer organization called NELCO. The main character in the show will be based upon the owner of NELCO.
The show has been created by Castille Landon, who is nineteen years old. She co-wrote the script, and will be playing one of the main characters. Her family really does have a workers’ compensation insurance business. Her insights about the dynamic between insurance companies and consumers come from her experiences in real life, with her family’s company.
The goal of the show is to provide viewers with some insights into the inner dynamics of what goes on behind the scenes at an insurance company that deals with workers compensation claims. If I am understanding correctly, it is going to emphasize the “who is scamming who?” dynamic. Is the insurance company doing what it is supposed to be doing? Is the customer really telling the truth? The show is going to be half an hour long, and will be a comedy.
In reality, workers compensation is a very serious thing. It is a series of laws that were designed to protect workers who have become injured on the job, as a direct result of something that happened at the workplace. “Workers’ Comp” is designed to ensure that an injured worker will receive the appropriate medical care that he or she needs. Workers compensation benefits can also help with lost wages, retraining, and rehabilitation that the injured worker requires.
Yes, there are some people who intentionally lie about the details or extent of an injury, in an effort to get as much as they can from a workers’ compensation claim. What they are doing is a form of fraud. It is also true that some of the people who work at insurance companies that deal with workers compensation claims could, potentially, be mean, and try to deny claims that really shouldn’t be denied. But, these two examples do not describe all workers, or all insurance employees.
There is some speculation that the Workers Comp television show could, potentially, make employees who work for insurance companies look really bad. Anyone who has ever had difficulty getting their workers compensation claim handled already has a strong dislike for people who work at insurance companies.
The show will star Morgan Fairchild, playing the role of the woman in charge of the fictitious health insurance company, NELCO. Robert Carradine, best known for his role in the “Revenge of the Nerds” movies, and David Proval, who played Ritchie Aprile in the Sopranos, will also be in the show.
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