Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Idaho Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 7 2025 // An Idaho man pleaded guilty to one count of felony insurance fraud in connection with a workers’ compensation claim following an investigation led by the DOI’s Fraud Investigation Unit that showed he illegally...
New Hampshire Approves 6.1% Workers’ Comp Rate Cut for 2026
Aug 6 2025 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has approved an average 6.1% reduction in voluntary workers’ compensation loss costs effective January 1, 2026. The assigned risk pool for risks not insured in the...
Does Care by Advanced Practitioners Result in Different Workers Comp Outcomes?
Aug 6 2025 // A newly released decade-long study by the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) indicates that claims initiated by nurse practitioners and physician assistants didn’t lead to negative outcomes and...
California Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Says Recent Rate Declines Flattened
Aug 5 2025 // Written premium in the first quarter was 4% lower than the same period in 2024, extending a trend in which written premiums in calendar years 2022 through 2024 remained relatively stable compared to large swings during the...
Workplace Injuries Costs Near $60B Per Year; Overexertion, Falls Top Causes: Liberty Mutual
Aug 4 2025 // Liberty Mutual’s latest Workplace Safety Index has found that workplace accidents cost U.S. employers about $58.8 billion annually. The top 10 causes of injuries account for 86% of those costs, or $50.87 billion. The...
California City Suing Former Officer Who Skied, Went to Festival on Workers’ Comp
Jul 31 2025 // A California city has filed a civil lawsuit against a former police officer who went skiing and attended a music festival while collecting workers’ compensation. Westminster filed the suit against a former police...
Widow of Police Officer Who Committed Suicide Denied Workers’ Compensation
Jul 24 2025 // The widow of an East Hartford police officer who committed suicide on the job is not entitled to survivorship benefits under the state’s workers’ compensation law, a Connecticut appeals court has ruled. The...
New Georgia Workers’ Comp Rules Took Effect in July, Aiming at Clarity, Consistency
Jul 22 2025 // The Georgia General Assembly made no statutory changes to the Workers Compensation Act in 2025. However, effective July 1, 2025, the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation (SBWC) has introduced several...
Workplace Injuries Costs Near $60B Per Year; Overexertion, Falls Top Causes
Jul 22 2025 // Liberty Mutual’s latest Workplace Safety Index has found that workplace accidents cost U.S. employers about $58.8 billion annually. The top 10 causes of injuries account for 86% of those costs, or $50.87 billion. The...
Russell Reappointed Head of Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission
Jul 21 2025 // Jordan Russell was sworn in recently for his third appointment as Commissioner of the Oklahoma Workers‘ Compensation Commission (OWCC) and as Chair of the Commission. Russell is the longest-serving Commissioner,...
WCIRB: 2024 Losses, Expenses in California Workers’ Comp 108% of Earned Premium
Jul 21 2025 // Total losses and expenses in California’s workers’ compensation system incurred in 2024 were $16.7 billion, or 108% percent of earned premium, a report shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating...
5Star Workers’ Compensation Rebrands to Starwind WC
Jul 18 2025 // Starwind Specialty Insurance Services, a division of CRC Group, announces today its official rebrand of its 5Star Workers’ Compensation unit to Starwind WC. The rebrand includes a new name, logo, and a refreshed...
OSHA Cites Florida Missile Manufacturer After Fire Injures Workers
Jul 15 2025 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reported that it has cited an Orlando, Florida target-missile manufacturer for exposing workers to fire, burn, and inhalation hazards. Aerojet Rocketdyne was...
Report Shows Excessive Heat Pushes Worker Injury Risk Sky High
Jul 14 2025 // It may come as no surprise that heat-related worker injury claims rise on hot days, but the magnitude of the increase is an eye-opener. As temperatures skyrocketed during early summer heat waves across the United States,...
NC Carrier Sanctioned for Pressing Workers’ Comp Claim it Had Denied
Jul 7 2025 // What happens when an employer and its workers’ compensation insurer deny a claim, then face a wrongful-death tort suit, then attempt to have the comp claim reinstated, going so far as to pay weekly wage amounts to...
Massachusetts High Court Orders Workers’ Comp Trust Fund Payments
Jul 3 2025 // In two separate rulings, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has found that an insurer in runoff and the state’s insolvency fund were both wrongly denied certain payments they are entitled from the state’s...
Claim Counts Down, Losses up for California Workers’ Comp Private Self-Insureds
Jul 3 2025 // California’s private self-insured employers reported 7.4% fewer workers’ compensation claims in 2024 than in 2023, pushing private self-insured claim frequency to a four-year low, a new report shows. However,...
WCIRB: 2024 Losses, Expenses in California Workers’ Comp 108% of Earned Premium
Jul 1 2025 // Total losses and expenses in California’s workers’ compensation system incurred in 2024 were $16.7 billion, or 108% percent of earned premium, a report out today shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance...
Cal/OSHA Regulations Extended to Domestic Workers Starting July 1
Jul 1 2025 // Domestic workers employed by companies in California are now covered by state workplace safety and health laws under a new law that took effect today. Previously workplace safety and health laws did not cover individuals...
Willful Misconduct Alone Not Enough to Deny Workers’ Compensation
Jun 27 2025 // A city of Danville employee is being given another opportunity to gain workers’ compensation benefits after a deputy commissioner denied his claim because of the employee’s willful misconduct in not following...
