Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Massachusetts Court Affirms How to Calculate Interest in Workers’ Comp Suit
May 10 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) reviewing board’s decision in a case involving how interest should be assessed on unpaid workers’ compensation...
California Division of Workers’ Compensation Suspends 4 Medical Providers
May 9 2017 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations and the Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended four more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ compensation...
Indiana Injured Worker Benefits Rise, but Per Claim Cost Still Low
May 8 2017 // Income benefits paid to Indiana’s injured workers through workers’ compensation claims rose nearly 5 percent between 2014 and 2015, a Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) study found. “The...
Florida Fails to Pass Workers’ Compensation Reform
May 8 2017 // Florida businesses shouldn’t expect relief for workers’ compensation rates, this year at least. The Florida Legislature failed to pass legislation this session addressing 2016 decisions by the Florida Supreme...
Cost of Workers’ Comp Claim Down in Illinois but Still High: WCRI
May 5 2017 // The average total cost of a workers’ compensation claim in Illinois has dropped by 6.4 percent since 2010, but the state still has relatively high costs per claim, according to a report by the Workers Compensation...
OSHA: South Dakota Firm Ignored Safety Rules Before Deadly Building Collapse
May 3 2017 // A construction company that was remodeling a historic downtown Sioux Falls, S.D., building when it collapsed and killed a worker willfully ignored precautions, federal workplace safety officials allege. The U.S....
Report: South Carolina Workers’ Comp Market Stable With Plenty of Capacity
May 2 2017 // The South Carolina workers’ compensation market is strong, according to the state department of insurance’s most recent report, as the first reform to the state’s workers’ comp system in almost a...
Insurer Group: Illinois Workers’ Comp Bills Would Disrupt Private Market
May 1 2017 // Two pieces of legislation recently passed by the Illinois House would harm the workers’ compensation system in the state, a national insurer group says. American Insurance Association (AIA) said HB 2525 would require...
California DWC Posts Interim Report on Workers’ Comp Drug Formulary
May 1 2017 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has posted the second interim status report on its efforts to promulgate regulations for an evidence-based workers’ compensation drug formulary. The...
WCRI: North Carolina Workers’ Comp Indemnity Payments Still High, But Stable
May 1 2017 // The average indemnity payment per workers’ compensation claim in North Carolina remains among the highest of 18 states studied by the Workers Compensation Rating Institute (WCRI), according to a new report from the...
Report: South Carolina Workers’ Comp Market Stable With Plenty of Capacity
May 1 2017 // The South Carolina workers’ compensation market is strong, according to the state department of insurance’s most recent report, as the first reform to the state’s workers’ comp system in almost a...
Workers’ Comp Programs Assist Workers in Addiction Fight
May 1 2017 // Meet a victim of the nation’s opioid addiction scourge: The American worker. A number of U.S. states are taking steps through their worker’s compensation systems to stem the overprescribing of the powerful...
How New Technology Is Improving Workers’ Comp
May 1 2017 // New technologies are improving workers’ compensation programs in everything including communications and training, healthcare delivery, and claims, according to experts. Tom Ryan, market research leader for...
Report Shows California Workers’ Comp Written Premium up in 2016
May 1 2017 // California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has completed its report on statewide workers’ comp insurer loss and premium experience through Dec. 31, 2016. The major findings of the WCIRB...
Texas Workers’ Comp Nonsubscriber Reports Due April 30
Apr 28 2017 // Texas employers that do not provide workers’ compensation insurance must submit two types of forms to the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC). DWC is offering a temporary grace period for employers that...
Workers Injured at Facebook Construction Site in California
Apr 28 2017 // Authorities say work has halted at a Facebook building under construction after an equipment failure caused part of the structure to collapse, injuring two workers. KNTV reported two construction workers were injured after...
Massachusetts Court Sides with Norfolk & Dedham in Personal Injury Suit
Apr 27 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has upheld a Superior Court decision that defendant, Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co., did not engage in unfair settlement practices in its handling of a personal injury claim....
Motorists Mutual, BrickStreet Mutual Finalize Joint Venture
Apr 24 2017 // Ohio-based property/casualty insurer Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. and West Virginia-based workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. Inc., have been granted regulatory approvals to affiliate...
Everest Joins California Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Governing Committee
Apr 24 2017 // The Everest National Insurance Co. has joined the Governing Committee of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. The WCIRB Governing Committee is responsible for setting policy and overseeing...
New York Passes $153B Budget Including Workers’ Comp Reforms
Apr 24 2017 // The New York State Senate in April passed its $153 billion 2017-2018 state budget that includes reforms to workers’ compensation in the state. These reforms serve to help businesses, local governments and...
