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#1 Workers’ Compensation Continues to Lead P/C Industry With Strong Profits
Oct 8 2025 // Although economic uncertainty could affect insurers in the near to midterm, the workers’ compensation line continues to be a key driver of the profitability of the entire property/casualty insurance industry even as...
#2 Georgia Man Charged Again in Selling Fake Workers’ Comp Insurance Certificates
Sep 17 2025 // A Georgia man has been arrested for at least the second time in four years, charged with posing as an insurance agent and selling fake workers’ compensation policies. Fernando Jose Cuellar Membreno, 54, was arrested...
#3 Pinnacol’s EverPeak Acquires Method Insurance, a Workers’ Comp MGA
Sep 11 2025 // Pinnacol Assurance subsidiary EverPeak Insurance has acquired Method Insurance, a workers’ compensation managing general agent based in Nashville. The move is in response to brokers who require a seamless solution...
#4 Workers’ Comp Rate Increase Proposed in Washington
Sep 17 2025 // The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries is proposing a 4.9% increase in the average hourly rate employers and workers pay for workers’ compensation insurance in 2026. L&I says the increase would...
#5 People Moves: Air Force, OSHA Veteran Stager Joins MEMIC Loss Control Team
Oct 2 2025 // Eric Stager The MEMIC Group, headquartered in Portland, Maine, hired Eric Stager to serve as a safety management consultant on its loss control team. He will work with policyholders throughout the Northeast. Stager served...
#6 South Carolina Workers’ Comp Director Cannon Retiring as McRee Takes the Helm
Sep 25 2025 // South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission Executive Director Gary Cannon is retiring next month after 16 years on the job. The commission has named Kristen McRee, the director of administrative services at the...
#7 How We’re Harnessing AI for Proactive Risk Management in Workers’ Compensation
Oct 6 2025 // Over the past decade, the insurance industry has undergone an increasingly rapid transformation, driven by advancements in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and now generative AI technologies. These advancements...
#8 Washington Dairy Worker Pleads Guilty in $122K Workers’ Comp Scam
Oct 9 2025 // A dairy worker in Skagit County, Washington who said he was too injured to work pleaded guilty to illegally taking workers’ compensation payments. Efrain Alatorre Camarena, 58, pleaded guilty to three counts of...
#9 Report: California Workers’ Comp Written Premium Levels Returned to Stability
Oct 9 2025 // California workers’ compensation written premium levels for calendar years 2022 to 2024 remained consistent, marking a return to stability following sharp fluctuations during the pandemic. The Workers’...
#10 Oregon Workers’ Comp Pure Premium Rate Dropping
Sep 22 2025 // Oregon employers on average would pay 87 cents per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation costs in 2026, down from 91 cents this year, under a new proposal. The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services...
