NCCI Recommends 8.4% Cut in Florida Workers’ Comp Rates for 2023 August 25, 2022 The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending an average 8.4% cut in workers’ compensation rates for the Florida voluntary...
Florida DWC Trying to Bring Two-Year Medical Reimbursement Debate to a Close August 24, 2022 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold hearings on Aug. 30 to discuss changes to some medical reimbursement levels...
Disqualified for Disabilities, Railroad Workers Push Back August 19, 2022 By Josh Funk After Terrence Hersey had a stroke on the way home from his railroad job in 2015, he underwent months of...
Florida Sting Operation Busted 13 Contractors Without Workers’ Comp August 19, 2022 Unlicensed contractors, all without proper workers’ compensation insurance on their workers, have been charged in another law enforcement sting operation...
OSHA Charges Alabama Plastics Company With Willful Violations After Worker’s Death August 17, 2022 An Alabama company has been charged with willfully violating federal safety rules in the death of a worker who was...
Pair of Texas Companies Earn Safety Awards August 16, 2022 The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) renewed two Texas companies’ Lone Star Safety Awards for their...
Wife of Former Texas Trucking Magnate Charged in Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme August 12, 2022 The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced last week that Francis Hall, the former co-owner of...
Officers Exempt from Workers’ Comp But Some Carriers Charging Anyway? August 12, 2022 By William Rabb Tradespeople who call themselves and their workers “independent contractors” have long been an issue for the workers’ compensation industry, often...
NCCI Releases Q2 Economics Briefing August 10, 2022 Jobs are up, wages are up, inflation is up, and recession is unlikely in the short term. National Council on...
Ohio Bill Defines Work-From-Home Workers’ Comp Rule August 10, 2022 By Ezra Amacher An Ohio law set to go into effect next month amends workers’ compensation benefit requirements for employees who sustain an...