Head-Injured Alabama Worker May Get Comp Claim, Despite Mediation Barring It September 26, 2022 By William Rabb An electrician sustains a head injury on the job. He signs a mediation agreement absolving the employer of any workers’...
Truck Driver Had Heart Attack, but Accident Still Compensable in North Carolina September 23, 2022 By William Rabb Workers’ compensation carriers in North Carolina continue to be bound by a 44-year-old presumption that a death during work duties...
Florida Comp Insurers Challenge Hospital Payment Plan. Up Next: Physician Dispensing September 22, 2022 By William Rabb A group of workers’ compensation carriers has filed a formal challenge to the state’s hospital reimbursement plan, arguing that payment...
Indiana Steelworker Dies After Industrial Accident September 20, 2022 A steelworker who was injured last week in an industrial accident at a northwest Indiana steel mill has died at...
How Fraud Probe for Florida’s Guarantee Insurance Led to Payroll, Tax Convictions September 14, 2022 By William Rabb The name Guarantee Insurance is not one that is likely to be recalled with fondness by many Floridians. The workers’...
Man Burned at Minnesota Brewery to Receive $56 Million September 12, 2022 A St. Paul man who was severely scalded by hot water while working at a local brewery is due to...
Illinois Trucking Repair Company Fined $326,000 for Workplace Hazards September 9, 2022 A 48-year-old worker entered a tanker-trailer in Lemont, Illinois to inspect it as part of an annual U.S. Department of...
Workers’ Comp Insurance Industry Backs CompScience Technology in $6M Seed Round September 9, 2022 By Jahna Jacobson CompScience has found a way to reduce workers compensation risk and cost using artificial intelligence. Not just by the numbers,...
North Dakota Oil Rig Explosion Injures 3 September 8, 2022 Federal, state and local investigators in northwest North Dakota are looking into the cause of an oil rig explosion and...
Stonetrust to Write Workers’ Comp Coverage in Iowa, Georgia September 6, 2022 Stonetrust Workers’ Compensation Insurance Co. will begin writing workers’ compensation coverage in Iowa and Georgia effective October 1st, the company...