How States Rate in Preventing Home, Auto, Work Accidents June 28, 2017 No state goes far enough to protect its residents from leading causes of preventable deaths and injuries – commonly known...
Massachusetts’ Knight-Dik Insurance: 100 Years, Four Generations June 28, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield When Thomas Babb launched his insurance agency – Thomas Babb Insurance Agency – in an 11-story building in downtown Worcester,...
California Chamber and 2 Workers’ Comp Groups File Brief in Utilization Review Case June 23, 2017 The California Workers’ Compensation Institute, the California Chamber of Commerce and the California Coalition of Workers’ Compensation have filed a...
California Temporary Total Disability Rates for 2018 to Increase June 20, 2017 California’s 2018 minimum and maximum temporary total disability rates will increase on Jan. 1, 2018, the state’s Division of Workers’...
Arrowhead in California Launches Hard-to-Place Workers’ Comp Subsidiary June 20, 2017 Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. in San Diego, Calif. has launched a workers’ compensation wholesale brokerage arm that provides market...
Michigan Court Rules for Westfield Insurance in ‘Employee v. Contractor’ Case June 20, 2017 By Stephanie K. Jones The Michigan Court of Appeals has reversed the ruling of a trial court in a case involving whether a commercial...
Louisiana Employment Picture Improves with Large Job Gains June 20, 2017 Seasonally adjusted data for the month of May shows that total nonfarm employment gained 10,500 jobs over the month in...
Harbor Gets California Department of Workers’ Comp OK for Telemedicine June 16, 2017 Newport Beach, Calif.-based Harbor Health Systems it is one of the first companies to receive approval from the California Department...
New York Approves Workers’ Comp Renewal Notice Legislation June 16, 2017 Final legislation has been approved in New York that aims to enable insurance agents to better serve workers’ compensation clients...
Report: California Wage Increase Will Require Hike in 2018 Comp Benefits June 14, 2017 California’s State Average Weekly Wage rose more than 3.6 percent to $1,206.92 in the year ending March 31, which the...