Report: California Workers’ Comp Written Premium for 2021 Down 2% May 26, 2022 California written premium for 2021 was 2% below 2020 and 14% below 2019, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation...
Chiropractic Care Linked to Lower Injured Workers’ Costs, Faster Return to Work May 20, 2022 Chiropractors are involved in only a small fraction of workers’ compensation claims for low back pain in states where insurers...
Kansas Court: More Fact-Finding Required in Air Ambulance Case May 17, 2022 By Jim Sams Federal law may prohibit states from regulating prices charged to insurers by air ambulance providers, but that doesn’t absolve the...
Workers’ Comp Claims from 10 Years of Legal Cannabis in Colorado Reveal a Boring Trend May 16, 2022 By Don Jergler Data on injured workers from the nation’s most mature adult-use cannabis market is pretty boring. No excessive claims resulting from...
Rhode Island High Court Revisits Exception to Workers’ Comp ‘Going-and-Coming’ Rule May 12, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The Rhode Island Supreme Court recently revisited the “going-and-coming” rule that generally excludes workers’ compensation benefits where an injured worker...
OSHA Investigating Collapse of Boston Power Plant; Builder Pauses All Projects in City May 6, 2022 Firefighters in Boston worked for more than three hours to rescue an injured construction worker after part of a historic...
Ouch. Massachusetts Worker Shoulders Burden of Injury Omitted From Lump Sum May 5, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson A Massachusetts woman who signed a lump sum settlement with her workers’ compensation carrier over a right shoulder injury cannot...
New Jersey Court Upholds State Regulator in Dispute With Applied Underwriters May 2, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The New Jersey insurance commissioner does not have to rely upon the state’s attorney general to bring a lawsuit against...
TPA’s Quick Denials of First Responders’ Workers’ Comp Claims Draw Penalty April 29, 2022 By Jim Sams A workers’ compensation insurer must pay $100,000 under an agreement with Vermont state regulators because its claims administrator gave short...
Massachusetts Approves 3.5% Workers’ Compensation Rate Decrease April 26, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The state’s insurance commissioner has approved an overall average decrease of 3.46% in workers’ compensation rates starting July 1, 2022...