Workplace Fatalities Fell 10.7% During Pandemic in 2020 But Severe Illness Cases Rose December 27, 2021 During the pandemic, worker deaths decreased by 10.7% in 2020 compared to 2019, with 4,764 fatal workplace injuries, according to...
Acrisure Acquires Parts of SUNZ Insurance Operations December 22, 2021 Acrisure, a fintech company and insurance broker, has acquired the managing general agency and third-party administrator operations of Florida-based SUNZ...
Berkshire’s Candymaker Must Face Worker’s Suit Over Husband’s COVID Death: California Court December 22, 2021 By Brendan Pierson A California candymaker must face a lawsuit by an employee who says she caught COVID-19 at work and gave it...
Insurers Begin Work in Areas Hard-Hit By Weekend Tornadoes December 15, 2021 By William Rabb and Elizabeth Blosfield Insurance claims and loss estimates are beginning to come in from the group of deadly and damaging tornadoes that moved...
Report: California Public Self-Insured Workers’ Comp Indemnity Claim Cost up December 14, 2021 An analysis shows that in the midst of the pandemic, the total number of job injury claims reported by California...
Former Montana Mine Official Pleads Guilty to Workplace Accident Coverups December 14, 2021 A former official for a central Montana coal mine plead guilty to conspiring with others to not make required reports...
California Farm Labor Contractor Arraigned in Alleged $1.8M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme December 10, 2021 Alfredo Casas, 62, of Stockton, California, has been arraigned on 15 felony counts of insurance fraud, grand theft and tax...
Salesperson Injured Leaving Employer Happy Hour Could Receive Workers’ Comp December 6, 2021 By Elizabeth Blosfield A traveling salesperson injured in a car accident after an employer-sponsored happy hour had to drive past the highway exit...
New York Man Indicted for Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud Scheme December 2, 2021 A Bronx, New York, man has been indicted on grand larceny, insurance fraud and additional charges for falsely claiming he...
New Mexico Sees Lower Costs Worker’s Comp Insurance December 1, 2021 New Mexico insurance regulators are reducing a key component in rates for workers’ compensation coverage that should help employers spend...