Vast Majority of COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Claims Are Small, Says NCCI October 19, 2020 By Jim Sams If COVID-19 behaves like other workers’ compensation lung and disease claims, about two out of 100 cases may result in...
Crisis Within a Crisis: How COVID-19 Is Driving the Opioid Epidemic October 13, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield While the current national health conversation has largely centered on the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in more than 200,000...
AccuRisk’s Share of Texas Non-Subscriber Market to Grow with Acquisition October 12, 2020 Chicago-based managing general underwriter, AccuRisk Solutions LLC, is set to acquire the renewal rights to Great American Insurance Group’s book...
Trench Collapses, Kills Construction Worker in Utah October 9, 2020 Authorities say a 36-year-old man died after the trench he was working in collapsed at a construction site south of...
Children of Deceased Tyson Worker in Iowa Allege Lax COVID-19 Safety October 7, 2020 The children of a Tyson Foods worker who died of the coronavirus in April have filed a lawsuit claiming his...
California Workers’ Comp Bills Signed into Law October 2, 2020 California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a handful of bills related to workers’ compensation, including bills dealing with COVID-19 and reporting...
Next Insurance Adds 24 States to Its Workers’ Compensation Market Map October 1, 2020 Next Insurance has expanded its workers’ compensation offering into 24 additional states, including Arizona, Connecticut, South Carolina, Indiana and Virginia....
Construction Worker Fired, Punched for Complaining About Drunk Boss Wins $1M October 1, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal appeals court has ruled that a North Carolina employee who was attacked and fired after he complained about...
Texas Workers’ Comp Networks Have Lower Medical Costs Than Non-Networks September 30, 2020 Texas workers’ compensation claims handled through health care networks have lower medical costs than those managed outside networks, a state...
Amazon Workers’ Injury Rate Higher Than Industry Average, Report Says September 30, 2020 By Isabelle Lee Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers in the U.S. are getting hurt at a higher rate than the industry average, according to...