Maryland Report Says Many Workers Misclassified, Costing $59M in Comp Premiums February 24, 2025 Worker misclassification in Maryland is widespread, leaving thousands of workers without injury protection and depriving insurance companies of more than...
NC Industrial Commission Grants Benefits to Widow of Officer Killed in Mass Shooting February 13, 2025 The family of a Raleigh police officer will receive workers’ compensation survivor benefits, even though the man was not officially...
Worker Struck and Killed by Airplane Tug at Charlotte Airport January 29, 2025 Police and federal safety crews are investigating after an airport vehicle struck and killed a 66-year-old worker at Charlotte Douglas...
Fire Chief Fatally Shot While Helping Couple Whose Car Hit a Deer in Alabama January 24, 2025 A man fatally shot a Georgia fire battalion chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer...
Tennessee to See Another Drop in Average Workers’ Comp Costs This Year January 22, 2025 Average workers’ compensation loss costs for the voluntary market in Tennessee will drop by 3.6% starting March 1, marking the...
Jack Daniel’s Parent Firm to Cut Workforce, Close Barrel Plant in Kentucky January 16, 2025 By Bruce Schreiner LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Spirits giant Brown-Forman Corp. said Tuesday it’s reducing its global workforce by about 12% and closing...
Florida Appeals Court Upsets Applecart on Workers’ Comp Statute of Limitations January 16, 2025 By William Rabb A recent decision and concurring opinion by a Florida appeals court may have upset years of practice and could raise...
Collateral Agreement Didn’t Mention Tort Claims, Cutting SUNZ Out of BP Funds January 10, 2025 By William Rabb If insurance carriers want dibs on a company’s assets as premium security or collateral, they had better specify that those...
Insurer Upheld in Declining to Defend Employer Against Injured Worker’s Lawsuit January 10, 2025 The New Jersey Supreme Court recently ruled that an insurer had no duty to defend an insured employer against an...
State High Court Nixes Policy Cancellation Over ‘Ambiguous’ Communications January 4, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson An insurer failed to properly cancel a workers’ compensation policy because its multiple notices and other conduct were not “definite,...