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...
Average Price of Washington Workers’ Comp Going up Slightly in 2022 November 30, 2021 The Washington Department of Labor & Industries announced a 3.1% increase in the average worker’s compensation premium rate for hours...
Delaware Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rates to Decrease for Fifth Year November 30, 2021 Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced that workers’ compensation insurance rates in the state will decrease for the fifth year...
Want Wearable Tech With That Workers’ Comp Policy? Kinetic Teams With Nationwide. November 16, 2021 New York-based safety technology firm Kinetic has formed an underwriting partnership with Nationwide’s E&S/Specialty division. Acting as program manager, Kinetic...
7.7% Workers’ Comp Decrease Recommended in Missouri November 16, 2021 The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance is recommending a 7.7 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs for...