California Restaurant Mutual Benefit Group Raises $100M October 18, 2023 California Restaurant Mutual Benefit Corp. raised $100 million in capital over the past decade from its members and through fiscal...
Former Washington NFL Player Denied Workers’ Compensation for Hip October 17, 2023 Stuart Anderson, who played linebacker for the National Football League’s Washington Redskins (now known as the Washington Commanders) in the...
Medical Costs for Injured Workers in Delaware Fell During Pandemic: WCRI Study October 13, 2023 Changes in the availability of medical services during the pandemic was one of the drivers of Delaware workers’ compensation claims...
Delaware Workers’ Compensation Rates to Fall 7% and 11% in December October 12, 2023 Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced that Delaware’s workers’ compensation rates will decrease for the seventh year in a row, effective...
Are Florida Workers’ Comp Rates Getting Too Low? Roofers, Insurer Urge Freeze October 6, 2023 By William Rabb Workers’ compensation rates have shrunk to such a low level in Florida, at least for some classifications, that they are...
Subcontractors Working Too Close to High Voltage Power Lines Draws OSHA Action October 4, 2023 The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a settlement agreement with a New Jersey building contractor who allowed its...
Injured Worker Compensated in Rhode Island Barred From Suing in Massachusetts October 3, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson An injured worker who collects workers’ compensation in Rhode Island cannot sue his employer in Massachusetts, according to a ruling...
Connecticut Eyes 9.8% Cut in Workers’ Compensation Costs September 26, 2023 Connecticut workers’ compensation insurers are recommending an overall 9.8% reduction in loss costs in the voluntary market and a 10.5%...
OSHA Fines Georgia Concrete Pipe Maker $246,000 After Death of Worker in Florida September 21, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The death of a 19-year-old Florida worker could have been prevented if a concrete pipe maker had ensured that employees...
Social Security Demands Billions From Workers’ Comp Recipients, Others for Overpayments September 21, 2023 The Social Security Administration is trying to claw back billions of dollars in disability overpayments, many of them made to...