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,...
Colorado Governor Wants to Privatize State’s Workers’ Comp Carrier January 3, 2025 Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wants to spin off the state’s stake in Pinnacol Assurance, privatizing the workers’ compensation carrier of...
BTW Settles Whistleblower Suit on Overbilling of Federal Workers’ Comp Program January 2, 2025 By William Rabb BTW Solutions bills itself as a drug wholesaler and billing service – and as a way for physicians to maximize...
He Saved the Chocolates But Lost His Workers’ Compensation Insurance January 1, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson An employee who was injured when rescuing chocolate candies from the heat in his employer-owned delivery truck is not due...
One Dead, Two Hurt After Tyson Foods Plant Fire in Georgia December 30, 2024 By Jeff Amy and Dee-Ann Durbin ATLANTA (AP) — A woman died and two other people were hospitalized with injuries after a fire at a Tyson...