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#1 Workers’ Compensation Remains Profit Engine for U.S. P/C Insurers: AM Best
Jul 18 2023 // Workers’ compensation insurers’ underwriting results continued to outpace the rest of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) commercial sector in 2022, as they benefited from the long-term decline in workplace...
#2 New Florida Workers’ Comp Rules in Effect for Employer Penalties, Exemptions
Jul 26 2023 // This month, a number of new workers’ compensation rules took effect in Florida, affecting penalties for employers who fail to obtain comp insurance and setting new requirements for exemptions for corporate...
#3 OSHA Fines Boston’s Dumpling Maker Chinese Spaghetti Factory $190K
Jul 25 2023 // When federal workplace safety inspectors returned to a Boston food plant in March 2023, they said they discovered the plant’s operator — Chinese Spaghetti Factory Inc. — still had not installed required safety...
#4 WCRI: Inflation Not a Big Deal for Workers’ Comp, Yet
Aug 4 2023 // While fast-rising prices in the past year drove up claim costs for auto and property insurers, inflation has been a more ho-hum affair for the workers’ compensation line and health care in general, according to a new...
#5 Dollar General Again Caught in OSHA’s Crosshairs; Retailer’s Fines Top $21M in 6 Years
Jul 19 2023 // Federal workplace safety inspectors at two Tampa, Florida-area Dollar General stores said they found the company again exposing employees to fire hazards and other unsafe conditions, continuing the long history of worker...
#6 Report: California Workers’ Comp Premium Levels on the Rise
Jul 25 2023 // California workers’ compensation premium levels rose by 14% in 2022 due to the economic recovery from the pandemic-related downturn, according to the new Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of...
#7 California Workers’ Comp Independent Medical Review Volume Rose in First Half of 2023
Aug 1 2023 // A review of the Independent Medical Review process used to resolve California workers’ compensation medical disputes shows the number of IMR decision letters rose 4.1% in the first six months of 2023 compared to the...
#8 Worker Injured as Explosion at Texas Paint Plant Sends Fireballs into Sky
Aug 8 2023 // GARLAND, Texas (AP) – A worker was injured early Monday when an explosion set a paint manufacturing plant in the Dallas suburbs ablaze and shot a series of fireballs into the night sky. A company spokesperson said the...
#9 People Moves: Fred C. Church Promotes Burbine; Rodriguez Reappointed Chair of New York Workers’ Comp
Jul 18 2023 // Fred C. Church Insurance Promotes Burbine to SVP, Sales Leader Fred C. Church Insurance, headquartered in Lowell, Mass., promoted Bill Burbine to senior vice president, sales leader. Burbine’s insurance career began...
#10 Texas Glass Manufacturer Earns OSHA Star Designation
Jul 26 2023 // OSHA has awarded Cardinal IG Waxahachie, a glass manufacturer and provider based in Waxahachie, Texas, with a “Star” designation for excellence in workplace safety and health management. The action follows an...
#11 $40M Lawsuit by Virginia Teacher Who Was Shot: Civil Court or Workers’ Compensation?
Aug 7 2023 // Lawyers for a teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia board, argued that discovery should wait can start the process of interviewing eyewitnesses, reviewing the boy’s disciplinary files and...
#12 Workers’ Comp and Mental Health: Panel Examines Why Worker Wellbeing Matters
Jul 17 2023 // American workers are struggling. Employee stress has reached record highs. Symptoms and formal diagnoses of mental illnesses like anxiety, depression and PTSD are rising. Substance abuse disorders are up, too — as...
#13 Oregon OSHA Cites Contractor for Multiple Job Safety Violations
Aug 8 2023 // The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined Hillsboro contractor Arm & Hammer Construction Inc. $66,420 for multiple violations of workplace safety rules. In one violation, the company repeatedly failed to...
#14 Vermont Workers’ Comp Changes Now in Effect
Aug 7 2023 // Vermont’s workers’ compensation benefits for temporary total disability and for dependent children, as well as the work search requirement for injured workers returning to the job market, changed starting July...
#15 California Workers’ Comp Insurer Combined Losses and Expenses in 2022 Were $15B
Jul 17 2023 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released its report on workers’ compensation losses and expenses for 2022. Key findings in the report include: Medical losses paid in 2022 were...
#16 Workers’ Compensation Remains Profit Engine for U.S. P/C Insurers
Aug 7 2023 // Workers’ compensation insurers’ underwriting results continued to outpace the rest of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) commercial sector in 2022, as they benefited from the long-term decline in workplace...
#17 Connecticut High Court Nixes Workers’ Comp for Firefighter With Heart Condition
Jul 17 2023 // A firefighter must be shown to have worked 20 or more hours a week to be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits under state law, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in reversing an appeals court and state...
