The United Steelworkers (USW) recently presented shareholder resolutions at Marathon Oil, Valero, …
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Top 5 Ways Employers Push Injured Workers to Attorneys
As long as there are workers compensation claims and ways for attorneys to make money from workers …
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Know Four Types of Workers Compensation Adjusters
Carriers have classes of adjusters usually correlating with each adjuster’s amount of experience. …
7 Unexpected Ways Claim Audits Save Money
In a recent conversation between the risk manager of a self-insured employer and an independent …
Stair Stepping Reserves Occurs When Work Comp Adjusters Ignore Claim Basics
Whenever a claim quality auditor or actuarial auditor sees numerous small upward changes in the …
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Know Six Levels of Medical Case Management
Risk managers have come to realize that proper medical case management can have a major impact on …
7 Things Brokers Wish Employers Knew
Your insurance broker is in business, just like you are in business. The first rule of any business …
5 Things Your Broker Won’t Tell You About the Insurance Company
Great broker/agents are like magicians. They listen to your insurance issues, and with a sweep of …
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Better Safety For Table Saws – 10 People PER DAY Lose Fingers in U.S.
Close to 10 individuals lose a finger or mangle a hand in a table saw each day across the country. …
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Mine Safety Overview
The one year anniversary of the West Virginia Upper Big Branch mine tragedy of April 5, 2010, where …
5 Types of Benchmarking for Workers Comp Claims
Benchmarking is the process of either comparing your company’s results with the results of similar …
7 Things Claim Office Supervisors Wish Adjusters Did Better
Every adjuster has an individual style when it comes to handling claims. Just like snowflakes, no …
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Are Idiopathic Injuries Real Workers Compensation Injuries
The recent Alabama Supreme Court case that held an idiopathic injury occurring in the workplace is …
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To Be Injured or Not To Be Injured An Actress Dilemma
A True Story: Names changed to protect the innocent and the employee Big Star …
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What Are Medical Foods in Workers Compensation
When the State of California Department of Industrial Relations issued its White Paper in January, …
The Basics of Workers Compensation Medical Accreditation
With medical cost inflation far exceeding inflation in general over the last two decades, everyone …
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7 Ways to STOP Those Minor Workers Comp Lost-Time Claims
Many companies simply don’t offer light duty. Instead, they say to their injured …
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OSHA Puts Theaters on Notice for Emergency Response Plans
A year after an attempted car bombing in Times Square, the federal agency that governs workplace …
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Misssissippi Worker Wins 322 Million Asbestos Suit
In what attorneys report was the largest ever single-plaintiff asbestos verdict in U.S. history, a …
6 Ways Medical Treatment Can Be Stopped or Disputed in a Work Comp Claim
First of all, every state is different and has different statues to follow regarding when …
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