California’s workers compensation insurers lost more than $1.5 billion in their underwriting in …
CALIFORNIA Lost Time Accounts for 25 Percent of Workers CompRead More
Buyers Guide: Workers Compensation Insurance
CANADA Who Pays If You Ski Out of Bounds in Canada
Search and rescue groups in Alberta, Canada are applauding the passage of legislation providing …
Tips from Ted: Know These Five Sources of Information for a New York Work Comp Claim, or Any Other State
Employers in New York are usually kept in a passive state as their workers’ comp claims await the …
WCB Alberta Maintains Stable Worker Benefits and Employer Premiums
By focusing on partnerships and long-term perspective, WCB-Alberta (Canada) has successfully …
WCB Alberta Maintains Stable Worker Benefits and Employer PremiumsRead More
Was Lightning Strike Inside Open Garage an Act of God or Exposure
As our economy shifted during the past century and a half from one in which a substantial number of …
Was Lightning Strike Inside Open Garage an Act of God or ExposureRead More
154 Million Dollar Workers Comp Surplus Slated for Refund in Kentucky
Kentucky's workers' compensation self-insurance group is reportedly running a $154 million …
154 Million Dollar Workers Comp Surplus Slated for Refund in KentuckyRead More
The Role of Self Insurance In Failing Economic Times
With the extended downturn in the economy, most workers' compensation insurance companies find …
The Role of Self Insurance In Failing Economic TimesRead More
New York Plans Workers Comp Rate Increase Hearing
The New York State Insurance Department plans a public hearing on June 23, to go over a proposed …
Arkansas Workers Compensation Death Benefits
Entitlement to benefits can vary, depending upon one's status as fully or only partially …
To Audit or Not to Audit – One Company’s Experience with Internal Claim File Auditing
How It Got Started In 1999, the manager of the casualty claims supervisory office of a large …
To Audit or Not to Audit – One Company’s Experience with Internal Claim File AuditingRead More
Insurance Companies Ordered to Return $9.4 Million in Excess Profits
Sixteen workers’ compensation insurance firms were ordered to more return more than $9.4 million in …
Insurance Companies Ordered to Return $9.4 Million in Excess ProfitsRead More
Arizona Privatizing State Compensation Fund
Arizona has privatized its state compensation fund according to a bill signed into law by Governor …
The Basics of Assigned Risk Plans – Workers Comp 101
Numerous states have assigned risk plans for workers' compensation. These plans provide workers' …
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Massachusetts Lowering Workers Comp Rates To Attract Business
“A deal” to cut back rates for workers’ compensation insurers is reported …
Massachusetts Lowering Workers Comp Rates To Attract BusinessRead More
Things to Know About Texas Workers Compensation: How it is Unique
When it comes to workers' compensation, Texas is unique in several ways. The following is a basic …
Things to Know About Texas Workers Compensation: How it is UniqueRead More
West Virginia Volunteer Firefighters See Savings Go Up in Smoke
West Virginia’s BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. is increasing the premiums it charges …
West Virginia Volunteer Firefighters See Savings Go Up in SmokeRead More
Top 10 Ways to Control Obesity and Workers Compensation
In a recent claims audit, one of the claims was about a morbidly obese woman who when getting up …
Top 10 Ways to Control Obesity and Workers CompensationRead More
The Basics of Captive Insurance Companies for Workers Compensation
A captive insurance company is an insurance company owned by the parent company or a group of …
The Basics of Captive Insurance Companies for Workers CompensationRead More
Buying Workers Compensation in Monopolistic States
Workers’ compensation coverage is required in all jurisdictions, but the methods to provide the …
NEW YORK Workers Comp Board Tax Practice Ruled Unconstitutional
A state judge ruled New York’s Workers’ Compensation Board was unconstitutionally …
NEW YORK Workers Comp Board Tax Practice Ruled UnconstitutionalRead More
