Workers Compensation

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Injured workers and their employers in Minnesota have a new, state-run resource for navigating the often confusing process...

SACRAMENTO—California’s Insurance Commissioner has urged Gov. Jerry Brown to sign legislation that would require insurers to warn workers compensation policyholders...

COLUMBIA, S.C.—A former Westinghouse Electric Corp. worker who contracted asbestosis is not entitled to workers compensation benefits because he could...

Anticipating firming insurance prices, experts say more risk managers are considering or adopting alternative risk strategies that include forming a...

HARRISBURG, Pa.—The spouse of a sales manager who died several days after being found unresponsive in his home office is...

How can risk managers more effectively manage their TPA relationships to exert greater control over costs and outcomes? Our new...

BOSTON—Employers cannot pass their workers compensation premium expenses on to employees, Massachusetts’ Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a worker misclassification...

AUSTIN, Texas—Injured employees cannot sue workers compensation underwriters for violating a portion of Texas' Insurance Code that addresses unfair claims...
COLUMBUS, Ohio—The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation said it hopes to attract new employers to the state with proposed deep...
SAN FRANCISCO—The California State Compensation Insurance Fund will seek $50 million from Select Staffing Co. Inc. following a jury finding...
SAN FRANCISCO—California's Supreme Court has declined to review a controversial ruling that employers and insurers opposed on grounds that it...
A ruling handed down by California's Supreme Court represents a loss for workers compensation payers' ability to pursue subrogation claims...

CHICAGO—A federal appeals court has dealt another blow to Liberty Mutual Group Inc.’s years-old legal battle against American International Group...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—NCCI Holdings Inc. on Thursday asked Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin M. McCarty for an 8.9% workers compensation rate increase...

ST. PAUL, Minn.—An employer and its insurer must pay for a medical provider's usual and customary charge for spinal implant...
An analysis of New York's insolvent workers compensation trusts shows that a deficit thought last summer to be $600 million...