A narrow focus on the opioid epidemic may overlook the risks of non-opioid prescriptions and draw crucial resources away from proactive monitoring and interventions.

Enhancing accuracy and profitability, Mulberri’s new AI Risk Engine promises to revolutionize workers’ compensation underwriting.

Multiple factors affect PBM pricing. These are the questions payers need to ask to find the right fit (and get the most savings) for their company.

Severe convective storm losses—the highest in decades—significantly affected the 2023 net combined ratio for the property/casualty industry, according to the latest underwriting projections by Triple-I and Milliman actuaries.

New robot technology could help protect Amazon warehouse workers from repetitive motion injuries, robotics company Agility Robotics said this week.

A heated debate has emerged about the once-unimaginable shooting of a teacher by her 6-year-old student: How should the school district take care of the teacher?

Kentucky’s Insurance Commissioner has approved a 6.4% decrease in average workers’ compensation loss costs for the state, making it the 18th consecutive drop in costs for most Kentucky employers.

How has the workers’ compensation industry evolved over the past decade? The Rising Medical Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study answers this question.

Zurich American Insurance Co. may pursue a subrogation lawsuit against a subcontractor that it says forced it to pay a nearly $3 million builder’s risk claim.

Erin Lee McCarroll, 49, of Laguna Beach, California, was arraigned on 27 felony counts including grand theft and forgery after a California Department of Insurance investigation.

A settlement has been reached with Litana Development Inc. for endangering workers by exposing them to high-voltage power lines at a Paterson site during 2021 and 2022.

‘Cases like this one are particularly egregious, employees were not only put at great risk, but they were denied their hard-earned wages,’ Ricardo Lara, California insurance commissioner, said in a release.

Nelson Israel Lopez Giron, the owner of wood-framing firm Giron Construction, tried to claim the employee wasn’t his.

Former Ravens running back Ray Rice has withdrawn an appeal that he filed in a workers’ compensation case after his attorney and counsel for the team and its insurance company reported that they had reached a settlement.

When trying to improve workers’ compensation outcomes, there is a mental health aspect that must be considered. According to a large epidemiological study, 50% of the U.S. population will struggle with a mental health issue at some point in their lives.