Liberty Mutual has partnered with Duck Creek Technologies to develop a next-generation workers’ compensation claims-management system, the insurer has announced.
Despite increased attention from the media and government, the opioid crisis continues to plague the United States, and in turn has implications for workers’ compensation insurance.
On the day Tammitha Valcourt-Williams tripped over her dog and injured her hip, shoulder and knee, she was technically on the clock, working from home as a workers’ compensation claims adjuster for Sedgwick CMS.
Often touted as a treatment for injured workers, excessive use of physical therapy can be a significant cost-driver for workers compensation payers and can impede return to work, experts say.
Consider this common scenario. A subcontractor’s employee is injured on the job and sues the general contractor, an additional insured on the subcontractor’s commercial general liability (CGL) policy. The employee does not sue the subcontractor because she is prevented from doing so under state workers compensation law.
Two employees of a titanium casting manufacturer were injured in an explosion and fire at the plant Thursday morning. One of the injured is listed in critical condition at a Portland hospital.
Two non-psychoactive molecules from the Cannabis sativa L plant have the potential to replace opioids with a new drug that poses zero-impairment issues for users.
Technology is a tool, like fire or gin. It can be used for good or for ill. Most workers on a construction site or in a warehouse are willing to wear a sensor if it will keep them from getting run over by a forklift or knocked off a ledge by a crane.
A federal judge on Friday tossed out a suit involving two insurers battling over who is liable for an accident involving an injured worker who suffered grave, secondary injuries while being transported for medical care by a third party.
The ranks of U.S. millennials — those between the ages of 22 and 37 as of 2018 — are projected to swell to 73 million this year, overtaking baby boomers as the largest U.S. population group. But that doesn’t necessarily mean employers will be seeing more of them in the office.
Esteban Rubio said he has been repairing roofs for more than three decades. He thought a roof in a Wellington subdivision Tuesday was going to be his last.
Workers compensation systems within each state were set up as the exclusive remedy for work injuries. As part of that system, employees generally give up the right to sue their employers in tort (such as for negligence), and they instead receive workers compensation benefits for work injuries or occupational diseases that arise out of and in the course of their employment, where fault becomes largely irrelevant.
Claims closure projects aren’t a simple matter, but they’re well worth the effort. By closing claims that are 20-30 years old, companies are often able to settle for less than the case reserve and save on any future incurred but not reported (IBNR) costs associated with a particular case.
Earlier this week we discussed the concept of “caseload caps” for adjusters and claims handlers who manage workers’ compensation injury cases. It was a topic that produced a decent amount of comment activity, both within this blog, on LinkedIn and elsewhere.
