Medical Marijuana Use In Workers Comp Looms: Panel
The landscape for the use of medical marijuana and cannabinoids is changing in workers compensation, and it's likely that more insurers will be required to pay for this in the near future, experts say.
May 23, 2019
Life & Health
Workers' Compensation
Healthcare Industry Exposed To Many Workers Compensation Risks
The healthcare industry accounts for a high proportion of all national workplace injuries, as employees from this sector report some of the highest rates of injury and illness from all private industries, according to a report from Zurich on healthcare-related workers compensation claims.
May 22, 2019
Workers' Compensation
AZ Firefighters Say Cities Breaking New Workers’ Compensation Law
Phoenix, AZ - Despite a new Arizona law, firefighters say their workers' compensation claims are being denied for the cancers they develop as a result of their jobs.
Cities and towns in Arizona, however, say that's not the case.
May 16, 2019
Life & Health
Workers' Compensation
Cities and towns in Arizona, however, say that's not the case.
Network For Change And Continuous Innovation: Putting Faces To Comp Data
The NCCI Annual Issues Symposium just wrapped up in Orlando, Florida yesterday. This event is somewhat akin to drinking from a firehose, as the information flies in a fast and furious fashion.
May 16, 2019
Technology
Workers' Compensation
Workers Comp Fraud On the Rise In Massachusetts
It was a record year for workers compensation fraud in Massachusetts last year, where more cases of alleged fraud were referred to prosecutors than ever before.
May 16, 2019
Fraud
Workers' Compensation
Massachusetts
Tales From A Truck Driver: Lack Of Human Touch Will Kill Workers Comp
We live in the age of technology. Robotics and automation are all the rage, and industries everywhere, including workers compensation, are looking to increase efficiencies and "improve process."
May 10, 2019
Education & Training
Workers' Compensation
Travelers Reduces Injured Construction Worker Opioid Use By Nearly 40%
The National Safety Council (NSC) recently reported that 75% of US employers have been directly affected by the opioid epidemic. According to the NSC, the construction industry is one of the worst-affected sectors, with twice the national average number of employees with substance use disorders.
May 6, 2019
Workers' Compensation
Multiple Fatalities After Powerful Explosion At Chicago-Area Industrial Plant
Crews located another body on Sunday at the site of a large explosion at a Waukegan industrial plant, officials said, bringing the death toll from that incident to three with one person still unaccounted for.
May 6, 2019
Property
Workers' Compensation
Illinois
Nationwide Joins Construction Leaders In Bid To Cut Costly Causes Claims
Business owners in construction-related companies know that falls in the workplace have a ripple effect of difficult impacts.
May 3, 2019
Liability
Workers' Compensation
Workers Comp And The Talent Gap: Lets Get To Work
Ever try to talk to a 14-year-old about workers comp? Ive tried with my son. I typically get a blank stare for a second before I lose him to Instagram.
April 29, 2019
Education & Training
Workers' Compensation
Crane Collapse Onto Busy Seattle Street Kills Four People
Dramatic dashcam video shows the moment a crane came crashing down at Googles new campus in Seattle on Saturday. Four people were killed, including college student Sarah Wong and iron worker Travis Corbet, and four others were hurt.
April 29, 2019
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Subrogation
Workers' Compensation
Washington
California Allows WC Payments to Mexican Health Providers And It Works
In California, the option to seek care in Mexico is producing better outcomes and reduced cost of claims in workers comp.
April 24, 2019
Workers' Compensation
California
You Be The Judge: Is This Parking Lot Injury Compensable?
A Georgia appeals court is asked to decide if a workers injury falls within the coming and going rule while shes off the clock.
April 23, 2019
Workers' Compensation
Georgia
70% Of Workers Comp Billing Disputes End Badly For California Payers
A performance report on the first five years of Californias independent bill review program reveals that claims adjusters billing decisions rarely align with how the state workers comp system sees things.
April 18, 2019
Legislation & Regulation
Risk Management
Workers' Compensation
California
Real Or Fake? Finding Workers Comp Fraud
Security cameras in a company cafeteria recently captured a brazen attempt to fake a workers compensation injury. The video shows that the man dumped a cup of ice onto the floor, disposed of the cup and then lay down on the floor as though he slipped on the ice. Prosecutors have charged the man with insurance fraud and theft by deception.
April 18, 2019
Fraud
Workers' Compensation




