Oklahoma Employer Traffic Safety Program Aims To Save Lives, Money
One of the costliest aspects of running a business is also one of the most often overlooked traffic safety. Whether crashes occur on or off the job, employers foot the bill, through everything from insurance premiums to productivity losses.
January 18, 2017
Auto
Education & Training
Liability
Property
Risk Management
Oklahoma
Diagnostic Errors In Radiology Documented In New Study
A new clinical study published on December 20, 2016, in The Spine Journal reveals significant variability in provider quality as well as diagnostic error rates considerably higher than previously reported in the literature.
January 13, 2017
Workers' Compensation
New York
Blast At Minnesota Truck Manufacturing Plant Injures Six Employees
A truck plant explosion in a small southeastern Minnesota town injured six people Wednesday but many more employees could have been hurt, authorities said.
January 13, 2017
Workers' Compensation
Minnesota
Yonkers Rooftop Parking Lot Collapses Under Bobcat
Five people were injured in a construction accident in Yonkers Wednesday. Authorities say a Bobcat machine fell through the roof of the National Wholesale Liquidators store on Central Park Avenue, with the Yonkers Fire Department calling it a "major roof collapse."
January 12, 2017
Liability
Property
Workers' Compensation
New York
Aberdeen Power Plant Explosion Injures Six Workers
Six people are recovering after an explosion at a Dayton Power and Light plant in Adams County. The explosion prompted a massive response and evacuation on Tuesday.
January 11, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Workers' Compensation
Ohio
Comp Claimants Decade Of Deceit Exposed By Surveillance
The Department of Financial Services Division of Investigative and Forensic Services (DIFS), which operates under the direction of CFO Jeff Atwater, today announced the arrest of Orlando resident Ricardo Aponte on workers compensation fraud charges following an elaborate scam involving an alleged on-the-job injury.
January 6, 2017
Fraud
Workers' Compensation
Florida
Worker Killed In Industrial Accident At Malting Plant
Police in Shakopee say a man was killed in a workplace accident late Monday night at Rahr Malting Company. The incident happened at roughly 9:15 p.m. at the plant, located just off 1st Avenue in Shakopee.
January 3, 2017
Workers' Compensation
Minnesota
Workers Comp Investigation Catches Claimant Teaching Martial Arts
New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott and Richmond County District Attorney Michael E. McMahon today announced the arrest and guilty plea of a Staten Island phone company lineman who was caught teaching kickboxing, and performing all the requisite combat moves, while claiming work-related injuries kept him from performing his job.
December 23, 2016
Fraud
Workers' Compensation
New York
Box Truck Hauling USPS Packages Overturns, Killing Driver
The driver of a box truck that overturned on Interstate Highway 680 in Danville early this morning has died, according to the California Highway Patrol.
December 20, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Workers' Compensation
California
I-4 Ultimate Makeover Worker Killed By Piece Of Steel
A 63-year-old construction worker on Interstate 4 was fatally struck by a piece of steel Monday afternoon in Altamonte Springs, officials say. The worker was a subcontract employee for SGL Constructors, the lead contractor on the interstates multibillion-dollar I-4 Ultimate makeover.
December 20, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Workers' Compensation
Florida
A Month From Retirement, Worker Drowns In Paint Vat
Authorities have identified the worker killed in a fall at an Evansville paint plant Wednesday morning. The coroner was called to Red Spot Paint after officials say 67-year-old Joseph Ward fell into a paint tank.
December 15, 2016
Workers' Compensation
Indiana
Employee Accidentally Shot Inside St.Louis Home Depot
One employee at the Sunset Hills Home Depot is recovering after being shot in the bathroom. The shooting happened around 11:50 a.m. on Sunday.
December 12, 2016
Workers' Compensation
Missouri
Predictive Analytics: A Powerful Fraud-Fighting Tool
Technology is a valued ally of insurers in combatting insurance fraud. And for good reason this crime is growing. These are two findings of the Coalitions newest study of how insurers use tech to combat billions of dollars in fraud each year.
December 7, 2016
Liability
Workers' Compensation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Workers Comp Study Identifies Best Practices For Claims Success
What makes a claims organization successful? They tend to measure their performance using outcomes-based metrics, employ claim decision support tools such as workflow automation and predictive modeling, and use an “advocacy-based” claims model that puts employees needs first.
December 1, 2016
Workers' Compensation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Industrial Accident Kills Cirque Du Soleil Employee
San Francisco police say an employee at the Cirque du Soleil "Luzia" show has died from his injuries in what was termed an "industrial accident."
November 30, 2016
Workers' Compensation
California



