All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 6 2020 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced that workers who contract COVID-19 while on the job may be eligible to receive workers’ compensation.The governor signed an executive order that creates a time-limited...
May 6 2020 // If only 10 percent of health care workers contract COVID-19 and all of their claims are deemed compensable, workers’ compensation loss costs for that sector could double or even triple in some states, according to an...
May 5 2020 // While the potential cost of relaxing a tenet of the workers’ compensation system to deal with extraordinary circumstances of COVID-19 could top $50 billion, it’s more likely to be one-fifth of that, an analyst...
May 4 2020 // King of Prussia, PA, April 28, 2020 – Although physical therapy clinics are considered essential businesses, some workers’ compensation patients hesitate to start or continue physical therapy during the COVID-19...
May 4 2020 // Grange Insurance Co., based in Columbus, Ohio, and AmeriTrust Group Inc. in Southfield, Michigan, are offering relief plans to business insurance customers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Grange Insurance has launched...
May 4 2020 // Workers’ compensation leaders are being urged to move away from thinking primarily about how best to prevent and treat a worker’s physical injury to considering how to help the whole worker.It’s a...
May 4 2020 // In the HBO drama The Sopranos, crime boss Tony Soprano sneaks through a maze of storefronts to meet with his therapist. The last thing he wants is for his mob family to know he is seeing a shrink. That would be a sign of...
May 4 2020 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued an informational memorandum to all insurers and entities authorized to write workers’ compensation insurance providing guidance on the treatment of policyholders...
May 1 2020 // Third Coast Underwriters (3CU), a national workers’ compensation insurance company, is expanding into Florida and Wisconsin. With the expansion, the company will offer its workers’ compensation coverage in 21...
May 1 2020 // DeRidder, Louisiana-based workers’ compensation insurance company, Amerisafe Inc., has reported a first quarter profit of $10.8 million.The company posted revenue of $79.2 million in the period; adjusted revenue was...
May 1 2020 // The group of property/casualty insurers offering auto insurance premium discounts to recognize that insureds are driving less during the coronavirus crisis continues to grow, and now includes all major auto insurers. Most...
May 1 2020 // U.S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia on Thursday defended his department’s handling of workplace safety during the coronavirus pandemic, saying “the cop is on the beat” in response to union criticism about...
Apr 30 2020 // ClearPath Mutual Insurance has appointed Don Stoller as the company’s director of Underwriting, and Bob Korsan as vice president of Business Development.Stoller most recently held the position of master underwriter...
Apr 30 2020 // Diverging from strategies of some competitors, Markel Corp. established a big reserve for a chunk of its potential COVID-19 exposure for the entire year—putting up $325 million for direct potential losses.The holding...
Apr 30 2020 // The Maryland Insurance Administration has reviewed and approved a filing from its authorized workers’ compensation rating organization, the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), regarding a temporary...
Apr 28 2020 // In a statement released by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, Andrew Perkins, NAMIC regional vice president – Great Lakes, applauded the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission’s...
Apr 27 2020 // Alan McClain is now Arkansas Insurance Commissioner — its 24th — having been named to lead the Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) by Gov. Asa Hutchinson in early April.He previously has served as Commissioner of...
Apr 27 2020 // The U.S. Labor Department issued new guidelines on Sunday for U.S. meatpacking and meat-processing plants that have seen a rash of coronavirus outbreaks, saying employees should be spaced at least 6 feet (1.8 m) apart and...
Apr 24 2020 // New emergency rules enacted by Illinois workers’ compensation regulators have drawn a lawsuit by a pair of trade associations representing retailers and manufacturers in the state.The Illinois Manufacturers’...
Apr 23 2020 // Workers’ compensation written premium in California for calendar year 2019 was 6% below that for calendar year 2018, according to an update on California statewide insurer experience valued as of Dec.31, 2019.The...