All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 6 2020 // Federal workplace safety officials have cited 12 businesses with safety violations in connection with partial collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans in which three workers died and 18 others were seriously...
Apr 6 2020 // “Insurers must cover delivery services for restaurants on personal auto insurance policies and must offer coverage for hired drivers and non-owned automobiles as a rider on a restaurant’s general liability...
Apr 6 2020 // Life has changed for everyone since the lockdown of US citizens and businesses a few weeks ago by our local and federal governments. No one can really believe that in such a short time, beginning mid-March, that our lives...
Apr 3 2020 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited BWay Corp., doing business as Mauser Packaging Solutions, for workplace safety and health hazards after an employee...
Apr 2 2020 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance has approved a 6.8% reduction in the existing overall average workers’ compensation insurance rates for policies effective on and after July 1, 2020.The rate decrease was the...
Mar 30 2020 // A group of Republican lawmakers from the Oklahoma House of Representatives are asking the Oklahoma Municipal League (OML), Oklahoma Municipal Assurance Group (OMAG), CompSource Oklahoma and self-funded municipalities to...
Mar 30 2020 // While the property/casualty insurance industry is fighting attempts to force it to pay for the huge business income losses that it says most policies were never intended to cover, some individual insurers are finding small...
Mar 27 2020 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC), the exclusive provider of workers’ compensation insurance in the state, is allowing insurance premium installment payments due for March, April, and May to be...
Mar 25 2020 // The workers’ compensation rating and information organization National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) said it is converting its Annual Issues Symposium from a live to a virtual event due to the coronavirus...
Mar 25 2020 // As state insurance regulators monitor and respond to the coronavirus impact on insurance, property/casualty insurers are calling on them to coordinate their requests for data and ease up on some requirements.David A....
Mar 23 2020 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited D.O. Productions LLC for lockout/tagout violations after unguarded machinery caused severe hand injuries to an employee at...
Mar 23 2020 // Remote Work Not Much Help for Assembly LinesProperty/casualty insurance professionals are trying to provide advice and empathy to their manufacturing clients coping with the effects of the spread of the coronavirus. But...
Mar 23 2020 // The outbreak of coronavirus has already resulted in some workers’ compensation claims and more are expected. But whether those claims are going to succeed depends on the individual circumstances and the state where...
Mar 20 2020 // With the COVID-19 virus causing economic disruption, the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute would like to share the findings from a study it published in 2010 that sheds light on how a typical recession affects...
Mar 18 2020 // An Arcola, Illinois-based manufacturer faces over $258,000 in penalties and numerous citations for violations of federal machine safety standards, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Mar 18 2020 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) and the Court of Existing Claims (CEC) announced on Tuesday that the COVID-19 related office closures in Oklahoma City and Tulsa will continue for the remainder of...
Mar 17 2020 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) said it is striking all commission dockets in Oklahoma City and Tulsa set during the week of March 16, and has closed the administrative offices in both Oklahoma...
Mar 17 2020 // The outbreak of coronavirus has already resulted in some workers’ compensation claims and more are expected. But whether those claims are going to succeed depends on the individual circumstances and the state where...
Mar 16 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) is postponing or creating online options for several upcoming meetings and events to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.March 26: Stakeholder meeting on SB 1264 data reporting....
Mar 16 2020 // New York State Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro has announced the sentencing of a Rochester, N.Y., woman who defrauded the workers’ compensation system of more than $5,000 by endorsing and cashing wage...