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#1 Chased by Golf Cart at Work: Horseplay or Assault? For Workers’ Comp, It Matters.

Jun 5 2025 // Workers’ compensation benefits are not available to a worker injured when he was chased and hit by a golf cart driven by a co-worker who claimed he was just horsing around.The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that...

#2 Report: California Workers’ Comp Combined Ratio Highest in 14 Years

May 14 2025 // Written premiums in California stabilized in 2022 through 2024 after the large swings during the pandemic, while the combined ratio rose to the highest level in 14 years, a new report shows.The Workers’ Compensation...

#3 Connecticut Lawmakers Close Costly Workers’ Comp Loophole Opened by Court

May 27 2025 // Connecticut lawmakers last week moved swiftly to plug what could have been a very costly loophole in workers’ compensation benefits that was created by a state Supreme Court decision in March.The lawmakers...

#4 Workers’ Comp Premiums Fall 3% in 2024; Combined Ratio Holds at 86: NCCI

May 15 2025 // Workers’ compensation remained a healthy and profitable line in 2024 but claims severity grew with an increase of 6% for medical claim severity and 6% for indemnity claim severity.That’s according to the...

#5 Sedgwick Experts Outline Key Workers’ Comp Claims Trends

May 16 2025 // Two experts from risk and claims administration partner Sedgwick outlined a few key workers’ compensation trends worth paying attention to today.The topics were based on Sedgwick data and primarily related to the...

#6 Massachusetts Denies 7.1% Workers’ Comp Rate Hike After 2024 ‘Excessive’ Cut

May 20 2025 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Michael Caljouw has rejected an industry proposal to raise workers’ compensation rates by 7.1%.As a result, existing rates, which reflect a 14.6% decrease ordered last July, will...

#7 D.A. Says Former California Police Officer on Workers’ Comp Went to Festival, Skied

May 22 2025 // A former Westminster, California, police officer and her stepfather were charged in a large-scale workers’ compensation fraud case after an investigation revealed the officer collected more than $600,000 in...

#8 Inflation Impacting Workers Comp Medical Costs: WCRI

May 28 2025 // A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) illustrates how rising inflation has impacted the system in recent years.The 2025 edition of the WCRI Medical Price Index for Workers’ Compensation,...

#9 Four Hondurans Indicted in Florida on $89M Workers’ Comp, Tax Avoidance Charges

May 13 2025 // A grand jury in Orlando last week indicted four Honduran nationals for allegedly operating an off-the-books cash payroll scheme for construction workers that defrauded workers’ compensation insurers and avoided...

#10 California Security Company Owner Sentenced in $3.4M Workers’ Comp Fraud Case

May 22 2025 // The owner of a San Jose-based security company was sentenced after a California Department of Insurance investigation reportedly uncovered a multiyear scheme to underreport payroll and avoid paying workers’...

#11 OSHA Settles With New Jersey Bakery Where Finger Amputations Occurred

May 29 2025 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reached a settlement agreement with a New Jersey commercial bakery where an employee suffered partial finger amputations in 2023.The company,...

#12 People Moves: Castillo to Head Protecdiv’s Construction; Snyder Joins Mass. Workers’ Comp Council

May 19 2025 // Protecdiv, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, hired David Castillo as executive vice president and national construction practice leader. In this newly created role, Castillo leads the strategic growth and...

#13 Oregon OSHA Fines Contractor for Repeatedly Violating Excavation Safety Rules

Jun 2 2025 // The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined Hillsboro-based Renner Trucking and Excavating Inc. $80,804 for repeatedly violating rules intended to protect workers from trenches caving in.Oregon OSHA issued a...

#14 Workers’ Comp Premiums Fall 3% in 2024; Combined Ratio Holds at 86: NCCI

Jun 2 2025 // Workers’ compensation remained a healthy and profitable line in 2024, but claims severity grew with an increase of 6% for medical claim severity and 6% for indemnity claim severity. That’s according to the...

#15 Minnesota’s The Builders Group Goes Live on Insurity’s Workers Comp Suite

Jun 5 2025 // Insurity, a provider of cloud-based software for property and casualty insurance carriers, brokers, and MGAs, today announced that The Builders Group (TBG) has successfully gone live on Insurity Workers’ Comp...

#16 Call Center Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme Targeting Spanish-Speakers Leads to Charges

May 19 2025 // Four individuals, including attorneys, were charged after an investigation reportedly revealed a large-scale workers’ compensation fraud scheme allegedly targeted Spanish-speaking workers and involved the illegal...

#17 Report: California Workers’ Comp Combined Ratio Highest in 14 Years

Jun 2 2025 // Written premiums in California stabilized in 2022 through 2024 after the large swings during the pandemic, while the combined ratio rose to the highest level in 14 years, a new report shows.The Workers’ Compensation...