Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 9, 2024

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to expand workers’ compensation benefits to people who are facing job-related mental health crises. The new law, which goes into effect January 1, 2025, allows any worker to file for workers’ compensation …

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Workers Compensation Compensation 264

Insurance Journal

JANUARY 8, 2025

Not all accidents are compensable merely because they happen at work, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) reminded in denying workers’ compensation benefits to a school bus driver for an injury that happened while he was simply walking from his …

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Workers Compensation Compensation Injury 246

Insurance Journal

JULY 21, 2024

Postal Service employee in Delaware who defrauded taxpayers of almost $100,000 in workers’ compensation benefits has been sentenced to probation. Lakisha Hines was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in March to one count of federal employee compensation …

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Workers Compensation Compensation 258

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Florida employers will soon see the smallest decrease in workers’ compensation rates in years – just a 1% reduction from current overall rates in the voluntary market. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced Monday that the insurance commissioner had …

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Workers Compensation Compensation Insured Insurance 264

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced that workers’ compensation insurance rates will decrease for the eighth year in a row, effective December 1. The voluntary market is expected to decrease average loss costs by 8.4%, and the residual market will …

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Workers Compensation Compensation Insurance Insurer 264

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 31, 2024

New York employers will pay 22% less in the annual assessment to run the state’s workers’ compensation system in 2025. The rate assessed on standard premiums will be 7.1% beginning January 1, 2025, down from 9.2% The Hochul …

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Workers Compensation Compensation Premium 264

Insurance Journal

APRIL 24, 2025

The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission Names Two New Deputy Commissioners The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (VWCC) has named two new deputy commissioners, Frederick T. Schubert II and Christopher R. Schubert and Wilson will serve as administrative law judges under …

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Workers Comp Compensation Workers Compensation 267

Insurance Journal

MAY 29, 2025

The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled 3-2 that a prison nurse is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for her COVID-19 disease because she provided sufficient evidence that she contracted it in her workplace and not outside of work. Brittany …

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Compensation Workers Compensation 263

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2024

statewide average decrease in rates for workers’ compensation and employers’ liability insurance. New Jersey Commissioner of Banking and Insurance Justin Zimmerman has approved a 6.9% The new rates will apply to new and renewal policies effective January 1, 2025. The …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 29, 2024

statewide average decrease in rates for workers’ compensation and employers’ liability insurance. New Jersey Commissioner of Banking and Insurance Justin Zimmerman has approved a 6.9% The new rates will apply to new and renewal policies effective January 1, 2025. The …

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Workers Compensation Compensation Liability Insurance Liability 258

Insurance Journal

JULY 16, 2024

An Amazon distribution center worker in Virginia whose job entailed repetitive lifting and stowing of items every day and who suffered rotator cuff tears has been denied workers’ compensation benefits because she failed to prove her injury resulted from an …

Workers Compensation 264

Workers Compensation Compensation Injury 264

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced that workers’ compensation insurance rates will decrease for the eighth year in a row, effective December 1. The voluntary market is expected to decrease average loss costs by 8.4%, and the residual market will …

Workers Compensation 263

Workers Compensation Compensation Insurance Insurer 263

Insurance Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

A Virginia student assistant who suffered injuries in both knees after being kicked 25 times over a period of 11 days is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) upheld a deputy commissioner’s denial of …

Workers Compensation 246

Workers Compensation Compensation Injury Liability 246

AMAXX

APRIL 23, 2025

Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) is increasingly recognized as a critical component in workers’ compensation, influencing treatment decisions, recovery outcomes, and cost management. This ensures medical decisions in workers’ compensation are guided by the strongest available evidence. What is Evidence-Based Medicine?

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Workers Compensation Compensation Workers Comp Injury 95

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The trend of decreasing rates in Connecticut workers’ compensation insurance will continue as the state’s insurance regulator has approved an industry proposed 6% rate decrease beginning January 1, 2025. The now-approved rate filing submitted by the industry’s National Council on …

Workers Compensation 246

Workers Compensation Compensation Insured Insurance 246

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 8, 2024

The number of workers’ compensation claims for student-on-school-employee assault dropped significantly during the 2023-24 school year, according to data from Gallagher Basset. This change comes after two years of increasing claims following the 2020-21 school year. Citing client numbers covering …

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Workers Compensation Compensation Claim Risk 254

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) reports that it has approved a workers’ compensation rate proposal that will reduce voluntary loss costs by 5.6% on average. The new lower rates will apply to voluntary market policies effective on or after …

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Workers Compensation Compensation Policy Insurance 255

Insurance Journal

JULY 30, 2024

Did New York lawmakers intend the Child Victims Act (CVA) that revived old claims of sexual abuse to apply to claims by employees that would previously have been handled by the workers’ compensation system? It’s the responsibility of the state’s …

Workers Compensation 263

Workers Compensation Compensation Claim 263

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 12, 2024

loss cost decrease in the workers’ compensation voluntary market along with rate decreases in the assigned risk market, effective April 1, 2025. Virginia has approved a 12.0% The State Corporation Commission (SCC) approved the proposed voluntary loss costs, along with …

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Workers Compensation Compensation Risk Insurer 239

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 11, 2024

A United Parcel Service (UPS) driver who was intoxicated when he crashed his semi-trailer delivery truck has been denied workers’ compensation benefits. Delaware Superior Court Judge Kathleen Vavala last week reversed a state Industrial Accident Board (IAB) ruling that Timothy …

Workers Compensation 246

Workers Compensation Compensation 246

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 28, 2024

billion) compensation agreement with miners BHP, Vale, and Samarco for the Mariana dam collapse in 2015, one of the country’s worst environmental disasters. Brazil on Friday signed a 170 billion reais ($29.85 The collapse of the dam at the iron …

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Compensation Liability 261

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 19, 2024

workers are growing more sour with their employment compensation, according to a survey released on Monday by the New York Federal Reserve. In its Survey of Consumer Expectations Labor Market Survey for July, the regional Fed bank said that …

Compensation 260

Compensation 260

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A German court said on Monday that Facebook users whose data was illegally obtained in 2018 and 2019 were eligible for compensation. The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) ruled that the loss of control over one’s data online was grounds …

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AMAXX

JANUARY 20, 2025

In the intricate landscape of workers’ compensation, the pursuit of optimal outcomes for injured workers is paramount. In the context of workers’ compensation, EBM seeks to streamline care pathways and promote recovery by basing treatment plans on standardized guidelines and peer-reviewed evidence.

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Workers Compensation Compensation Workers Comp Injury 98

Insurance Journal

MAY 2, 2025

Texas Mutual, the state’s top provider of workers’ compensation insurance will have distributed more than $1 billion in … Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that its board of directors voted unanimously to approve a $330 million general dividend distribution in 2025.

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Compensation Insurance Companies Insurance Insurer 230

AMAXX

MARCH 4, 2025

By understanding the role fear plays in workers compensation claims, employers can implement strategies to foster trust, improve outcomes, and reduce costs. The Link Between Fear and Litigation Studies have consistently identified fear as a major driver of workers compensation litigation.

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Workers Compensation Compensation Claim Workers Comp 82

Insurance Journal

JUNE 1, 2025

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California … 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.

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Workers Comp Compensation Premium Insured 195

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday shut the door on businesses seeking to be paid by the state for restrictions that harmed sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court, in a pair of 5-2 orders, let stand …

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Compensation 289

Insurance Journal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

When the garbage truck stopped, the worker stepped down from the metal step on the back of the truck to run and retrieve a trash can. When his feet hit the ground, he heard a pop in his leg, felt …

Workers Compensation 259

Workers Compensation Compensation Claim Liability 259

Insurance Journal

JUNE 11, 2025

Insurance companies must compensate aircraft lessors and owners for planes that Russia seized when it took counter-sanction measures after the invasion of Ukraine, a UK judge ruled potentially leaving insurers on the hook for billions in payouts. The verdict comes …

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Compensation Insurance Companies Insurance Insurer 179

Insurance Journal

JUNE 15, 2025

When Tampa-based Slide Insurance registered for an initial public stock offering in May, one page of the filing quickly had people talking in the Florida insurance industry. On page 132 of the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission …

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Compensation Insurance Industry Insurance Insurer 130

Property Insurance Coverage Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The legislation would require a report detailing the compensation of executives, including salaries, stock options, bonuses, stock buybacks, and other taxable payments. It also demands transparency … The post Why Shouldn’t Insurance Executives Disclose Their Pay?

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Compensation Property Insurance Insurance Insurer 197

Insurance Journal

JANUARY 14, 2025

A Hopkinton man was sentenced on Jan. 10, 2025 in federal court in Boston for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Travelers Insurance Co. over wages he paid to employees of his two construction companies. According to U.S. Attorney …

Workers Compensation 264

Workers Compensation Compensation Insurance Insurer 264

Insurance Journal

JUNE 1, 2025

By Andrea Wells 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 National Council on Compensation …

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Workers Comp Premium Compensation Claim 130

Property Insurance Coverage Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The legislation would require a report detailing the compensation of executives, including salaries, stock options, bonuses, stock buybacks, and other taxable payments. It also demands transparency … The post Why Shouldn’t Insurance Executives Disclose Their Pay?

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Compensation Property Insurance Insurance Insurer 184

Insurance Journal

JUNE 1, 2025

Premium renewal rates increased year-over-year for all major commercial lines except workers’ compensation, according to first-quarter 2025 results of the Ivans Index. Compared to fourth-quarter 2024, all lines experienced a decrease in average premium renewal rates except umbrella. Premium renewal …

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Commercial Premium Compensation 147

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to Standard and Preferred Insurance Co. of Kew Gardens, New York. The outlook assigned to these ratings is stable. AM Best …

Workers Compensation 239

Workers Compensation Compensation Insurance Insurer 239