Workers Comp

ORLANDO – The workers compensation system continues to perform very strongly, as private insurers produced their 10th consecutive year of underwriting profitability and the combined ratio sat below 90% for the seventh year in a row, the National Council on Compensation Insurance reported during its Annual Insights Symposium Tuesday. “Workers compensation continues to have the …

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Seventy-six percent of physicians treating workers compensation patients in Texas in 2021 continued to do so in 2022, according to a report released by the Texas Department of Insurance that found the dip was due to “normal attrition processes among physicians such as retirement, death, changes in practice type and migration.” When compared with 2017, …

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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Thursday signed into law a measure that makes line-of-duty mental injuries compensable for first responders. Beginning in 2025, S.B. 1457 will allow for workers compensation benefits for police officers, professional and volunteer firefighters, and emergency medical technicians diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder whose mental injury is connected to “responding to …

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A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld an award of permanent disability benefits to a former police officer who was beaten while responding to a call that she believed to have been set up by the chief of police, who was involved in a sexual harassment case filed by the only female officer …

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A pork processing company was prematurely granted summary judgment in a lawsuit brought by an injured staffing agency employee because of lingering questions over the worker’s employee status, the Iowa Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday. Emerson Dennis Saul sued Sioux City-based Seaboard Triumph Foods LLC for negligence over injuries he says he sustained in July …

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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Thursday that it cited the operator of multiple psychiatric and rehabilitation facilities for the third time in five years after workers were killed or seriously injured in violent patient attacks. OSHA cited Melbourne, Florida-based Circles of Care Inc. for a “repeat” violation and an “other-than-serious” violation for …

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Poaching litigation is much in the news this week. Also of note: Riskworld 2024 coverage. Source link

BI’s photographer provided extensive coverage of the 2024 Riskworld conference and exhibition, which took place May 5-8 in San Diego. View our photo galleries from all four days. Source link

The probability of work-related accidents increases 5% to 6% when temperatures rise above 90 degrees, and the effect of workplace heat is stronger in the southern U.S. and in the construction industry, according to a report released Thursday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The report, “Impact of Excessive Heat on the Frequency of Work-Related …

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A split West Virginia Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a denial of workers compensation benefits to a man who claimed he developed Parkinson’s disease after being exposed to industrial chemicals while working as an automotive paint technician. The court, in a 5-1 decision, ruled that Gregory Gwinn was unable to prove that he developed Parkinson’s …

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