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A divided Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a sales representative for a hardware company could not pursue a civil remedy from a retailer after he was injured at one of its stores. Brian Coblentz worked as an outside sales representative for Stanley National Hardware. The job required him to visit various hardware stores …
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Lauded as the most profitable commercial insurance line, workers compensation is seeing increases in indemnity payments in several large states post-pandemic, likely spurred by wage inflation, but the trend is unlikely to trigger a reversal in year-over-year rate decreases for now, experts say. In the latest report to show comp payments to injured workers on …
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In workers compensation claims, outcomes have historically depended on the quality of experts — both the claims adjuster and, less visibly, a team lending support to adjusters behind the scenes. What if that team wasn’t just made up of human experts but also included a squad of artificial intelligence bots, or “agents,” working in tandem, …
Aging worker claims often are more susceptible to litigation, as issues of causation and claim expansion come into question. Older worker claims may be slightly more challenging to handle once in litigation because of issues such as Medicare Set-Asides and a potentially higher percentage of disability paid, according to John Geaney, co-chair of the workers …
The aging U.S. workforce is a rising concern for employers and workers compensation insurers as older worker injury claims are more likely to contain comorbidities. Older workers usually have greater expertise than younger co-workers and are injured less frequently but they often have more preexisting health issues than younger workers, making comp claims more complex. …
Employer representatives say the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s recently finalized walkaround rule that allows workers to designate someone from outside a company to participate in safety inspections could open the door for unscrupulous participants. Proponents, though, say the change — in the works for several years — will better protect workers when it goes …
The death of a woman who was fatally injured while trying to retrieve a lost earbud from a conveyor belt while working at a golf cart manufacturing plant has raised concerns about increased workplace distractions. The woman died March 9 after she was trapped in machinery at the Club Car LLC facility in Evans, Georgia. …
Workers compensation bureau loss costs are decreasing, mostly due to changes in payroll used to calculate premiums, along with a continued decline in injury claim frequency, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Workers comp costs have been increasing recently at a slower pace than wage inflation, resulting in …
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