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The Travelers Companies, Inc., reported a 30 percent reduction in the use of opioids among the more than 500,000 injured U.S. employees covered by its workers’ compensation policies since 2015. This has been achieved primarily through the use of the …

A growing economy coupled with an increase in inexperienced workers has the potential to contribute to higher severity in workplace injuries, according to Rich Ives, Travelers vice president of workers’ compensation claims. He explained that 27 percent of all workplace …