workers’ comp News

Study Sheds Light on Substance Use in First Responders During COVID-19 Pandemic

First responders such as law enforcement personnel, firefighters and emergency medical service providers experienced increased levels of stress, anxiety and depression due to job-related pressures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study shows. Additionally, their exposure to work-related stress …

Occupations Taking Most Time Off Due to Injury Or Illness

Merchandise displayers and window trimmers take the most time off for injury or illness, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Flight attendants took the second most time off for these issues, while food processing workers were …

The Demolition of Workers’ Comp: ProPublica/NPR Report

Dennis Whedbee’s crew was rushing to prepare an oil well for pumping on the Sweet Grass Woman lease site, a speck of dusty plains rich with crude in Mandaree, North Dakota. It was getting late that September afternoon in 2012. …

Study Provides Reasons for Increasing Hospital Costs in Workers’ Comp

A new study from Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), updates a recently published 33-state study with an extra year of data and the early impact analysis of major regulatory changes in North Carolina. The study, Hospital Outpatient Cost Index …

New Hampshire Lawmakers Tackle High Workers’ Comp Costs

If a worker in New Hampshire gets hurt on the job, an anesthetic injection can cost $763 under a workers’ compensation claim, compared to $298 for non-work related injuries. Surgical treatment for tendinitis in the shoulder costs about $2,200 if …

GENEX Creates Ebola Guidelines for the Workers’ Comp Industry

As health care experts worldwide work diligently to curb the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, GENEX Services, a national provider of managed care services, is doing its part by issuing one of the first workers’ compensation-specific clinical guidelines on …

BusinessFirst Now Offers Workers’ Comp Coverage in Georgia

BusinessFirst Insurance Company, a monoline workers’ compensation company, announced that it is now offering coverage to employers in Georgia. The company is offering workers’ compensation coverage in Georgia for policies with effective dates of January 1, 2015, or later. In …

Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, Announces New Workers’ Compensation Program With Torus

San Diego, CA, October 20, 2014– Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, today announced it has entered into a partnership with the global specialty insurer, Torus, to offer a new workers’ compensation program. The Atlas program …

Mike Mathews Named President and Chief Operating Officer of Atlas General Insurance Services

San Diego, CA, 12/20/2011 – Mike Mathews has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of Atlas General Insurance Services, a workers’ compensation specialty general agency with 40+ employees in San Diego, CA. “I am pleased that Mike Mathews has …

N.D. Workers’ Comp Agency Reverses Deputy Decision

North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has reversed its decision to deny a death benefit claim to the widow of a Burleigh County sheriff’s deputy who died of an apparent heart attack while on duty. Thirty-nine-year-old Bryan Sleeper died Sept. 28 …