Report Shows Excessive Heat Pushes Worker Injury Risk Sky High July 11, 2025 By Allen Laman It may come as no surprise that heat-related worker injury claims rise on hot days, but the magnitude of the...
Carrier Sanctioned for Pressing Workers’ Comp Claim it Had Denied July 11, 2025 By William Rabb What happens when an employer and its workers’ compensation insurer deny a claim, then face a wrongful-death tort suit, then...
Report: Disability, Workers’ Comp, Auto Claims Were Most Common Injury Frauds Found Online July 9, 2025 The highest rates of contradictory evidence that led to insurance fraud found online were disability, workers’ compensation and auto lines,...
Only Carrier or Comp Judge Can Determine Compensability, Florida Appeals Court Says July 7, 2025 By William Rabb An employee cannot file a tort lawsuit against her employer until after it has been determined that she is not...
Claim Counts Down, Losses up for California Workers’ Comp Private Self-Insureds July 3, 2025 California’s private self-insured employers reported 7.4% fewer workers’ compensation claims in 2024 than in 2023, pushing private self-insured claim frequency...
Validating Mental Health Claims in Today’s Workforce June 27, 2025 By Karen Thomas In recent years, there has been a surge in mental health awareness across the workers’ compensation landscape. These claims have...
Study Shows North Dakota, Arkansas, West Virginia Had Lowest Workers’ Comp Rates June 23, 2025 A new study shows North Dakota, Arkansas and West Virginia had the nation’s lowest workers’ compensation rates. A biennial DCBS...
Chased by Golf Cart at Work: Horseplay or Assault? For Workers’ Comp, It Matters. June 6, 2025 Workers’ compensation benefits are not available to a worker injured when he was chased and hit by a golf cart...
Will Workers’ Comp Benefit from ‘Most-Favored-Nation’ Drug Pricing? May 27, 2025 By Brian Allen Earlier this month, President Trump teased a “big announcement” was coming, touting it as “one of the most important …...
At RIMS, Sedgwick Experts Outline Key Workers’ Comp Claims Trends May 14, 2025 By Allen Laman At last week's RIMS RISKWORLD conference in Chicago, experts from risk and claims administration partner Sedgwick outlined a few key...