Amazon Injuries Risk State Backlash, Higher Workers’ Comp Costs October 23, 2020 By Matt Day and Spencer Soper Injuries in Amazon.com Inc. warehouses could damage more than just the company’s reputation. They could start to hurt the e-commerce...
NCCI Says 2% of COVID-19 Work Comp Claims May Result in Permanent Disability October 16, 2020 By Jim Sams If COVID-19 behaves like other workers’ compensation lung and disease claims, about two out of 100 cases may result in...
State: Worker Who Got $186,000 in ‘Dog Phobia’ Case Owned Dogs October 12, 2020 OLYMPIA, Wash. — A meter reader who was attacked by a dog while on duty and collected years of workers’...
Claims Business: ClimateCheck, Mitchell and Crawford & Co. October 12, 2020 Startup Offering Free Climate Risk Checkups ClimateCheck, a San Francisco startup, is offering consumers free reports that assess the vulnerability...
California COVID Presumption Law Creates New Data Tracking Burdens October 8, 2020 By Jim Sams A California law enacted last month that eases the path to workers’ compensation benefits for employees who contract COVID-19 will...
Meatpackers Deny Workers Benefits For Covid-19 Deaths, Illnesses September 29, 2020 By Tom Hals and Tom Polansek Saul Sanchez died in April, one of six workers with fatal COVID-19 infections at meatpacker JBS USA’s slaughterhouse in Greeley,...
Report Shows Insurers Recognizing ‘Mega’ Claims More Quickly August 26, 2020 The share of “mega” workers’ compensation claims — those expected to cost $3 million or more — climbed steadily since...
Viewpoint: Using AI to Identify Work Comp Fraud Related to COVID-19 August 8, 2020 By Gregory Johnson As employees return to work after the COVID-19 crisis has subsided, insurers and employers will likely experience a surge in...
COVID-19 a Growing Share of Shrinking Work Comp Claims in 2 States August 3, 2020 By Jim Sams COVID-19 has become a large chunk of a dwindling number of workers’ compensation claims in Florida and California, limited data...
Report: 2,866 COVID Claims, 48 Deaths Among Federal Workers July 29, 2020 By Ashraf Khalil WASHINGTON — Nearly 3,000 federal workers have filed compensation claims for having contracted COVID-19 on the job, a number that...