Rating Bureau Chief Assesses Impact of COVID-19 on California Work Comp May 19, 2020 By Don Jergler Bill Mudge has been put in a unique position during the pandemic. He’s got a sizeable workforce he’s had to...
More States Push COVID-19 Claims to Work Comp; Potential Cost Anyone’s Guess May 19, 2020 By Jim Sams Regulators and lawmakers in more states are demanding that workers who claim they were sickened by COVID-19 get a fair...
A.M. Best: Global Insurance Market Is Well Capitalized in the Face of COVID-19 May 18, 2020 Global insurers are well capitalized to absorb the hit from rising claims and costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic, ratings...
Federal Lawmakers Propose Heroes Compensation Act For Essential Worker Comp May 15, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers on Thursday unveiled a plan to compensate essential workers who fall sick of die...
Workplace Worries Mount as US Tracks New COVID-19 Cases May 13, 2020 By David Crary NEW YORK — Even as President Donald Trump urges getting people back to work and reopening the economy, thousands of...
Work Comp May Need Backstop as Presumptions Push Claim Costs into Billions May 11, 2020 By Jim Sams An executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week is the most aggressive yet among the directives issued by...
Viewpoint: How COVID-19 and Recession Are Upending Workers’ Comp May 8, 2020 By Gary Hagmueller COVID-19 and the onset of a deep global recession are reshaping every corner of workers’ compensation, from legal issues surrounding...
Willis: COVID-19 Losses Offset by Reduced Claims for Auto Lines May 4, 2020 By Jim Sams If the novel COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control soon, the disease’s impact on the insurance industry as a whole...
Analyst Projects COVID-19 Presumption for Work Comp Will Cost $10 Billion April 27, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane While the potential cost of relaxing a tenet of the workers compensation system to deal with extraordinary circumstances of COVID-19...
Employers Pushing Back as States Expand Work Comp to Cover COVID-19 April 22, 2020 By Jim Sams As more states take action to ensure workers who contract COVID-19 are eligible for workers’ compensation, employers in Illinois are...