Senior Citizen Busted A Florida man is in hot water after filing a fraudulent workers’ compensation claim. The alleged fraudster said he hurt his back at a flooring company where he worked but failed to alert his co-workers, before going to urgent care. He also didn’t do any heavy lifting that day. He reportedly lied […]

Vaccine Hits Essential Worker An Iowa worker is seeking working comp saying he suffered injuries, after receiving the COVID vaccine. Cedar Rapids employee, Larry Driscoll, says after he was inundated with information pushing the importance of being vaccinated, he opted to get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. He says he felt it was important because […]

  Court: Injured Worker Wrongly Denied The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division rules that the state’s workers’ comp board is wrong to deny benefits. Senior Court Officer, Robert Liotta, was at work in the trade center on 9/11 when the terrorist attack took place. Liotta registered as an employee, who participated in the rescue […]

Small Businesses: Safety Is Biggest Consideration The Hanover Insurance Group has issued a 2024 report revealing that small business consider the cost of workers’ comp as one of their top concerns in their workers’ comp purchases. The study also reveals that 45% of small businesses with more than one claim, place a greater emphasis on […]

Medicare Settlement What’s That? Lest injured workers forget, Medicare eligibility kicks in at 65. Enrollment is also permitted for other reasons, and workers’ comp is in the mix. That’s why a portion of the workers comp settlement is put aside, to protect both the injured worker and the government. A Medicare settlement, sometimes referred to […]

  CO Bill to Change Insurance Standards A bill recently passed the Colorado State Appropriations Committee changes the way state employees are covered by workers’ comp. According to a summary of the bill, introduced by Senator Nick Hinrichsen, it removes the state’s ability to elect for self insurance for the state employees workers’ comp account. […]

PTSD: The Evidence Is There The Minnesota Supreme Court rules that a worker can rightfully claim benefits after hearing about an incident in 2020 that shook her to her very core. Janine Tea, a social worker for Ramsey County, says suffered post traumatic stress disorder in the course of her employment, when told that one […]

CO Employees Going Remote More than half of the Rocky Mountain State’s workers are working from home, according to Pinnacol Insurance, the state’s largest workers’ comp carrier. The uptick shows up in the company’s latest data, and it also shows that Colorado employers are also allowing employees to work outside Colorado. The number of remote […]

TN Governor Signs Insurance Bill Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has signed a bill to ensure self-insured workers’ comp claims get paid. The bill HB 2306/SB 2090 provides a mechanism to guaranty the payment of the claims to avoid financial loss to injured workers in the event the self-insured employer becomes insolvent. An association will be […]

Flash: Bureau Files for Workers’ Comp Rate Increase The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is increasing pure premium rates for later this year. The rate is advisory. The increase is being driven by several factors, including increased loss development. Workers’ compensation remains California’s most competitive commercial insurance product. The Bureau also increased rates […]