workers’ comp News
Viewpoint: ‘Take-Home COVID’ Claims May Lead to Future Insurance Disputes
"Take-home COVID" claims are claims brought against an employer by the spouse or child of an employee who caught COVID-19 in the workplace and brought it home, infecting a spouse or child and causing ...
What About Genomics and Workers Comp?
William Wilt and Kirk Hartley, the authors of the accompanying article, "Have Insurers Paid Too Much for Asbestos and Other Toxic Torts?" recently published a research note, in a Q&A format, ...
Pie Insurance Partners With Bold Penguin, Talage and Tarmika
InsurTech Pie Insurance, which specializes in workers comp insurance for small businesses, has formed strategic partnerships with three leading commercial insurance platforms: Bold Penguin, Talage ...
Claims Frequency Up for 2021, but Workers Comp Profitability ‘Unprecedented’
For the first time in more than a decade, workers compensation claims frequency, outside of COVID-19 illness claims, increased in the United States last year. But not to worry, the trend won't last, ...
35% of Workplace Injuries Occur During First Year: Travelers
A new study by Travelers of workers compensation claims found that 35 percent of injuries occur during employees' first year on the job, regardless of age or industry experience. "Our data ...
New CEO at Comp Carrier Pinnacol Set to Deal with Workforce Changes
John O'Donnell picked an interesting time to change jobs. The way the world works is radically changing, and just as the pandemic—apparently—wanes, he's taking the helm of a large workers ...
How Wearable Tech Can Drive Down Workers Comp Claims
As we begin a new year, there's a new way to think about workers comp insurance—a way that goes beyond providing a transfer of risk to utilizing connected technology that helps to prevent risk. ...
Commercial Auto Among Lines With Flattening Rates: USI 2022 Forecast
Although it wasn't the headline of a commercial insurance broker's market pricing report last week, the report's observation that "commercial auto liability coverage rates are starting to flatten" is ...