workers’ compensation News
AI Can Detect Workers’ Psychological Stress: Research
Depression is a worldwide problem, with serious consequences for individual health and the economy, and rapid and effective screening tools are thus urgently needed to counteract its increasing ...
Hospital Workers’ Lawsuit Over Vaccine Requirement Tossed by Judge
A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by 117 workers at a Texas hospital over its requirement that they be vaccinated against COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes upheld Houston ...
Dealing With COVID WC Vaccine Liability When the Office Reopens
As the owner of my own company, a lot of work, research and tension has accompanied our reopening plans. While our team is extremely excited about seeing each other in person, as a business owner, ...
Zywave Buys Up Modgic, Strengthening Its Workers Comp Software Offerings
Insurance technology provider Zywave has acquired Modgic, an Oregon-based provider of workers compensation and modification analysis software for the commercial insurance industry. Neither side ...
Workers Comp Performed Strongly During Pandemic Even With Premium Plunge
Because of job losses and shrinking payrolls during the pandemic recession, the workers compensation industry's net written premium dropped 10 percent to $42 billion in 2020. However, private ...
Liberty Mutual and TuSimple to Assess Autonomous Truck Safety
Liberty Mutual Insurance plans to work with TuSimple, a self-driving technology company, to assess if autonomous trucks are safer than human-driven vehicles. Specifically, the companies will compare ...
Pie Insurance Raises $118M From Allianz and More
Pie Insurance has pulled in $118 million in new funding, with the workers compensation provider attracting financing from Allianz and others. Executives at the Denver-based InsurTech will use the ...
U.S. Commercial Rate Hikes Continue Robust Climb in Q4, Except Workers Comp
U.S. commercial insurance price hikes surpassed 10 percent in aggregate during the 2020 fourth quarter, another robust climb for a sector that produced aggressive rate hikes all year, according to ...