workers’ compensation News
New York Approves Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Filing
The New York Department of Financial Services on Monday approved a 9.5 percent revised loss cost increases request from the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) with an effective ...
Hospitals Paid More Under Workers’ Comp Than Group Health For Same Surgery: WCRI
A new 16-state study from the Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) says that in half of the study states, hospital outpatient payments for shoulder surgeries in workers' compensation were ...
Benefits & Implications of State Workers’ Compensation Fund Modernization and Privatization
State workers' compensation funds currently face several challenges that result from the overall state of the workers' compensation insurance market and their standing as quasi-government entities. ...
Global Re, Excess WC Discipline Lagging: ACE’s Greenberg, WRB’s Rob Berkley
There are now clear signs that the low interest rate environment is forcing underwriting discipline in the casualty market, carrier executives said during earnings calls last week, but one glaring ...
Insurance Weighs In On Working From Home
Working from home has become a hot topic following Yahoo Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer's announced plans in late February to bring telecommuters back into the office, and the issue is being taken up by some ...