Some California comp stakeholders and industry watchers say proposed rules that would lengthen report-writing courses and eliminate some remote-learning options for qualified medical evaluators might
… Read more »
Roughly 70% of workers’ compensation professionals expect the use of telemedicine or automated practices such as predictive analytics to grow over the next five to
… Read more »
Workers’ compensation carriers showed resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the lingering economic impacts from its financial fallout could affect property and casualty insurers for
… Read more »
Net written premium dropped 10% in 2020, but workers’ compensation systems across the U.S. appear to have weathered the COVID-19 pandemic, as carriers fielded fewer
… Read more »
The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a treatment provider waited too long after being allegedly short-changed by a municipal employer to file a claim
… Read more »
Federal investigators have asked a U.S. district judge in Southern California for another chance to unlock a defendant’s smartphone they say contains evidence of his
… Read more »
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s inaugural Sept. 1 pure premium rate filing was one of the most difficult in the bureau’s recent history because
… Read more »
Mental health claims increased 2.4% last year, and the rise was driven almost exclusively by an unusually sharp uptick in health care workers filing claims
… Read more »
Halving the length of time available for employers to accept claims and increasing employers’ liability for medical benefits while assessing liability could have unintended consequences,
… Read more »
Workers’ compensation systems could see impacts from recently enacted federal health care changes, including a new rule that will remove more than 1,700 procedures from
… Read more »Feb 26, 2026
This AWCP program provides focused education on California permanent disability in workers’ compen …
Mar 3-4, 2026
Registration will open up in the coming months. We'll see you there! - Leading national workers' …
Mar 5-6, 2026
Register Now! 2026 conference topics: DWC Update AI with a Claims Focus Medical and Legal Ethics …