State and national employer advocates are mounting opposition to the idea of a conclusive COVID-19 presumption as California lawmakers talk about covering all essential workers
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The National Council on Compensation Insurance unveiled an interactive web page that lets users tinker around with variables to show potential cost impacts from the
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Future medical exposure in COVID-19 claims may be greater than anyone had imagined, and settlement agreements need to consider the long-term consequences of the disease,
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The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Thursday reviewed its experience report for the fourth quarter of 2019. And while the online webinar
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The president of the California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery said the organization was working with the Division of Workers’ Compensation to revise some
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Two years. At least.
Robert Hartwig
That's how long it will take the U.S. economy and workers' compensation written premium to recover
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Workers' compensation insurance losses from the COVID-19 pandemic could be triple what they were projected to be for this year before the virus hit, the
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation released proposed emergency regulations regarding telehealth medical-legal evaluations during the COVID-19 pandemic, a move that stakeholders have been pleading
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The reopening of four states last week — and 14 more this week — will undoubtedly add to the growing amount of claims litigation arising
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There are many questions about how California’s workers’ compensation system will handle a possible deluge of claims related to the COVID-19 pandemic. For now, frustrated
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