Obesity now accounts for almost 21 percent of U.S. healthcare costs — more than twice some previous estimates, reports a...
workers’ compensation News
San Jose, Calif.-based EK Health Services, a national workers’ compensation managed care firm, has promoted Dr. Douglas Benner to chief...
The Mississippi House last Thursday advanced a bill to make changes that manufacturers and business groups are seeking in the...
Most Oklahoma business executives are confident their businesses will grow and about a third plan to hire workers this year,...
The Missouri Senate has endorsed the establishment of a special committee to study whether to change a state-created workers’ compensation...
California workers’ compensation insurers will be seeking a midyear correction — a 7.7 percent increase — in pure premium rates....
Proposed changes to U.S. Department of Labor rules would make it easier for coal miners and their families to obtain...

Some insurance agents are urging caution as Missouri lawmakers considered changes to a state-created workers’ compensation firm that has been...
The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. is launching a second region in the Western U.S. A newly created Pacific Region will...
Officials in North Carolina said they will review their efforts to ensure that employers are purchasing workers’ compensation coverage after...