workers’ compensation News

Digital Workers’ Compensation Agency Pie Enters 5 More States

Pie Insurance said it has been approved to sell workers’ compensation insurance in Delaware, Indiana, Nevada, South Carolina and Virginia. Pie sells directly to small business and promises them they can get a workers’ compensation quote online in as little …

Increasing Physician Prices Doesn’t Produce Better Results for Injured Workers

When the price of physician services increases relative to group health rates, injured workers report fewer problems getting the care they want but no significant improvement in physical function or speedier return to work, according to a study released Thursday …

Worker Seriously Injured at Massachusetts Construction Site

A worker has been seriously injured at a construction site in Lynn, Mass. Lynn Deputy Fire Chief Arthur Richard says the 38-year-old man was taken by helicopter Friday morning to a Boston hospital after suffering the injuries. Officials say a …

New Hampshire Governor Signs Workplace Safety Bill

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu was surrounded by the family of a deceased highway department worker as he signed a bill aimed at improving workplace safety for New Hampshire’s public sector employees. Tom Wooten, of Belmont, was working for the …

WCRI: Average Total Cost of Penn. Workers’ Comp Claims Highest of Studied States

The average total cost of a Pennsylvania workers’ compensation claim is among the highest of 18 states studied, with litigation costs a key driver of higher overall benefit delivery expenses, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research …

Company Cited, Fined $106K After Employees Injured in Nebraska Trench Collapse

Federal safety officials cited an excavation company after two employees suffered serious injuries when a trench collapsed at a construction site in Lincoln, Nebraska. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) also proposed penalties of $106,078 …

Direct Written Premium Fell in California Workers’ Comp System in 2018

Total direct written premium in the California workers’ compensation system fell for the second consecutive year in 2018, declining 3.8 percent to less than $12.3 billion as nine of the 10 largest insurer groups in the state wrote less premium …

A.I.M. Mutual Expands Workers’ Comp Coverage to Maine

After 30 years as a workers’ compensation insurance carrier in New England, A.I.M. Mutual has announced its expansion of coverage to Maine. Already serving Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut, this move for 2019 extends A.I.M. Mutual’s operational territory across …

5 Workers Hurt in Fire, Explosion at Oklahoma Paper Mill

Officials say a fire and subsequent explosion at a Georgia-Pacific paper mill in eastern Oklahoma injured five workers and left two firefighters with heat exhaustion. Muskogee County Emergency Medical Service operations director Ron Morris says four injured workers were taken …

Chookaszian, Banta Join Omaha National Insurance Board of Directors

Omaha National Insurance Co., a Nebraska-based provider of workers’ compensation insurance to small and mid-size businesses, has appointed Dennis Chookaszian and Geoff Banta as independent members of its board of directors. Chookaszian is the former chairman and CEO of CNA …