Maximum and Minimum Indemnity Benefits to Increase 1.6%

The Department of Workers’ Claims has announced that the maximum in weekly indemnity benefits for 2018 will be $848.41, and the minimum $169.67. The maximum and minimum were increased 1.6% over the 2017 rates of $835.04 and $167. The death benefit for surviving spouses with no children is 50% of the average weekly wage of the deceased, capped at $424.41 a week, DWC Commissioner Robert L. Swisher wrote carriers and self-insurers. The death benefit for spouses with children living in the home is 45% of the average weekly wage of the deceased, plus 15% for each child, for a maximum of $6...