Workers' Compensation News
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Board Approves Pinnacol Privatization Initiative | 03/20/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A ballot initiative proposing to privatize Pinnacol Assurance is poised to go before Colorado voters. The Colorado Title Board on Wednesday voted ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Shift Serious Injury, Fatality Probes to Prosecutors From Cal/OSHA | 03/18/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Prosecutors would be the lead investigators for accidents resulting in serious injury or death, while the agency commonly known as Cal/OSHA would continue to collect reports and assist, under a recently amended bill. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Codifying Comp Coverage for Medical Cannabis Reintroduced | 03/18/2026 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New Jersey lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would codify the requirement for workers' compensation to cover costs associated with the medical use of cannabis. ...Read More | |||
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Business Owner Accused of Operating Without Coverage | 03/17/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice announced that the owner of a janitorial company was arrested and charged with failing to carry workers' compensation insurance for his employees. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Nix Advisory Council, Reimbursement Caps on Imaging | 03/13/2026 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Bills that would eliminate the Advisory Council on Workers' Compensation and a cap on reimbursement rates for certain imaging services are moving through the Oklahoma Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Board Pulls Authorization for Pinnacol Privatization Initiative | 03/12/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Colorado officials pulled their approval for a ballot initiative to convert Pinnacol Assurance into a private, mutual carrier after finding the proposal violates the requirement that statutory propositions be limited to a single subject. ...Read More | |||
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Board Doesn't Abuse Discretion in Denying Worker's Application for Reconsideration | 03/12/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that the Workers’ Compensation Board did not abuse its discretion in denying a worker’s application for reconsideration and/or full board review. ...Read More | |||
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Board Can't Revisit Interlocutory Finding on Worker's Need for Surgery | 03/09/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court overturned a decision of the Court of Appeals directing an administrative law judge to revisit a determination that a worker’s surgery was not compensable. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Move DWC to Governor's Office | 03/04/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Kentucky's Department of Workers' Claims would be administratively attached to the governor's office under recently introduced legislation. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Approves 1% Rate Cut for Private Employers | 03/02/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation board of directors on Friday approved a 1% rate cut for private employers, effective July 1. Em...Read More | |||
