Industry Insights
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Paduda: About Work Comp Medical Costs in Texas | 09/03/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| Dated but revealing information from the Texas Department of Insurance indicates that the average medical cost per claim dropped 4% from 2019 to 2023. ...Read More | |||
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Peabody: Request for Remote Testimony Can Satisfy WCAB Rules With Due Process at Stake | 08/25/2025 | |
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| By: Michael D. Peabody | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board issued a new en banc decision, making it easier for parties to have witnesses testify at trial via videoconferencing software. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: California Comp Drivers, Part 2 | 08/13/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| California’s a fifth of U.S. workers’ comp benefits, and medical expenses are on the rise. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: California Comp Drivers, Part 1 | 08/11/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| California represents one-fifth of total workers’ comp benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Work Comp Remains the Darling of P&C Industry | 07/28/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The property and casualty insurance market is softening. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: What's Happening in Golden State Work Comp? | 07/18/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| California has long been seen as the leading indicator of social, business, economic and cultural change. Its $4.1 trillion economy just surpassed Japan’s, making it the fourth-largest economy in the world (if it were a separate country). ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: WCRI's New Studies | 06/05/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute is on the ball. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: The Gutting of NIOSH | 05/30/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| It's really easy to miss important news these days. Here’s an item that, in normal times, would be headline news in the work comp industry. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: The State of Work Comp | 05/16/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance's 2025 "State of the Line" report says: ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: What's Happening in Work Comp M&A? | 03/21/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Increasing uncertainty about interest rates, employment, construction and the impact of tariffs are why we won’t see much in the way of acquisitions for the foreseeable future. ...Read More | |||
