Workers' Compensation News
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Report: CompSource Privatization Proposal Remains Under Review | 12/01/2025 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Insurance Department has not approved a proposal to privatize CompSource Mutual Insurance Co., contrary to assertions made by the chairman of its board of directors. ...Read More | |||
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Rates to Increase 1.3% in 2026 | 11/20/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance announced that workers' compensation rates will increase by an average of 1.3% in 2026. ...Read More | |||
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Res Judicata Bars Police Officer's Claim for COVID-19 Infection | 11/10/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the doctrine of res judicata barred a police officer from pursuing a claim for his COVID-19 infection. ...Read More | |||
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Restaurant Worker Fails to Prove Compensability of Foot Injury | 11/07/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that a restaurant worker did not prove the compensability of his foot injury. Ca...Read More | |||
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Roofer Ordered to Pay $24,200 for Premium Fraud | 11/03/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced that the owner of a roofing company was ordered to pay $24,200 following his conviction for falsifying his application for coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Rates to Drop 3.8% Jan. 1 | 10/30/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut insurance commissioner approved a 3.8% average workers' compensation rate reduction for 2026. The National Council on ...Read More | |||
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Report: Premium Spikes Hit Volunteer Fire Departments | 10/28/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Rural fire departments in Arizona that rely predominantly on volunteers are reporting massive increases in workers' compensation premiums, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Registration Opens for 2026 Comp Educational Conference | 10/20/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Registration has opened for the 2026 Oregon Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference, set for May 7-8, 2026, in Wilsonville. ...Read More | |||
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Restaurant Worker Not Entitled to Expand Scope of Claim for Back Injury | 09/18/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a restaurant worker was not entitled to expand the scope of her claim for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Mental Injury Legislation Continues to Trend | 09/15/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| States continued to consider proposals to expand the acceptance of mental injuries in workers' compensation this year, according to a report by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. ...Read More | |||
