Workers' Compensation News
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Report: Mental Injury Legislation Continues to Trend | 09/15/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| 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 | |||
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Rob deViere Named VP, Head of Distribution & Marketing for ICW Group | 09/10/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| ICW Group Insurance Cos. appointed Rob deViere to vice president and head of distribution and marketing to manage the company’s distribution strategy, brand evolution and customer engagement across its property and casualty insurance products and chan...Read More | |||
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Report Finds High Denial Rate for Presumptive PTSD Claims | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Claims for post-traumatic stress disorder that are presumed to arise out of employment are denied at a greater rate than those for which the injured worker is required to prove compensability, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Report: Computer System Upgrade Suspended for Lack of Progress | 08/28/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Officials in Washington state have pulled the plug on efforts to upgrade the workers' compensation medical claims management system, citing a lack of progress over the last 10 years, ...Read More | |||
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Refiling Claim Doesn't Extend Time to Request Hearing | 08/13/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that refiling a claim for the same injury does not extend the time to request a hearing. Jennifer Pr...Read More | |||
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Report: 98% of Firefighter Cancer Claims Initially Denied Despite Presumption | 08/13/2025 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Since Maine lawmakers created a presumption that cancer is compensable for firefighters, nearly all cancer claims filed by firefighters were initially denied, according to ...Read More | |||
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Rates to Drop 3.2% in October | 08/13/2025 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and the Office of the Insurance Commissioner said businesses will pay an average of 3.2% less for workers’ compensation coverage, starting Oct. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Rating Bureau Posts Updated Loss-Sensitive Advisory Plan Tables | 08/08/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released updated loss-sensitive advisory plan tables for policies taking effect on or after Sept. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Retention of Control Rebuts Presumption That Safety Was Delegated to Contractor | 06/30/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court said a mall owner may have exercised affirmative control over aspects of an electrical system upgrade project in a way that rebuts the presumption under the Privette doctrine that independent contractors are generally responsible for ensuring safe workplaces. ...Read More | |||
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Rotator Cuff Tear Gets Added as Compensable Condition of Worker's Claim | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a right rotator cuff tear needed to be added as a compensable condition to a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
