Industry Insights
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Snyder: Use This New Survey to Negotiate Better | 11/12/2025 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Swiss Re insurance company has released the results of its 2025 behavioral social inflation study. The behavioral science study disdains finger-pointing and war stories. It concludes that juror sentiment "has shifted decisively toward plaintiffs, and this shift is influencing verdic...Read More | |||
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Holden: Workers' Compensation Act Withstands Another Constitutional Attack | 11/11/2025 | |
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| By: Joshua G. Holden | |||
| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| On Nov. 7, 2025, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, in Carter-Shepherd v. Royal Furniture Co. and State of Alabama, affirmed a Jefferson County Circuit Court’s decision rejecting constitutional challenges to two provisions of the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act: ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Sherrill's Win Locks in Worker Protections | 11/10/2025 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Under the Democratic leadership of Gov. Phil Murphy, New Jersey began a distinct, liberalizing shift in the application of its workers' compensation statute. Rather than a total systemic overhaul, the Murphy administration enacted targeted legislation that expanded coverage and lowered t...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Newsom Promises SIBTF Reforms in 2026 | 11/07/2025 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Gov. Gavin Newsom warned that he will push for changes to the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund in 2026, according to the governor’s veto message of a bill that would have changed how the fund operates. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Comp Costs Hit Highest Combined Ratio Since 2001, WCIRB Says | 11/05/2025 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| California workers’ compensation costs have hit their highest numbers in more than 20 years, according to a Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau report released earlier this month. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: DIR to Blow $1.25M on Another Questionable Comp Study | 11/03/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation is set to waste $1.25 million in taxpayer dollars on a faulty “study” of nonexistent data. ...Read More | |||
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Wroten: California Sets the Standard as New Study Links Workplace Injuries to Heat Exposure | 10/29/2025 | |
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| By: Jon Wroten | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| A groundbreaking study published in Environmental Health by researchers from George Washington University and Harvard University has revealed a powerful connection between hot working conditions and an increased risk of workplace injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: En Banc Clarifies Policy Reporting Requirements | 10/27/2025 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board issued an en banc decision clarifying what policy information defendants must produce amid a confusing array of case law and regulations. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: PTSD-Stricken Officer's Disability Claim Denied | 10/22/2025 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: EAST | 0 | |||
| In a decision that highlights the complex intersection of severe mental trauma and disability law, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey recently affirmed the denial of Social Security disability benefits to a former police officer suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder af...Read More | |||
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Snyder: TAG a Structured Settlement Broker | 10/17/2025 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| I recently spoke at the Fall Educational Conference of the National Structured Settlement Trade Association. The topic was how structured settlement brokers can add value to mediation. I described three techniques you can remember using the acronym TAG. ...Read More | |||
