Columbus,OH(WorkersCompensation.com) - Under an agreement announced today by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, OptumRx will repay the state $15 million in prescription-drug overcharges assessed to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC), raising the Yost […]

Hartford,CT ( WorkersCompensation.com)  – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that Connecticut businesses will see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance beginning on January 1, 2023. The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved an annual filing […]

Lexington,KY(WorkersCompensation.com) - At a time in which most businesses are struggling to hire and retain employees, keeping available workers healthy and on the job is imperative. Yet, the Bureau of Labor Statistics cited 2.7 million […]

Lansing, MI (WorkersCompensation.com) -  Michigan OSHA has launched a state emphasis program aimed at identifying and reducing exposures to indoor and outdoor heat-related hazards. The initiative comes after federal OSHA adopted a similar national emphasis program in April. MIOSHA […]

Madison,WI(WorkersCompensation.com) - Gov. Tony Evers believes everyone in Wisconsin deserves the opportunity to develop the job skills they need to achieve their employment goals. That includes helping individuals overcome employment barriers. This is one reason […]

Worchester,MA(WorkersCompensation.com) - The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: THG) today announced a preliminary estimate for third quarter catastrophe losses of approximately $90 million, before taxes, or 6.8 points of net earned premiums. The estimate is […]

Cambridge,MA (WorkersCompensation.com) -  A new report from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) found that indemnity benefits per claim grew 10 percent for 2020 non-COVID-19 claims evaluated in 2021 (2020/2021 claims) after being mostly stable […]

Cambridge, MA, (WorkersCompensation.com) ― The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) will host a free 30-minute webinar on Nov. 17, 2022, at 2 p.m. ET on its study Trends in the Delaware Workers’ Compensation System, 2015–2020. “In […]