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How prepared are workers’ compensation systems for COVID-19?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Few “industrial diseases” were included in early legislation and typically by industry or process ( things like lead poisoning in smelting or sulfur poisoning in coal mining) and not diseases. Reinsurers and large insurers often provided tools and assessments to help insurers identify the risk and make plans accordingly.