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Implementing AI for Workers’ Compensation Law Firms and Insurance Companies

Workers' Compensation

-RISK PREVENTION An insurance company could use AI to identify workers’ compensation claims data patterns. The company has found that specific industries, such as construction and manufacturing or a particular chemical producer, have a higher rate of claims than others.

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Workers’ Compensation: What’s payroll got to do with it?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

I’ve mapped the values from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics release to illustrate the relative size of each component of employee compensation for the average hour worked by a civilian worker. The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation [ BWC ] in Ohio also has construction class codes where payroll limitations apply.

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Workers’ compensation Insurance Arrangements: Does the model make a difference? Part 2

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Industry mix is a big driver of differences in workers’ compensation cost differences among states. States vary in their concentration of covered employment in sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, construction, transportation, medical services, and advanced technologies. and employer costs ranged from $0.48 to 0.88.

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

M&K Construction , 225 A.3d M&K Construction , 2021 N.J. Hager injured his back in a work-related accident in 2001 while employed by M&K Construction (M&K). Law § 13(a) required a workers’ compensation carrier to manufacture, distribute or possess marijuana. . § 801, et seq. 3d 137 (N.J. New Jersey.