Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 23, 2020

Corporate planning exercises are internal to the organization and not necessarily subject to public scrutiny making it hard to know how many workers’ compensation insurers saw COVID-19 coming and what, if anything, they did to prepare. This limitation was noted at the time. Source: 1918 Annual report ibid.,

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Workers' Compensation

JULY 14, 2023

2023 REVIEW OSC’s 2023 review found that while the Division made some changes, including modifying its claims management software and adopting performance metrics for its vendor, the Division implemented them ineffectively and therefore did not fix the systemic problems uncovered in 2020. The risk of incorrect payments to workers remains.

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Workers' Compensation

JANUARY 5, 2022

Workplaces are now primed for a massive wave of compensation claims due to the Omicron variant. A recent study provides a potential opportunity for employers and insurance companies to reduce their risk exposure through early sequencing and treatment proactively. Who is at Risk for “Long COVID” [PASC]?

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AssuredPartners

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Workers compensation is a state-level social insurance program that provides financial, medical, and rehabilitation benefits to workers who sustain job-related injuries or illnesses. Employers felt that workers were harmed by poor coordination between different safety, wellness, and benefit programs within employers.

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Florida Workers' Comp

MARCH 15, 2022

This week, the Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) hosts its 38th Annual Issues and Research Conference in Boston. The report has been criticized as coming from the perspective perhaps of too many academics, only large employers (2), lawyers (45% of Commissioners), and the usual higher learning institutions. Let's dive in.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close and companies begin to settle on the wages and hikes for the next year, the question of how to create an equitable compensation system might flash in everyone’s mind—if briefly. The Mercer QuickPulse US Compensation Planning Survey of August 2023 found that employers are planning a 3.9

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

APRIL 23, 2020

With the challenges emerging, the public steps announced in some jurisdictions may provide insight into what lies ahead for those who work in and with workers’ compensation. For workers’ compensation insurers, there are additional complications in their day-to-day operations. COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon.

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