Workers' Comp

While bracing for the worst, property and casualty carriers with big medical components in their loss costsparticularly those covering workers compensationmight actually have good reason to hope for the best when the health insurance reform law, better known as Obamacare, is fully implemented.

When an employer is contracted with a PEO and a workers' comp. claim is filed, questions often arise as to whether appropriate insurance has been maintained, if there is documentary evidence to support the PEOs responsibility to defend the claim and even, sometimes, whether the PEO is fiscally solvent.

As a result of "Operation Dirty Money," Florida is cracking down on money service providers who help perpetuate workers' compensation fraud.

Higher claims experience and a new law will likely cause a double-digit rise in Missouris workers compensation rates next year, a new report says.

Higher claims experience and a new law will likely cause a double-digit rise in Missouris workers compensation rates next year, a new report says.

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill allowing policy-renewal notices and disclosures to be sent electronically.