Workers' Comp

In the workers' compensation arena, pharmaceutical costs continue to rise at an alarming pace. At the same time, there are fewer injured workers and shorter claim times. What can be done to reduce pharmaceutical spend among injured workers?

Occupational diseases account for 860,000 illnesses and more than 60,000 deaths each year. Yet many people do not fully understand all the ways occupational disease impacts the workers' compensation system.

Lawyers are fond of declaring, "You can sue anybody for anything." Insurance agents might counter, "And we'll cover it." Alien abduction? Covered. Injured by a ghost? We'll pay. Pregnant by

When most people think of workers' compensation fraud, they envision an employee filing a claim for a leg injury only to be caught running a marathon a few weeks later. But it is a different type of

The last five years have been good ones for Florida's employers. Workers' compensation costs are down dramatically, claim frequency continues to drop, and premiums have followed the same trajectory.

Many industries go through cycles of growth and decline, with the insurance industry -- and the workers' compensation line of business, in particular -- clearly falling into this pattern. Strong

According to studies released by the Center for Disease Control, fifty-eight million Americans are overweight and forty million Americans are obese; eight out of 10 Americans over the age of

During the past five years, the $3.7 billion (2006) Florida workers' compensation market has experienced profound change. According to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, prior to 2003,