by Kelia Scott | Jun 6, 2018 | Industry Insights, Workers' Comp News
In the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute’s (WCRI) “CompScope Benchmarks for Louisiana, 18th Edition”, researchers found that of the states studied, total costs per workers’ claim were the highest in Louisiana. The report looks at data from 18 different states...
by Kelia Scott | Jun 5, 2018 | Acrometis News, Industry Insights, Workers' Comp News
Check out this article on IBM’s site here as well Workers’ compensation insurance covers employees who get injured at work and lose their ability to earn income. Typically, the employer agrees to pay an injured employee so they are not personally financially...
by Kelia Scott | Jun 4, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
A study from researchers at Florida Atlantic University and Cleveland State University is the first to measure the link between a worker’s number of paid sick days and whether or not that determines if they will get a flu shot or utilize other preventive health...
by Kelia Scott | May 31, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) announced they have experienced a surge in work-related accidents in May. They reported four fatalities and seven serious injuries during a twenty-day period this month. The Hawaii Occupational...
by Kelia Scott | May 31, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) has proposed an 11.7 percent decrease in the state’s overall loss cost level. The NYCIRB is a non-governmental rate service organization. The rate change was proposed in their 2018 loss cost filing with the New...