Insurance Department Adopts 6.1% Loss Cost Reduction
The Connecticut Insurance Department approved a 6.1% reduction in voluntary market loss costs and a 6.2% decrease in assigned risk plan rates for policies incepting in 2025.
The reductions are an…
Commission Awards Benefits on Theory of Causation Neither Argued Nor Pleaded by Worker
The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission did not err in awarding benefits for a worker’s injury on a theory of causation that he neither argued nor…
Supreme Court Finds Occupational Pneumoconiosis Not Linked to Worker’s Death
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a widow’s claim for death benefits, finding that her husband did not die as a result of occupational pneumoconiosis.
Case: Smith v. Pine…
Lawmakers Propose State-Specific Heat Illness Protection Rules
With the lack of federal rules to protect workers from heat, New Jersey lawmakers are proposing that the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration adopt and enforce its own heat…
Bill to Raise Preauthorization Limit Heads to Governor
New York lawmakers finally sent the governor a bill that would increase the threshold used to identify medical procedures needing prior approval.
Senate Bill 6929 was delivered to the governor’s desk…