CHSWC Postpones Thursday Meeting
California’s labor-management advisory panel postponed a meeting scheduled for Thursday.
The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation said in an email that the meeting will not be held as…
WCIRB Publishes 2023 Experience Mods
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California announced that insurers, agents and brokers can access recently published 2023 experience modifications for policyholders.
Insurers, agents and brokers who use WCIRB Connect…
Worker Gets Total Disability Status Reinstated as of Petition Date, Not Invalidated IRE Date
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker who had his total disability status reinstated after invalidation of the state’s impairment rating evaluation process was entitled to reinstatement of…
NCCI: ‘Great Reshuffle’ Part of Short-Term Frequency Anomalies; Long-Term Impact Muted
The trend of workers switching jobs in record numbers that started during the pandemic contributed to frequency anomalies in 2020 and 2021, but the National Council on Compensation Insurance said…
DWC Adopts Amendments to Medical Quality Review Panel Rules
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation adopted rules allowing longer terms of service on the Medical Quality Review Panel.
The amended rules eliminate the 10-year lifetime service limit, split up into…
Commissioner Approves 10.3% Rate Cut for 2023
Indiana Insurance Commissioner Amy L. Beard approved a 10.3% average workers’ compensation rate cut for policies incepting on or after Jan. 1.
Commissioner Amy L. Beard
The Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau…