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Specialization of Line of Business, Industry and Adjuster Are Wave of the Future
Jeffrey T. Bowman is president and CEO of Crawford & Company, the world’s largest independent provider of claims management, offers his perspective on understanding non-U.S. insurance
Pilot Out of Work From Retinal Damage Due to Laser Pointed at Aircraft Cockpit
Canadian Pilot Still Out of Work After Laser Incident The issue of pilots being blinded by laser pointers remains under the microscope as an air ambulance ...
Temporary Workers On Out of Town Assignment Traveling in Rental Car Sustained Injury IS Compensable
How Would You Decide: Employee Injured During “Commute” While on Temporary Out-of-State Duty Is Not Barred From Recovery by “Going and Coming Rule” Here’s what Tom ...
AUSTRALIA Unions Want Right to Initiate Prosecution of Unsafe Workplaces To Hold Employers Responsible
Thousands of workers recently held protest meetings in Sydney and Melbourne to fight for stronger workplace health and safety laws so that fewer workers are injured ...
Illinois independent contractors and workers compensation
A recent case decided at the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission shows once again that you never should let your employer or their insurance company tell ...
High Unemployment Rates & The Future of Workers Compensation
Soaring unemployment rates will continue to have a critical impact upon the nation's workers' compensation system. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released numbers revealing ...
Workplace Incident Data: Fact or Fiction?
ByJohn Astad, Director, Combustible Dust Policy Institute It’s been an interesting path taking the leap from writing an occasional guest column in the local ...Larson’s Spotlight: When Do Misrepresentations by Injured Workers Cut Off Workers' Compensation Benefits?
By LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation Law Center Staff Workers’ compensation is harsher on fraud than in civil cases. Civil cases use a balancing test, i.e., ...CANADA Brochure about Workplace Safety On Ice
New Resources Help Alberta Workers Stay Safe on Ice It all started when a snowcat driver and his vehicle went through the ice while constructing an ...
Nine Ideas for How to Manage Lost Time Workers Comp Claims
We all know the time from the moment of injury to final resolution can be lengthy. A competent business manages the process in an organized ...
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Most workers' compensation rate variation is caused by how an insurance company applies rating classifications to an employer.In some cases, no insurance company is willing ...
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