Albuquerque, NM (WorkersCompensation.com) - Robert E. Doucette, Jr., was unanimously confirmed (31-0) to become the 10th Director of the Workers’ Compensation Administration (WCA) at a hearing on Friday, February 11, 2022. Doucette previously served as […]

Jersey City, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) - Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK), a leading global data analytics provider, today announced that Scott G. Stephenson, Chairman, President and CEO of Verisk, will be retiring from the company following Verisk’s 2022 […]

Editor's Note: This new blog is intended to serve as a communication center for all who serve within the workers' compensation industry. To that end, we will occasionally provide surveys asking for feedback. There is […]

The Appeals Board heard arguments recently in Love v. Love Management, Inc. to decide whether the trial court erred when it denied the insurer a continuance and granted partial summary judgment to Emilie Love, finding as a […]

Vickie Kennedy, Assistant Director of Insurance Services at Washington's Department of Labor and Industries, oversees all the workers' comp insurance operations as well as the self-insured programs within the state. She takes a few minutes […]

Tumwater, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The failure to follow basic lockout/tagout procedures was directly connected to the death of a worker in Sumas when an agitator arm inside a tank he was cleaning turned on. After […]

Oakland, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation (CHSWC) announces the reappointment of Nicholas Roxborough to the Commission. Speaker of the Assembly Anthony Rendon reappointed Roxborough as an employer […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services updated its Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Aside (WCMSA) Reference Guide on 1/10/22 adding a section that addresses non-submit or evidence-based MSAs. The new section makes it clear that […]