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Where Have the Risk Managers Gone?
Where Have the Risk Managers Gone?

At the 2022 PRIMA Annual Conference, a session discussed how to facilitate the transition from a long-time risk manager to a new person in that role. The speakers, all past PRIMA presidents, were: Sarah Perry […]
Threat to Squeeze worker's Testicle Helps Drive Retaliation Case to Trial
Threat to Squeeze worker's Testicle Helps Drive Retaliation Case to Trial

Merrimack, NH (WorkersCompensation.com)–Even if a supervisor’s verbal abuse predates an employee’s FMLA leave, the escalation of abuse when an employee returns to work can help link it to the worker’s protected status.  The fact that […]
Lara Keeps Benchmark Rate at $1.45
Lara Keeps Benchmark Rate at $1.45

On July 15 Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued his decision on the advisory workers’ comp rate. Lara’s decision, which is not binding on insurers, recommends that benchmark rates be maintained at $1.45 per $100 of […]
A Creative Way to Generate Work Comp PBM Revenue
A Creative Way to Generate Work Comp PBM Revenue

The work comp Pharmacy Benefit Management business has become hyper-competitive; total drug spend has dropped 6 of the last 7 years, there’s been massive consolidation of PBMs, margins are declining…all signs of a very mature industry. […]
Tri-Cities Auto Repair Owner Caught Second Time In Workers’ Comp Scam, Pleads Guilty
Tri-Cities Auto Repair Owner Caught Second Time In Workers’ Comp Scam, Pleads Guilty

Tumwater,WA (WorkersCompensation.com) -  A Kennewick business owner has pleaded guilty to a felony for failing to provide workers’ compensation insurance for his employees for the second time. Benton-Franklin Superior Court Judge Norma Rodriguez recently sentenced […]
California Private Self-Insured Claim Frequency Hit a 14-Year High in 2021
California Private Self-Insured Claim Frequency Hit a 14-Year High in 2021

Oakland,CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Workers’ compensation claim frequency among California’s private self-insured employers hit the highest level since 2007 last year as both medical-only and indemnity claim volume rose according to a California Workers’ Compensation Institute […]
Can Lonely Cubicle Worker Get 'Floor Coach' to Allay his Isolation?
Can Lonely Cubicle Worker Get 'Floor Coach' to Allay his Isolation?

Eau Claire, WI (WorkersCompensation.com)–While employers may sometimes find it necessary to accommodate employees in unusual ways, it’s a different story when there’s no medical information showing the worker needs the accommodation.  A case in which […]
Pinnacol Assurance Welcomes Celia Dietrich to Board of Directors
Pinnacol Assurance Welcomes Celia Dietrich to Board of Directors

Denver — July 25, 2022 — Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s leading workers’ compensation insurer, welcomes Celia Dietrich to its board of directors upon her appointment by Gov. Jared Polis. Her appointment is contingent upon approval by the Colorado […]