On October 14, 2025, the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District, in Midwest Neurosurgeons v. F.W. Electric, Inc., considered whether a medical provider could recover the costs of services it had rendered to an injured employee […]

The Latest Trends in Medical Equipment Cost Share Medical equipment—including Durable Medical Equipment (DME); Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Implants (POI); and Supplies—has emerged as a significant component of workers compensation medical costs. This research brief reports […]

WHAT: Remote work has surged from 4–7% pre-pandemic to 20–30% of U.S. workers today. NCCI’s latest brief examines how this shift has impacted WC claim frequency.  KEY FINDINGS: Using NCCI data, we observe a 40% decline in frequency for Combined […]

At its Annual Insights Symposium (AIS) in May 2025, NCCI presented the State of the Line Report—a comprehensive assessment of the workers compensation (WC) insurance line of business. The results presented in that report reflect the most current data available […]

On October 3, 2025, the Iowa Supreme Court, in Den Hartog Industries v. Dungan, considered the determination of workers compensation (WC) benefits when an employee suffers nonscheduled permanent partial disabilities and then voluntarily leaves the employment […]

NCCI's Countrywide Court Case Update highlights workers compensation (WC) appellate decisions monitored by NCCI's Legal Team in 2025. This edition covers important industry topics such as exclusive remedy, marijuana, attorney fees, first responder presumptions, COVID-19, […]

In early August, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the jobs report for July. The economy added 73,000 new jobs from June in the initial estimate, slightly below expectations of around 100,000. In […]

Did you know that motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) are the leading cause of work-related fatalities and among the most expensive claims in the workers compensation system? Despite significant improvements in workplace safety over the past […]