Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Glossary Check It's tough to have a workers' compensation claim without an injury, but just what is an "injury" depends on how state law defines it. Such a definition is one of many points of […]

What Do You Think? An employer may face significant liability if a worker can show the employer intentionally injured him. That’s because intentional injuries are generally not considered workplace accidents whose sole remedy is workers’ […]

Compliance Corner Generally, the words "volunteer" and "workers' compensation are mutually exclusive, but there are some instances where a "volunteer" can be considered an "employee" for state workers' compensation law. As Simply Research subscribers know, […]

What Do You Think? Florida's heart-lung statute creates a rebuttable presumption that heart disease is an accident that arose from employment for certain first responders, including law enforcement officers. A recent case involving a prison guard […]

Labor Landscape Japan’s Nippon Steel has finalized its $14.9 billion takeover of U.S. Steel and promises to boost jobs and economic growth in western Pennsylvania.  Most notably, the pact calls for Nippon to invest $11 […]

Compliance Corner It seems a basic assumption in a workers' compensation claim is that honesty and transparency are the only way to take care of an injured worker and get business back to usual as […]

Case Management Focus In this post, I wanted to share the importance of communication between all members of the healthcare team, including the injured worker.  The Nurse Case managers is the one professional on the […]

The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA), a nationally recognized insurtech incubator based in Des Moines, Iowa, has officially opened applications for its 2026 100-Day Program. This equity-based accelerator is calling on early-stage startups, disruptors, and founders […]