by Frank Sorochen, Esq., and Connor J. Thomson, CPCU, WRP  Roles of Workers’ Compensation Wholesale Brokers  Wholesale brokers are intermediaries between retail agents or brokers and insurance companies, facilitating access to markets, coverage, and reduced […]

Case File The Garden State's exclusive remedy rule along with policy language prevented a contractor from enforcing a duty to defend against its insurer. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the […]

What Do You Think? Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Arizona, when an ALJ denies a claimant’s request to reopen a workers’ compensation case, the claimant has 90 days to challenge that decision. One case illustrates […]

What Do You Think? Boothwyn, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Comments and texts from supervisors can sometimes support an employee’s claim of retaliation. But as a case involving a Walmart store manager shows, the employee still needs to […]

Form Focus In California, injured workers may be eligible to submit a supplemental job displacement non-transferrable $6,000 voucher for education-related retraining or skill enhancement. It can be used for education, counseling or training services. The […]

What Do You Think? Schenectady, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A few key pieces of evidence usually work together to show whether an employee was or was not misrepresenting his injuries to obtain workers’ compensation benefits. In […]

Stuart, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It's that time of year again where the news desk looks back on what we learned that we might be able to take forward for a better new year. Or maybe […]

What Do You Think? Sioux Falls, SD (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The steps a company takes to either fuel or put the brakes on an employee’s workers’ compensation retaliation claim tend to repeat themselves from case to […]