Workers' Comp

John Michael Nolan is retiring as president of the California Workers Compensation Institute.

California has one of the highest levels of physician dispensing of repackaged medications in the U.S., a practice that a new study shows may raise treatment costs and lengthen return-to-work time.

Faster case closure. Greater efficiency. Fewer reserving problems. Better legal protections. Here are several reasons to incorporate structured settlements in claims.

The Texas Legislature introduced bills last week that would sever the last controls the state has over Texas Mutual Insurance Co.its largest workers-compensation insurerwhile authorizing the state to set up an assigned-risk plan.

StoneRiver, Inc., an insurance technology solutions partner across multiple business lines, announces the introduction of CompSuite, StoneRivers Software as a Service (SaaS) solution for workers compensation. CompSuite is positioned to address the workers compensation business needs of the mid-market insurance carrier, third-party administrator, and managing general agency initiatives.

New workers' comp claims research shows a substantial cost difference between younger and older workers, but the split isnt necessarily where one would expect.