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By building a seamless system that puts the right information in front of injured employees the moment they need it — and backs it up with a rigorously tested ergonomics program — State Farm’s workers’ compensation team has made early intervention a reality, not just a goal.
In a profession defined by caring for others, Benchmark Senior Living has built a workers’ compensation and safety program that turns that same ethic inward — treating injured associates with the same commitment to human connection that defines care for its residents.
By asking a simple but powerful question — why should an injured employee receive better benefits on short-term disability than on workers’ compensation? — Fox Corporation built a salary continuation program that transformed its workers’ comp experience and gave injured employees something rare: the freedom to focus entirely on getting well.
By deploying dedicated telephonic case managers, systematically using injury video evidence, and tackling Medicare exposure head-on, First Student transformed the workers’ compensation program supporting the largest school bus fleet in North America — and proved that doing right by injured employees and achieving strong financial outcomes are not competing goals.
Older construction workers report lower rates of diabetes and high cholesterol than the overall workforce, according to CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training.
Bad actors are intercepting confused policyholders the moment they turn to a search engine for help, often steering them to sue their insurers rather than file a claim.
Five years of Labor Day data show a 70% surge in incidents and a growing shift toward identity-based fraud, according to Verisk CargoNet.
The US P&C industry’s net underwriting gain nearly tripled in the first half of 2026, up from $11.6 billion in the first half of 2025, according to Verisk and the AAPCIA.
Medical service costs per claim in California’s workers’ compensation system climbed 5% in 2025, driven largely by rising prices and growing utilization of services outside fee schedule caps, according to WCIRB.
Rising exposure, demand surge and climate shifts are pushing the global insured average annual loss from natural catastrophes to $171 billion, according to Verisk.
The latest people news in the industry today.
New security flaws surged 36% this spring, but the way criminals actually break in — stolen passwords on remote-access systems — barely budged, according to Beazley Security report.
The U.S. casualty market is leaving billions of dollars in adverse reserve development to accumulate largely undetected until it surfaces in financial statements, according to Moody’s.
Swiss Re report finds premium growth holding at 5% CAGR even as AI-driven threats and a widening protection gap push insurers to rethink coverage adequacy
Abundant capital pushed reinsurance and insurance-linked securities pricing lower at mid-year renewals, according to AM Best.
Construction spending topped $2.17 trillion in April 2026 amid labor shortages, rising claim severity and a bifurcated insurance market, according to Gallagher.
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