Durable medical equipment and certain professional services without fee schedule rates are consuming a growing share of payments, the Workers Compensation Research Institute found.

Workplace violence has risen steadily across most major industry sectors since 2011, with health care and social assistance remaining the epicenter of the problem, according to the NCCI.

Injuries are down but leading a workers’ comp program still gets tougher each year— industry leaders need answers on what’s actually working.

This is the first in a series of articles exposing what is driving the excessive recovery times and the high cost of workplace injuries. Workplace injuries take twice as long to heal as non-workplace injuries. That is a researched established fact. Moreover, it is the single most important fact and key to understanding how to… View Article

Insurers posted a $431 million underwriting loss in 2025 as incurred losses and expenses reached 102% of earned premium, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California found.

Court rules employees can receive benefits for third-party attacks if job duties or work environment increased their risk, rejecting narrow focus on specific task being performed at time of injury.

His work contributed to MEC’s operational risk management framework by enhancing visibility, consistency and governance across complex data processes.

Supreme Judicial Court upholds insurance commissioner’s authority to reject proposed rate changes but faults him for failing to ‘show your work.’

NSC-funded emerging technologies demonstrated practical potential for workplace MSD prevention, according to the National Safety Council’s MSD Solutions Lab.

In workers’ compensation, trust isn’t just a two-way street — it’s the only direct route from injury back to work.

Why keeping injured workers engaged matters more than most programs account for.

If claims organizations are pursuing many of the same priorities, why do some consistently outperform others? Join industry leaders as they unpack key findings from the latest Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study and explore how top performers translate strategy into execution and execution into results.

Unlimited payroll, the near-universal exposure base for workers’ compensation insurance, may not scale proportionally with expected losses across wage levels, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance.

Companies that piloted emerging ergonomic technologies reported reductions in injury-related costs and vibration exposures, the National Safety Council’s MSD Solutions Lab reports.

Why keeping injured workers engaged matters more than most programs account for.

Early 2026 employment data suggests sectors with higher AI adoption may be shedding jobs while lower AI adoption industries add them, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance.

Clinical engagement and pharmacy management drove consistent reductions in Medicare set-aside allocations over a four-year period, according to Tower MSA Partners.

A majority of the state’s highest court rules anti-referral provision doesn’t extend to prescription drugs, allowing doctors to direct injured workers to pharmacies in which they hold financial stakes.

Three structural threats — coverage cost-shifting, a narrowing wage-medical inflation gap, and rising labor market risk — may be poised to end workers’ comp’s decades-long winning streak.

Cumulative trauma claims in California have more than doubled in cost since 2021, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California.