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.

When heat overexposure isn’t recognized, it isn’t measured. When it isn’t measured, it isn’t managed.

A white paper from CompScience argues that ‘one size fits all’ safety training is obsolete in today’s multi-generational workforce.

The U.S. economy added 172,000 jobs in May and job openings surged to their highest level since early 2024, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance.

Workplace safety manager employment has grown 165% since 2010, far outpacing overall job growth, but staffing levels vary sharply by state and industry, according to TraceOne.

Prices paid for nonhospital professional services ranged from 28% below the multistate median to 174% above it in 2025, according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute.

New York State recorded 55 construction worker deaths in 2024, with non-union sites, Latinx workers, and declining OSHA activity emerging as critical risk factors, according to NYCOSH.

Technology is shifting from digitizing processes to actively shaping claim outcomes.

After years of decline, prescription payments per medical claim increased in the majority of states studied between 2022 and 2025, according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute.

Ruling clarifies that state law’s notice requirement applies only to employers, not insurance carriers, resolving ambiguity over coverage obligations for self-employed workers.

AI is no longer a future promise but a present force reshaping claims — where faster care, smarter early decisions, and scalable innovation are redefining outcomes and costs across the industry.

Average premiums across all account sizes fell in Q1 2026 for the first time since 2017, according to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers.

Workplace homicides have remained essentially flat from 2011 through 2024, with no sustained upward or downward trend, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance.

From triage-first models to pharmacy management and mental health intervention, a new analysis reveals the approaches delivering measurable results across workers’ compensation and liability programs.

National Safety Council CEO urges Congress to embrace proactive safety measures, AI integration and updated regulations to reverse flat fatality rates.

Rural hospital closures significantly increase travel distances to emergency care for injured workers, yet medical costs and disability durations largely unchanged: WCRI study.