Today is
Saturday, August 01, 2026 -
Forms
Top Story: Friday, July 31, 2026
The Tennessee Court of Appeals overturned a grant of summary judgment in favor of a carrier in a premium dispute involving an assigned risk workers’ compensation insurance policy.
Gilley Construction Inc. is a Tennessee corporation that installed steel reinforcement for bridges as a subcontractor during the reconstruction of Interstate 59/20 through downtown Birmingham, Alabama.
Under Tennessee law, Gilley was required to maintain workers’… Read more »
A California appellate court upheld the suspension of a State Compensation Insurance Fund attorney from her position due to her repeated failure of internal cybersecurity tests.
Case: Bedrossian v. California State Personnel Board (State Compensation Insurance Fund), No. B349445, 07/28/2026, unpublished.
Facts: Sylvia Bedrossian worked as a… Read more »
The Washington Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim as untimely.
Case: Kelifa v. Department of Labor & Industries, No. 89233-9-I, 07/20/2026, unpublished.
Facts: Samrawit Kelifa worked for Blanton Turner, a property-management company that manages on-campus student housing at Shoreline Community College.
Kelifa was pregnant when she started the… Read more »News: WEST
News: NORTH
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a coal miner was entitled to benefits for a knee injury.
Case: ACNR Resources Inc. v. Asturi, No. 26-180, 07/30/2026, published.
Facts: Joseph Asturi worked for ACNR Resources Inc. as an underground coal miner. He allegedly twisted his knee when he stepped into a hole at work in July 2024.
Asturi claimed that… Read more »
The Assembly Appropriations Committee is scheduled to hear a bill Wednesday that would require carriers to report data related to possible premium fraud to the California Employment Development Department.
SB 536, by Sen. Bob Archuletta, D-Pico Rivera, would authorize insurers to submit employers' wage records and employee-count information to EDD.
The… Read more »The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed nearly $800,000 in penalties following an investigation into the release of a deadly gas at a Maine wood pulp mill that exposed workers to safety and health hazards that resulted in deaths.
Kasie Malcolm, 20, and Allen Hornberger, 26, died Jan. 27 while working at the Woodland Pulp… Read more »
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is once again asking the board of directors for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation to approve a $1 billion dividend.
If adopted, the dividend would bring to $10.2 billion the total amount the BWC paid to policyholders since DeWine took office in 2018.
"The total dividend payments would exceed the premiums employers… Read more »
The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation is accepting feedback on the proposed Topical Analgesic Plan-Based Audit through Thursday.
The audit will evaluate healthcare practitioners who prescribe topical analgesics to ensure the prescriptions are medically necessary, reasonable and appropriately documented, the division… Read more »
Advertisements
Now Trending
- Workers' Compensation News
-
Calif. Court
Upholds SCIF's Suspension of
Attorney for Repeated Failure of…
Posted on Jul 31, 2026
-
Ntl. WCRI:
Services Not Covered by Fee
Schedules Contribute to Rising
Medical…
Posted on Jul 29, 2026
-
Calif. CHSWC Posts
2025 Annual…
Posted on Jul 27, 2026
-
Calif. Fraud
Reporting Bill on Agenda for
Wednesday…
Posted on Jul 31, 2026
-
Calif. WCIRB Posts
2026 Interactive Stats…
Posted on Jul 30, 2026
-
Md. Supreme Court
Suspends Comp Attorney for
Abandoning…
Posted on Jul 30, 2026
-
Calif. Don Hofer
Appointed to WCIRB Governing…
Posted on Jul 28, 2026
-
Ntl. NCCI: Work
Comp Medical Inflation Drops to 1%
in…
Posted on Jul 28, 2026
-
Texas DWC
Announces Staff…
Posted on Jul 30, 2026
-
Tenn. Carrier Not
Entitled to Summary Judgment in
Premium…
Posted on Jul 31, 2026
Jobs
Press Releases
Upcoming Events
Aug 4, 2026
Claims Association of Greater
Join the Claims Association of Greater Chicago (CAGC) for a day of golf, networking, and fun at Th …
Aug 8, 2026
HIRMA's Beach Clean Up
HIRMA's upcoming Beach Clean Up on Saturday, August 8, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM at Huntingto …
Aug 9, 2026
Take Me Out To The Ball Game!
Step up to the plate and join Kids’ Chance of Illinois on August 9, 2026, for our “Take Me Out to …
Social Media Links
WorkCompCentral
c/o Business Insurance Holdings, Inc.
c/o Business Insurance Holdings, Inc.
PO Box 1010
Greenwich, CT 06836
(805) 484-0333
Greenwich, CT 06836
