American Equity Underwriters, a provider of workers’ compensation coverage for waterfront employers, announced that Steven Ritchie joined the company as managing director, effective May 1.
… Read more »A New York lawmaker introduced a bill that would create a workers’ compensation fraud assessment commission to provide funding for investigations and prosecutions.
Senate Bill
… Read more »Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill replacing the term “worker leasing company” with “professional employer organization."
The governor on Wednesday signed House Bill 2800,
… Read more »The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a worker for her neurological and pulmonary injuries from solvent exposure, and it upheld
… Read more »The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an injured attorney was entitled to an award of attendant care and a penalty, and that his
… Read more »West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a firefighter’s knee injury.
Case: City of Wheeling v. Melsop, No. 24-ICA-379, 04/29/2025,
… Read more »A New York appellate court upheld a partial grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim but said other portions of the case should have
… Read more »The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the denial of an injured worker’s claim for benefits because he failed to prove his use of marijuana had not contributed
… Read more »Zurich North America announced that Bennett Himes joined the company as the new head of underwriting for the U.S. middle market.
Bennett Himes
… Read more »The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California projected a 2024 accident year combined ratio of 123%, 10 percentage points higher than the year before
… Read more »Jun 11-13, 2025
For two decades, CCWC has assembled the key players in the workers’ compensation arena for what is …