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DENVER — Employers failing to gain desired results from disease management and wellness programs might consider a broader-than-usual array of issues such as managers’ treatment of workers.

DENVER — A successful pilot program involving tens of thousands of employees and a control group proved to retailer Target Corp. that clinical case management efforts could significantly reduce short-term disability durations.

DENVER — A record 603 people attended the Disability Management Employer Coalition’s annual conference held Aug. 12-15 in Denver.

Companies that opt out of Texas’ workers compensation system cannot be sued for retaliation under the state’s workers comp law, a Texas appellate court has ruled.

Massachusetts’ insurance commissioner has rejected a request to increase workers compensation rates by 18.8%.

The California State Compensation Insurance Fund says it plans to seek a 5% to 7% reduction in its workers compensation rates if California legislators pass a workers comp reform bill this week.

Workers compensation claims that include prescriptions for certain opioid painkillers are nearly four times more likely to develop into catastrophic claims, according to a recent report in the Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

Bermuda-based Enstar Group Ltd. says it will acquire Seattle-based workers compensation insurer SeaBright Holdings Inc. in a $252 million deal.

A British county council paid nearly $8,700 in compensation to an employee who alleged that a spinal injury resulted from wearing a too-tight uniform, according to a report.

A workers compensation reform bill introduced in the California Senate last week would result in a $300 million increase in comp costs for insurers and employers by 2014, according to analysis by the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating…

A surgical assistant disabled from a compensable back injury is also entitled to workers compensation benefits for a related mental illness, the Tennessee Supreme Court Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel ruled Thursday.

NCCI Holdings Inc. is seeking a 6.1% increase in workers compensation rates paid by Florida employers, the state’s Office of Insurance Regulation announced Thursday.

The Washington Redskins must pay workers compensation benefits for a former punter who suffered a back injury while warming up for a game, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.

California workers compensation insurers’ medical, indemnity and administrative expenses reached $12.48 billion for calendar year 2011, up from $11.2 billion the prior year, according to a California Workers’ Compensation Institute bulletin.

The wife of a California worker cannot pursue a tort claim against his employer for injuries that prevented him from performing “necessary duties as a husband,” the California Supreme Court said Monday.

A class action lawsuit that, if successful, could end up paying more than $1 billion to employers who believe they overpaid for workers’ compensation insurance opened Monday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.

(Reuters)—Insurer Aetna Inc. said it will buy rival Coventry Health Care Inc. for $5.6 billion in cash and stock to boost its share of government business and benefit from U.S. health care reforms.

Discussions about an employer’s workers compensation program typically focus on specific considerations, such as insurance coverage structure, claims management or loss control strategies.

California’s Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will recommend a 12.6% average pure premium rate increase that would be effective Jan. 1, 2013, for new and renewing policies.

The National Football League has filed a lawsuit alleging that nearly three dozen commercial general liability insurers refused to defend the organization against at least 143 lawsuits filed by former players.

The widow of an Illinois restaurant worker who was murdered by a co-worker cannot sue her husband’s employer for negligence because of exclusive remedy provisions for Illinois’ workers compensation law, a state appellate court says.

California’s Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will recommend a 12.6% average pure premium rate increase that would be effective Jan. 1, 2013, for new and renewing policies.

A workers compensation reform bill set to be proposed in California would limit some companies’ ability to self-insure for workers comp claims and would increase total permanent disability benefits for workers by $720 million per year, according to a…

Employers are facing increasing costs for workers compensation coverage, while insurance underwriters are less willing to offer guaranteed-cost policies, which cap an employer’s premiums regardless of adverse loss experience.

The National Health Service in Manchester, England, has banned a sharp metal instrument that has been impaling workers recently: the file fastener.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—NCCI Holdings Inc. has asked the Illinois Department of Insurance to consider a 3.8% decrease in advisory workers compensation rates for 2013, the department said in a statement Friday.

Experts say workers compensation claims handlers need to think outside the box to devise settlements that help injured workers resolve long-standing cases.

Failing to pay adequate attention to an employee immediately after he or she is injured can quickly result in expensive, tough-to-close workers compensation cases, veteran risk managers say.

PORTLAND, Maine—The Maine Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that an injured worker cannot combine impairment ratings for accidents that he suffered, limiting the number of weeks that he can collect workers compensation benefits for some of his injuries.

SACRAMENTO—Employers and labor unions are close to cutting a deal to reform California’s workers compensation system while boosting disability benefits, according to reports published Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO—The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is considering a 7.

An Australian man who was punched in the arm by a coworker over a cup of hot coffee was denied workers compensation.

PASADENA, Calif.—A retired National Football League player cannot file for workers compensation benefits in California because he did not prove that he suffered injuries in the state, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Monday.

TRENTON—Exclusive remedy provisions prevent a New Jersey man from suing his workers compensation insurer over pain and suffering caused by its failure to pay his medical bills, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled.

States seeking to deter the abuse and diversion of controlled narcotic prescription pain medications should look to New York state’s efforts to implement a “real-time” drug-monitoring registry with teeth.

An increasing number of U.S. employers seeking workers compensation insurance coverage are getting pushed into their states’ markets of last resort as insurers walk away from riskier, less profitable accounts.

Florida officials are cracking down on a scheme that uses check-cashing businesses as part of a plan to avoid paying workers compensation insurance premiums.