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Delaware’s Workers’ Compensation Claims Cost Grew 3% a Year: WCRI

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The average cost of workerscompensation claims in Delaware, for cases with more than seven days of lost work, went up by 3% per year between 2019 and 2022, according to a new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute …

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Delaware Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop 8.4% and 9.2%

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Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced that workerscompensation insurance rates will decrease for the eighth year in a row, effective December 1. The voluntary market is expected to decrease average loss costs by 8.4%, and the residual market will …

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New Jersey Raises Workers’ Compensation Attorney Fee Cap to 25%

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New Jersey has raised the cap on fees for attorneys handling workerscompensation cases from 20% to 25% of settlements. The primary sponsors of S2822/A3986 were Senator Joseph Lagana and Assemblymen Anthony Verrelli and Robert Karabinchak. The measure passed the …

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New Hampshire Approves 5.6% Workers’ Compensation Loss Cost Decrease for 2025

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The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) reports that it has approved a workerscompensation rate proposal that will reduce voluntary loss costs by 5.6% on average. The new lower rates will apply to voluntary market policies effective on or after …

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Former Postal Worker Sentenced to Probation for Workers’ Compensation Fraud

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Postal Service employee in Delaware who defrauded taxpayers of almost $100,000 in workerscompensation benefits has been sentenced to probation. Lakisha Hines was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in March to one count of federal employee compensation

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Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Costs to Drop Again in 2025

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Connecticut workerscompensation insurers are recommending an overall 6.1% reduction in loss costs in the voluntary market and a 6.2% overall reduction in the assigned risk market for next year. If the recommendation is approved, it would mark the eleventh …

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Amazon Worker Injured Due to Repetitive Tasks Loses Workers’ Compensation Bid

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An Amazon distribution center worker in Virginia whose job entailed repetitive lifting and stowing of items every day and who suffered rotator cuff tears has been denied workerscompensation benefits because she failed to prove her injury resulted from an …