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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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New York Expands Workers’ Compensation For Mental Health to All Workers

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to expand workerscompensation benefits to people who are facing job-related mental health crises. The new law, which goes into effect January 1, 2025, allows any worker to file for workerscompensation

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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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Court Nixes Workers’ Compensation for ‘Light Beer’ Drinking UPS Driver

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A United Parcel Service (UPS) driver who was intoxicated when he crashed his semi-trailer delivery truck has been denied workerscompensation benefits. Delaware Superior Court Judge Kathleen Vavala last week reversed a state Industrial Accident Board (IAB) ruling that Timothy …

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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 York Reduces Workers’ Compensation Assessment Rate for 2025

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New York employers will pay 22% less in the annual assessment to run the state’s workerscompensation system in 2025. The rate assessed on standard premiums will be 7.1% beginning January 1, 2025, down from 9.2% The Hochul …

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Florida OIR Approves 1% Average Workers’ Compensation Rate Decrease

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Florida employers will soon see the smallest decrease in workerscompensation rates in years – just a 1% reduction from current overall rates in the voluntary market. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced Monday that the insurance commissioner had …