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Week of March 9 - 15, 2014  
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Welcome to your weekly WCI Newsletter. We have selected the top stories that appeared on our website this week to help you stay up to date on what is happening in the world of workers' compensation and insurance. Enjoy.
Commercial Insurance Prices Increase Five Percent in 4Q 2013
Commercial insurance prices increased by five percent in aggregate during the fourth quarter of 2013, according to the latest Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey by Towers Watson. Read More
Connecticut Legislature Looks at PTSD and Workers' Compensation
Two bills are moving through the Connecticut Legislature that would require workers' compensation coverage for mental trauma in the wake of intentional violent events such as the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Read More
Figuring Out All Those Forms

Forms practice in North Carolina is conducted pursuant to a maze of statutes and North Carolina Industrial Commission Rules, which can lead to quite a bit of confusion. Here's some help. Read More  

NAWCJ Offers Scholarships
The National Association of Workers' Compensation Judiciary is offering limited scholarship opportunities to adjudicators attending the 2014 Judicial College in Orlando on August 18-20. Read More
Groups to Study Impact of Marijuana on Workplace Safety

The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine will collaborate to study workplace health and safety issues associated with worker impairment from the use of marijuana and other drugs. Read More  

Economist Calls Workers' Compensation 'Anachronistic'

MIT Professor of Economics Jonathan Gruber says workers' compensation is "anachronistic in so many ways and it's becoming increasingly so." Read More 

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WCI Briefs
We know you're busy. That's why we created WCI Briefs, a collection of workers' compensation and insurance news from across the nation and around the world. Each of these articles tells its story in 400 words or less. Read More
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