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L.A. Pays Millions in Firefighter, Police Work Comp Claims

An injury-leave program for Los Angeles police and firefighters has cost $328 million over the last five years. Total salaries paid to city public safety employees on leave increased more than 30 percent from 2009 through 2013. Read More

Murder Scene Find Nets UPS Driver PTSD Work Comp Benefits

A Virginia UPS worker who came upon a grisly murder scene is entitled to workers' compensation benefits for his post traumatic stress disorder, the state appeals court ruled. Read More 

Was the AIG Bailout Legal?

True to the adage, "You can sue anybody for anything any time," former AIG CEO Hank Greenberg is suing over the government bailout of the insurance giant, claiming that the government unlawfully sought to punish AIG shareholders with excessively harsh terms. Read More 

WCI Briefs

To save you time, here's a sampling of workers' compensation and insurance news from around the country, each in 350 words or less. Read More 

Claim Legal Expenses Growing

P&C insurers spent $21.3 billion in legal expenses associated with claim litigation from 2008 to 2012, an increase of 5-15 percent in overall legal expenses for many carriers during those four years. Read More

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Crowded Roads, Fatigued Workers Fuel Fatalities in Texas

Since the oil drilling and fracturing boom began in 2008, Texas has led the nation in motor vehicle deaths. Texas Mutual Insurance has recorded a steady increase in the number of motor vehicle accident claims filed directly by oil and gas employers. Read More

Florida September Case Law Update

In its September issue of "MKRS Law's Case Law Updates," the Florida workers' compensation defense law firm reviews three recent cases. Read More

Vicodin, Some Other Pain Meds Will Be Harder to Get

The Drug Enforcement Administration is reclassifying so-called "hydrocodone combination products" from Schedule III to Schedule II. Read More

Measuring the Unmeasurable in Workers' Compensation Claims

The quality of the TPA-client and TPA-claimant relationships are the single most important measure of an insurance program's success. Read More