The newest program offerings for this year's Workers' Compensation Educational Conference (August 23-26 in Orlando) are the breakout sessions for agents and brokers sponsored by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Read More 

An automotive assembly line robot killed a worker at a Volkswagen plant in Germany. Prosecutors are debating criminal charges. Everybody assumes civil lawsuits will be filed. Read More 

In Illinois, the governor and speaker of the House are having a very public fight about workers' compensation reform. At least one newspaper is siding with the governor. Read More 

Shyp, a startup that picks up, packages, and ships items on demand, is getting ahead of the employee-independent contractor fight. Read More 

A new California Workers' Compensation Institute  analysis of 2015 independent medical review outcomes shows there was no significant reduction in IMR volume in Q1 2015, surprising some. Read More 

Recent cases involve a marine dock builder, an attempt to remove a judge, and a psychiatric injury claim. Read More

The two-day Risk Management Program at the August 23-26 Workers' Compensation Educational Conference in Orlando clearly is the best and most substantive risk management program available anywhere. Here's why. Read More 

The battle over who is an employee and who is an independent contractor continues nationwide. Now there are models and umpires in the mix. Read More 

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