An August 24 session will give workers' compensation payers and claims managers a first-hand look at how implementing a cognitive-behavioral program can reduce the number of problem claims and help reduce opioid abuse. Read More 

J.C.Penney, The Children's Place, and Wal-Mart knew of unsafe conditions at an eight-story factory in Bangladesh, yet allowed workers to toil there until the building collapsed, a class action claims. Read More 

Workers' compensation fraud accounts for approximately $7.2 billion annually and is one of the fastest growing areas of fraud. Get your investigative team ready! Read More 

NCCI is in trouble. No, not the National Council on Compensation Insurance, but the National Consolidated Couriers, Inc., a Northern California delivery service. And it is related to insurance. Read More

Recent examples in which courts were willing to find an insurance adjuster potentially personally liable for the handling of a claim are cautionary tales. Read More

Among the findings of the state of the market report for California's workers' compensation: Even after the reforms in SB 863, California has the highest premium rates in the country. Read More 

The S.D. Supreme Court found that a claimant should be compensated for the three part-time jobs she held when she suffered a work injury. The Lt. Gov. says that is now "a new policy" for all such claims. Read More 

To save you time, here's a sampling of workers' compensation and insurance news from around the country, each in 500 words or less. Read More 

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