– Post-Katrina Focus Is on Current Claimants and Future Injuries

Initial impact to the workers' comp market from Hurricane Katrina is expected to be minimal, industry experts say, adding that the worst might be yet to come as injuries suffered by first-response rescue personnel are sure to take their toll on some Louisiana workers' comp insurers. But even this is not expected to lead to a hardening of the workers' comp market in California or elsewhere."Natural disasters don't have a major effect on workers' comp, the exception being a major earthqu