Massachusetts businesses to see workers’ comp rate decrease
The Massachusetts State Rating Bureau (SRB) and the Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau (WCRIB) have reached an agreement with the state and will rollback 3.5% on workers’ compensation insurance. The settlement is expected to save businesses about $80-million. The new rates will begin July 1, 2022. WWLP
Texas Mutual gives $100K safety training grant to college
Texas Mutual Insurance Company has presented a grant to Texarkana College for $100,000 to provide safety training courses that benefit community employers, students, and the general public. The school is one of eleven community colleges in Texas that provides safety classes via funding from Texas Mutual. TXK Today
Settlement reached in Philadelphia fire chief’s battle to prove cancer was job-related
A Philadelphia fire chief who was diagnosed myoepithelial carcinoma, an extremely rare form of cancer, has been fighting cancer for five years. Despite the state’s cancer presumption law, his workers’ comp claim was denied. But now, a settlement has been reached. KYW Newsradio/Audacy
New Hampshire AG finds ‘misjudgments’ by healthcare org’s trustees
An investigation into the governance of a New Hampshire hospital that declared bankruptcy in 2020 has found its board of trustees “made misjudgments and were too deferential to the recommendations and conclusions the long-term executives,” but did not breach their fiduciary duties. Concord Monitor