Quote of the day
"North Carolina has always been a little bit behind when it comes to workers compensation insurance rates compared to other states. Our system works pretty well here and we feel comfortable with it. I think we're right where we ought to be now."
Ray Evans, managing director of the North Carolina Rate Bureau
Ohio BWC Rolls Out New Claims Reserve System
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation recently rolled out new features to its Web site that allow employers to view factors driving the cost of claims reserves. The new features are part of a larger rollout of a new claims reserve system mandated by state legislators last year in an effort to improve operations at the agency. Business First of Columbus
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Maryland Radio Personality Denied
The Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission turns down a request for payment by a former local radio personality who claimed that she suffered health problems due to mold in the radio station. By Ed Waters, Jr., Frederick News Post [with photo] Go to the Full Story…
Three Straight Years of Rate Increases to End in North Carolina
The North Carolina Rate Bureau proposed a 4.4% average decrease in workers compensation rates earlier this month after three years of higher rates. Improved workplace safety and lower claims costs are the two main reasons for the proposed rate cut, says the bureau’s managing director. If approved, the rate cut will take effect April 1, 2009. By Jeff Casale, Business Insurance
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New York Agency Finds Asthma, PTSD Among WTC-Area Residents
Adults who were near the World Trade Center around the time it was attacked in 2001 have been twice as likely to develop asthma as the general population, a new analysis of public health registry data finds. The World Trade Center Health Registry also found post-traumatic stress disorder among such residents. According to the New York Workers’ Compensation Board, 12,234 workers’ comp cases resulted from the attack. By Anemona Hartocollis and Steven Greenhouse, New York Times [may require registration] Go to the Full Story…
Lasting Effects of the Attack
For those who responded to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001 to help victims and later searched for survivors, the trauma of that day has had to be absorbed into everyday life. Here are the stories of two Las Vegas men with intimate connections to that fateful day. By Corey Levitan, Las Vegas Review-Journal
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