New York’s highest court rejected a city’s efforts to claw back $106,000 in overpayments to an injured firefighter. The New York Court of Appeals held that neither Workers’ Compensation Law Section 25(4)(a) nor Workers’ Compensation Law Section 30(2) allow reimbursement from workers’ compensation awards for payments made under General Municipal Law Section 207-a(2). The provision […]
by Bill Zachry, SCIF Board Member 2004-2024 A Crisis of Trust Trust in the medical system has long been a fragile commodity in workers’ compensation. Unlike private healthcare, where patients select their providers and develop long-term relationships with physicians, injured workers often find themselves assigned to doctors they do not know and may not trust. […]
As it has annually for nearly two decades, NCCI recently surveyed more than 100 workers compensation insurance executives to hear what topics are top of mind for the industry. The results are not surprising, but the list of top concerns contains a multitude of interconnected complexities, particularly as it relates to the topics of: Rate […]
By Donald T. Decarlo and Roger Thompson In 2017, of the 38 states where the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) -the insurance rating and data collection bureau specializing in workers’ compensation for the majority of states- made rate filings, 36 of those filings were for decreases; many of which were double digit decreases. […]
By Donald D. DeCarlo and Roger Thompson The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) reports that workers’ compensation insurance rates will again dip in most states in 2018. The report attributes this continuing decrease to two factors; (1) declines in the frequency of claims; and (2) improvement in the area of workplace safety on the […]
Proliferation of Disputes By Donald DeCarlo, Esq. The workers’ compensation policy, referred to as the “standard policy” is used in all states with the exception of the four exclusive fund states of North Dakota, Ohio, Washington and Wyoming. In the majority of states, the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) files the standard policy with […]
Workplace Bullying – New Age Workers’ Comp Benefits By Donald T. DeCarlo, Esq. It is not just your child being bullied at school that’s creating concern as described in the national press, concern also extends from the fact workers compensation benefits are now being awarded for mental stress in the workplace as a result of […]
NY State Bond Issue to Cover WC Trust Claims New York State issued $370 million in bonds to assist businesses in failed group self-insured trusts to fulfill their obligations to their injured workers. The bonding is made possible by the 2013 Business Relief Act, which authorizes the Workers’ Compensation Board to use the proceeds to […]
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