Analysis-first news on workers'-compensation insurance: regulation, rates, and rulings, explained.
The Division of Workers' Compensation's annual wage notice raises maximum indemnity rates 1.1 percent for injuries on or after July 1 and lifts the mileage reimbursement rate to 69.5 cents per mile.
MOlabor.mo.gov
The Bureau of Workers' Compensation's July 2026 legislative summary says Public Chapter 950 — Matthew Davenport's Law — classifies kratom as a regulated substance and directs the labor commissioner to define it as a workplace drug.
TNtn.gov
The July 13 update refines Appendix 5 correspondence templates and introduces explicit requirements for chronological bill payment from structured-settlement-funded Medicare Set-Aside accounts.
cms.gov
The court reversed the First District Court of Appeal and ruled that a car rental manager shot by an unknown assailant late at night is entitled to workers' compensation benefits because his job duties and work environment substantially elevated his risk of assault.
FLflcourts.gov
Act 766 requires all payors to submit quarterly medical and pharmacy claims data to the Office of Workers' Compensation starting in 2027, laying the groundwork for a future Louisiana-specific fee schedule.
LAlegis.la.gov
Case INS-2026-00031 asks the Virginia SCC Bureau of Insurance to approve advisory loss cost reductions, with the assigned risk pool targeted for a deeper 8.2% cut as eight straight years of frequency improvement hold steady.
VAscc.virginia.gov
The Department of Financial Services cleared the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board's filing on July 15, projecting more than $1.7 billion in combined savings for employers and policyholders statewide.
NYdfs.ny.gov
The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the commissioner's authority to reject the WCRIB's filing but held he must provide a 'specific, reasoned explanation' for ordering nearly double the proposed decrease under G.L. c. 152, §53A.
MAsocialaw.com
Commissioner Ricardo Lara's July 10 decision sets the advisory benchmark at $1.65 per $100 of payroll, the second consecutive year of advisory rate increases in the state.
CAwcirb.com
Commissioner's Bulletin B-0001-26 signals a sharp moderation from the 11.5% reduction that took effect one year earlier, suggesting Texas loss costs are beginning to stabilize after years of steep declines.
TXtdi.texas.gov
The Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation is cutting over all electronic claims reporting to the IAIABC's Release 3.1 XML standard this week, requiring carriers and TPAs to retire the older flat-file format.
COcdle.colorado.gov
Public Act 26-12, signed May 11, replaces the standard 75% after-tax cap with full average-weekly-wage compensation for teachers, paraeducators, and health care workers injured in on-the-job assaults, effective October 1, 2026.
CTportal.ct.gov
A 5-2 decision limits Section 306(f.1)(3)(iii) of the Workers' Compensation Act to its eight enumerated service categories, eliminating the statute as a standalone cost-containment tool for carrier pharmacy bill denials.
PAlaw.justia.com