Interest rates play a notable role in the workers compensation insurance underwriting cycle, with interest rate increases driving soft comp markets and interest rate declines creating a hard market environment, according the National Council on…

A worker who suffered a brain aneurysm five months after being injured on the job is entitled to permanent and total disability benefits, the 1st Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeal has ruled.

A worker whose primary language is Spanish is not entitled to a neuropsychological evaluation by a Spanish-speaking psychologist, a split Florida 1st District Court of Appeal panel ruled on Tuesday.