Workers’ compensation insurance policies will be a bit more affordable in Florida thanks to an Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) decision this week to lower rates by 6.9%.

According to OIR’s 2024 workers' compensation annual report, with the 15.1% decrease that went into effect January 2024, ...

Florida has approved a 6.9% decrease in workers’ compensation insurance rates for 2026, marking the ninth consecutive year of ...

Florida Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworsky issued a Final Order Monday, approving a 6.9% statewide rate decrease for ...

Workers’ compensation insurance rates in Florida should decrease by an average 6.9% in 2026 under a proposal by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Submitted last month, the NCCI’s ...

1. As the employer/carrier was not able to overcome presumption, a firefighter’s COVID-19, requiring heart transplant, was found to be work-related. Seminole County, Florida and Johns Eastern Company, ...

MILTON, Fla. (WEAR) — First responders with PTSD could soon be eligible for lost wages while they get treatment. Bills have been filed in the Florida House and Senate to allow workers' compensation ...

A recent decision from the Fifth District Court of Appeal, Steak ‘N Shake v. Spears, 1 highlights the import of Florida’s workers’ compensation adjudicative framework and may serve to prevent highly ...

TALLAHASSEE — As the Florida Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments, a major police union and other labor groups are backing the general manager of an Orlando rental-car agency in a dispute about ...

September 27, 2024 - Some workplace accidents result in the death of a worker and, while it may be little consolation to the worker's family, the survivors may be entitled to death and funeral ...