Liberty Mutual Holding Co. reported a net loss of $427 million during the quarter that ended on Sept. 30, which the carrier blamed on losses
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Ohio is the latest state grappling with whether to expand disability protection for firefighters by adopting a presumption that certain cancers are job-related.
Thirty-three states
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Fifty-six percent of Americans have a personal connection to the impact of prescription painkiller abuse, according to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The
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Researchers in Australia have compiled a list of asthma-inducing substances that might be present in workplaces.
The 277 asthmagens identified in the study were divided
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Imagine supplying opioid drugs to injured workers through a device that resembles a high-tech Pez dispenser.
The device would dispense pills only in quantities and
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The Chubb Corp. board of directors has elected a 33-year company veteran to its chief operating officer position.
Paul J. Krump will hold the position
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A new study in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery has found that outcomes of anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty were significantly worse in workers’
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Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a model for predicting the chance of complications in spinal surgery, looking at 20 different factors associated
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Labor Smart Inc. has proposed in an open letter to The Staffing Group Ltd. that the two companies engage in a “mutual partnership.”
The letter,
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U.S. Risk Insurance Group announced Wednesday that it has acquired Boston-based Matias Underwriters and and has named its founder, Glenn Matias, as national practice leader
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