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A measure that would strengthen enforcement of workers compensation insurance requirements for licensure was filed Thursday in the Illinois House. H.B. 5228 would amend state workers comp law to subject corporations, limited-liability companies and partnerships to civil penalties if they don’t maintain required workers compensation coverage as a condition of licensure by a state agency. Under the bill, entities could…

“Fast-emerging” large workers compensation claims, or those reaching $1 million or an applicable threshold in incurred losses within roughly two years of injury, now make up a majority of all large claims, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance. “Fast-emerging” claims accounted for 59% of claims exceeding $1 million in 2023, up from 27% in 2003, according to figures…

U.S. private industry employers reported 2.5 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2024, a 3.1% decline from 2023 and the lowest total recorded since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the data in 2003, according to the latest report released Thursday. The drop was driven largely by a sharp decline in reported illness cases, which fell 26% to…