The Workers’ Compensation Almanac is prepared by Applied Underwriters® each year. This ninth volume is a compendium of workers’ compensation topics, trends and other information to help keep you informed year-round. Read up [...]

Extreme weather has gotten a lot of coverage the past year due to the increase in both the events and the resulting damage and loss. This year, we partnered with Independent Agent to [...]

The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) and the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) reported that in 2021, the U.S. experienced 20 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, coming in second [...]

A Visual Representation by State (as of 9/1/2021)

If you have spent any time working in the insurance industry, you know that each state has its own regulatory quirks. However, when it comes to the distribution of both premium volume [...]

Business shutdowns, labor shortages and vaccine mandates dominated business headlines during the COVID-19 pandemic, but other, less attention-grabbing consequences had effects on the workers’ compensation industry. Here are three pandemic-related outcomes that already [...]