As recently reported in Insurance Journal, a new report issued by NCCI confirms anecdotal data that workers compensation claims are generally much more costly for obese versus non-obese workers. As the title of the report, “How Obesity Increases the Risk of Disabling Workplace Injuries,” implies, that cost includes the significant likelihood that the claim of [...]
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