Positive news and trend in Texas Workers’ Compensation claims.
The average cost of a workers’ compensation claim in Texas declined recently, following several years of growth, according to a new study, Monitoring the Impact of Reforms and Recession in Texas: CompScope 13th Edition, by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).
WCRI reported that costs per workers’ compensation claim in Texas fell 4 percent in 2010, a larger drop than in most of the states in the16-state study. The decline came after three years of growth averaging 5 percent per year from 2006 to 2009.