Workers' Compensation Resources & Research

The American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds, or AASCIF, is an association of workers' compensation insurance companies from 26 different states, plus 8 workers' compensation boards in Canada. In the US, these companies--loosely referred to as state funds--each specialize in writing workers' compensation insurance in a single state. Some of these companies operate as private insurance companies, whereas others act as agencies of their respective state governments.

“The American Health Lawyers Association is the nation's largest, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) educational organization devoted to legal issues in the healthcare field with more than 10,000 members. “

The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) is the primary national trade association for home, auto, and business insurers. APCIA promotes and protects the viability of private competition for the benefit of consumers and insurers, with a legacy dating back 150 years. APCIA members represent all sizes, structures, and regions—protecting families, communities, and businesses in the U.S. and across the globe.

The American Public Health Association is the oldest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world and has been working to improve public health since 1872. The Association aims to protect all Americans, their families and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in the United States.

Ergonomics (or human factors) is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data, and other methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance.

The Injured Workers' Bar Association, established January 7, 1997, is comprised of attorneys from throughout New York State who concentrate their practice in representation of injured workers. Many members practice exclusively in the area of Workers' Compensation Law.

The mission of the NAIC is to assist state insurance regulators, individually and collectively, in serving the public interest and achieving insurance regulatory goals in a responsive, efficient and cost effective manner, consistent with the wishes of its members.

The Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association is a non-profit insurance communications organization. RMIIA represents property and casualty insurers in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

SHRM is the professional association for HR practitioners. News and how-to articles are available on its web site, but only some are open to non-members.

UWC - Strategic Services on Unemployment & Workers' Compensation (UWC) is the only broad-based, country-wide association exclusively devoted to representing the interests of the business community on unemployment insurance and workers' compensation (WC) public policy issues.

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a voluntary federation of 55 national and international labor unions with 12.2 million members. The mission of the AFL-CIO is to improve the lives of working families—to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to the USA.

Although agriculture is one of the nation's most hazardous industries, about half of all states allow agricultural employers to provide little or no workers compensation coverage for migrant and seasonal farmworkers.

The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC) is a not-for-profit trade association representing government agencies charged with the administration of workers' compensation systems throughout the United States, Canada, and other nations and territories. Founded in 1914, the IAIABC is the world’s oldest trade association dedicated to promoting the advancement of workers’ compensation systems throughout the world through education, research, and resource management.

The National Association of Workers' Compensation Judiciary, Inc. (NAWCJ) is a non-profit organization designed to provide educational opportunities exclusively for the workers’ compensation judiciary at the trial or appellate level. Designed to enhance justice within the workers’ compensation system, regardless of state or jurisdiction, the association is coordinated and overseen by members of the judiciary directly responsible for the adjudication of workers’ compensation matters.